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My,we had some rain last night down here in South West, garden pond went from about a foot below it's normal level to full to brim. Refilling aided by the water diverted from the downpipe on a conservatory using a device meant for water butts but adapted with a 7m length of plastic corrugated...

Sad news indeed, met him at an Easter meet pre covid, realised later that he had Bordesley Green roots, as have I. My great grand parents lived in Third Avenue. Testing time for the forum. RIP Postie.

Yes, thank you Janice, pittosporum, and certainly is more scented at night. We live near to Marwood Gardens which has a enormous collection of camillias, which all seem to have blousy flowers ranging from a white to a dark red.

No idea what plant this is, I'm sure someone will tell me! Planted by a previous occupant. It's a tree size, this is the flower, and it has the most fragrant perfume. Such a drab flower seems there could be a moral there somewhere!

In 1970's the parent's of a friend were caretakers at Oratory House Rednal, I was fortunate to visit a few times, remember a library where there was a telescope which I understood belonged to Cardinal Newman.

And there are local elections in May.

I saw new mayor on local news the other day "the line WILL be up and running before end of 2025"

I notice that the notification of my pension for 2025 refers to "your benefits". It's my pension, I paid contributions for forty years! Am I being too sensitive?

No wonder the benefit bill for the UK is as high as it is. Everyone seems to be actively seeking what they can get. Getting old means bits wear out that's the way it is.

Was the Mayfair mentioned in this thread next to New St station and in 1966 would it have been a gambling casino. I "know" on the evening after the World Cup match at Villa Park I saw members of the Argentine team in there playing the tables.

I notice way back in 2016 you refer to Mothering Sunday as Mother's Day, an American event, which by now has almost totally morphed into this alien identity!

Found this picture which confirms my thoughts!

Was it the "Girling" works?

Has anyone suggested when/how Alum Rock got it's name. Can't find any mention of Alum being processed there.

We can get "orange" chips down here in Barnstaple. At Scoff's, 1, The Square.

When I go shopping at that shop whose name makes us think of Indian Food, if I am not sure exactly what I want I seem to finish up with things I don't really need.

Connection with Yardley? Johnny was an apprentice at Wilmot Breeden in late 1950's which was in Yardley.

I've just read, vide supra/see book mentioned above, of a railway man who won a GC for jumping into a rail wagon and freeing a burning German incendiary bomb that had landed among a load of our own high explosive 250lb bombs and tossing it from the wagon.

I worked for a Jim Gough who was part of the apprentice training team, so probably not the same person, this was around 1960. I was a member of the door lock assembly supervision staff in the late 1960's while there I knew a couple of the polishers who played in WB cricket team and my brother...