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    Printer and printing problems

    Do you have Microsoft Office?
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    Solihull School

    Pedrocut - do you have any connection with this school?
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    Clean up?

    Between very difficult and impossible this one. This is the best I can do!
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    Clean up?

    Later effort:
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    Clean up?

    Best I can do at the moment
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    Lea Tavern, Lea Village

    Do you know the date of this ad Oldun?
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    Searching Obituaries (out of country)

    A couple more snippets of info (which you probably know already): Enoch Dix married Barbara Golding in 1939 in Oldbury. Enoch's mother's maiden name was Robbins.
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    Searching Obituaries (out of country)

    Hi again Molly. See if you can access this site (if you can you would have to register at no cost) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ Failing that if you give the names of those you are looking for you will most likely get some help from members of this forum.
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    Searching Obituaries (out of country)

    Obits and death notices are no longer as common here as they used to be. Try https://funeral-notices.co.uk/west+midlands-west+midlands but I don't know if the site would be available from Canada or how far back the records go.
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    Visiting cat

    You could take it to a vet to see if she is chipped (the cat not the vet). Not sure if you would be charged though.
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    tidy up please

    I didn't notice that!:( I've now added the street name to the photo:
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    tidy up please

    Just out of interest Lyn is this the building?
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    tidy up please

    Kept it as greyscale but couldn't get it any sharper
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    Early Radio

    My first crystal set used a 'cat's whisker' and a crystal of galena (lead sulfide - or sulphide as it was then!!!) being before the days of germanium diodes. The galena was held in a small clamp and the cats whisker a piece of sprung wire which rested against the crystal. Getting a connection...
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    Picture re-touch

    Hope this is OK
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    Picture re-touch

    First attempt: (Greyscale and Sepia versions!)
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    Windows 10

    Or maybe Media Player has become corrupt - reinstalling may help. I always use VLC in preference to Windows Media Player.
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    Windows 10

    Eric - not sure but try this:- Insert the CD/DVD, open file explorer and right click the disk drive. Select 'Open Autoplay' and a list of options should appear. Maybe for a start select 'Take No Action' and then repeat the procedure and select what you want to happen.
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    Good classical music on YouTube

    Glancing through the previous posts I haven't found any mention of our own Albert Ketelby, an English composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his short pieces of light orchestral music. Born in Aston in 1875 his works include 'In a Monastery Garden', 'In a Persian Market' and 'Bells...
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    Tidy up

    Photoscape v3.7 I found it better than the later Photoscape X which doesn't have a clone tool but 3.7 is still available.
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