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Not sure if this is any help but this is a photo of ancestor Thomas Pierpoint 1871 - 1944 in his police uniform. Seems to have a top button in the right place!

A few snippets of info from the internet: 1963 John Rabone and Sons, of Whitmore Street, Birmingham, merged with James Chesterman and Co, toolmakers of Sheffield, and the name was changed to Rabone Chesterman. 1970 they acquired another tool maker, Fry's (London). 1989, Stanley Tools, one of...

Mike - you are right clicking on the middle option? Otherwise look for the program's .exe file in Program Files or Program Files (x86) (C: drive list) then right click on that.......

From the start menu right click on the program and select 'more > open file location'. The program should then be highlighted - right click and select 'create shortcut'. It should then ask if you want the shortcut placed on the desktop.

Maybe the N stands for Normal? edit: guess confirmed - see https://genetics.mgh.harvard.edu/hanczyc/pdfs/satriggers.pdf The first bike I remember my dad having had a similar gear lever mounted on the cross bar (referred to as top tube in the above article).

A bit difficult round the lips -

It's very low resolution so this is the best I can do

Dad's first car - 1939 (I think) Morris 8 Series E, purchased from Monkspath Garage on the Stratford Road, Shirley around 1954 (site later Prophets, now a Toyota dealership). Pictured outside Grandparents' bungalow in Presteigne.

I switched on the TV to keep my little grand-daughter amused. It was in the middle of a wild-life programme. 'Grand-dad what are those?' she asked. Whales I replied. There was then a long pause and a puzzled look on her face. Eventually she said 'That can't be right - Great Granny lives in Wales'!

Just a thought Carolina - if you have house/contents with accidental damage cover it may be worth claiming. My son's partner spilt a cup of coffee over his 2 day old Apple-Mac (yes they're still together!) and the insurance company had it fixed. I guess it may depend on how old the laptop is.

It's unlikely the data will have been lost. Best solution is probably to buy a 2.5in hard drive enclosure for the existing drive (but check the connection cable as some of the new laptops have different usb sockets!). Then when you've transferred your data you can use it to back up your files...

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The Ideal Film Company (often known as Ideal Films or simply Ideal) was a British film production and distribution company that operated between 1911 and 1934. Info from Wikipedia.

Disaaaarster - the final episode has been scrapped :sob:

Info from Familysearch.org: Re burial records - if he/she died in Birmingham, https://birminghamburialrecords.co.uk/ Costs £20 to download image however! If you get stuck with the more complicated one let us know - we like a challenge here!

This only applies to Android systems - e.g. tablets etc. An update on 23 March has caused some apps to fail to open or to crash. If you have this problem here is the solution: Open Play Store. Type 'Webview for Android' in the search box Select 'Android System WebView' Click 'Update'

I've never heard of Beggarly Green (and I was brought up in Olton!). I too found a reference https://midland-ancestors.uk/resources/birmingham/tyai-birmingham/acocks-green/ probably the same one you found but have not been able to find it on a map. Will be interested to know if you find...

Can't find Honey Lane at the moment. Could it be Stoney Lane?

Well remembered Janet. I've just found a map with them all on: https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/414499/282345/13/101329 Your list was all correct except H was Honeysuckle. The rest were Kingcup Laburnum Marigold Nepeta Oleander Primrose Quince Rosemary Snowdrop Thistle Underwood Veronica