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Any pigeon experts here? We get a few of these in the garden most days but they fly off when I knock the window and don't cause much of a problem (unlike the magpies, but that's another story!). The other day however one of the pigeons didn't fly off even when I went outside, and when I sat down...

I’ve been told it’s going to be warehousing.

I did just that for a while.

I worked at Triplex from 1967 to 1993. Here are photos of the site - the first from Google taken in 2011, the next two taken by me yesterday. Absolutely nothing left. Very sad.

The recent jubilee celebrations prompted Joyce to get the knitting needles out again!

Dwarf Sunflower Little Dorrit Lillies, Strawberries and other things

My Souvenir Programme.

During a discussion yesterday my wife commented that every Sunday when she was little the swings were locked together and chains put round the slides so they couldn't be used (this was in Cheshire). This was also the case where my Gran lived in Radnorshire (as it was then). Can anyone remember...

This was done with the MyHeritage app; I think the GIMP version is better but I've never fathomed out how to use it to colourise pics!

Tried MyHeritage.....

Lots of aircraft activity this morning!

Photo?

Greta Garbo? See https://tinyurl.com/3f6cwfhu about half way through the clip.

We get lots of Blue Tits in the garden and I assumed they nested either in the hedge on one side of the garden or in the bushes on the other. Wrong! ...........

Azaleas looking good again this year.

Bought mine in 1959 when I started Uni. If I remember correctly it cost 4 guineas which was quite a lot then! The rubber feet have long since disintegrated but the box and 24-page instruction manual are still fine.

Not strictly Birmingham but I hope someone will be able to help! A contributor on a Facebook forum has queried the origins of the name of Seven Star Road in Solihull. I recollect reading (or maybe dreaming!) that there was once an inn called The Seven Stars (or similar) on Warwick Road around...

I have some beans growing in a pot and this morning there was a wren in full song sitting on top of one of the canes.

Well I played the video twice but couldn't smell a thing :laughing:

Oh - I overlooked that minor detail :kissing: !