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It actually derived from SPiced hAM

I enjoy nut loaf, I don't eat red meat but I do eat fish so I'm a pescatarian, my wife eats all meat but also enjoys nut loaf

Does anyone recall the mispronunciations that were often used, as kids growing up in Weoley castle they used to say a packet of cripps (crisps) another one was have you fount it? (found) a bottle of mewk (milk) very common was skelington which was used by adults as well.

We went to Weston by coach a couple of times to the fantastic Illuminated carnivals in the Autumn, We were picked up near our house in Redditch at 5 pm thinking we would be there in two hours. but no o_O it took 4 hours as it went all round Pershore, Evesham and the back of beyond etc picking...

I've finally binned my inkjet printer, because we don't use it regularly the print head dries up, my wife uses it mostly for her WI meetings agenda etc but with Covid the meetings have been via zoom so no printing required. I know you get told to fire up the printer and print a test page every...

if they said baby and not babby they must have been posh :innocent: :innocent:

it's something to do with Olive oil, see here https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/birmingham-black-country-accent-phrases-6477059

Another saying I remember was 'that won't get the babby a new coat'

I expect the angling club ceased to exist decades ago, Not sure of my Great Grandfathers first name but dads was Arthur Alfred so I guess it would be one or the other of those. The cup is totally hand engraved including the pattern but it has no makers mark or anything. if you flick it with your...

That's interesting Pedrocut, I wonder what happened to the pub

Seeing another thread about sports cups reminded me of one that's been handed down in our family, It was won by my Great Grandfather, A NEWEY 1887. I can't find where St.Georges Angling society was based but he was definitely a Brummie

My first car was a black Triumph Herald convertible with red interior, I got it from Spot garage, Bristol road Longbridge, £450 I loved that car and learned to drive & passed my test in it. It had twin carbs, wire wheels & I fitted the walnut dashboard with numerous gauges inc rev counter...

I wonder how fast filling stations will disappear when the ban comes into force, I would avoid buying a new diesel as they will almost certainly be a bigger target for higher tax in one form or another. Maybe fuel forecourts will set up charging points in place of pumps or just disappear...

My gen 4 Prius has CVT drive but it's got no belts etc, it works by the sun & planet system which is completely smooth from standing start to maximum speed. I think the Auris hybrid however uses steel belts running over cones

The saying' it would freeze the balls off a brass Monkey' is nearly always misinterpreted. It actually refers to the method of storing cannonballs piled up in a pyramid on a brass casting. In freezing weather the balls would have to be dislodged with a heavy mallet so in actual fact the saying...

I think a lot are probably attended abroad, we hired a little automatic Fiat in Cyprus a few years back and went up into the mountains,I think it must have been Sunday and there were no petrol stations open anywhere and we began to panic as the gauge showed way less than half full and we had a...

Interestingly, we still have an attended petrol pump here at a garage in Mount Pleasant, Redditch,

Some unbelievable ones on this link: :D:eek: https://boredomtherapy.com/s/funny-newspaper-headlines?as=799&asv=1&bdk=0

I'd forgotten about Nibbits, now I think back they were definitely my favourite, ginger coloured wonky shaped straws as I recall and you tipped the empty packet into your mouth for all the powder bits still in the bag

That place was just up the road from where I worked in Bow street which turned into Exeter street onto Holloway head. I spent a month at T.Eaves when we refitted and decorated the offices on the upper floor around 1964/5. I remember the staff on the ground floor packing/ dispatch, all wearing...