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    Computer help

    I've got a problem with Win 10 not showing thumbnail images on all my photo's on desktop and in numerous folders. I've tried all the checks reccommended on the net including "Make sure to Show thumbnails instead of icons" option is checked. but nothing works, I think this might have occurred...
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    Buses around the country

    The Transport Museum at Wythall has partnered with the Statfold Narrow Gauge Railway, situated just outside Tamworth, to provide the public transport element of its new road transport museum. This has allowed them to establish a small 'reserve collection' away from Wythall with a selection of...
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    Buses around the country

    The first link from 2020 doesn't work for me All our old Brum busses are at nearby Wythall transport museum TRANSPORT MUSEUM
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    It's thinking where the heck is a tree when I need it :D
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Our beans are setting masses of flowers but not so many beans, some flower stems not setting any at all , why would this be?
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Large Lillies with so many flowers they can hardly hold themselves up, the scent is really strong all over the garden
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    fish and chip shops

    Have any of you noticed how many chip shops have an "award winning " on their advert, after you tried the soggy chips stuck to the paper you think what was the award for?, clearly not the best fish & chips in some kind of national competition
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    Doctors

    The more modern version quite rightly excludes religion
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    Doctors

    Our doctors seems to think a phone call is all we need now, her indoors has problems with blood pressure, she gets it checked at the pharmacy adjoining the surgery. Last time she went the pharmacist said it rather high so I'll go into the surgery with you so you can make an appointment. The...
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    Ward family Coventry Street

    Has anyone found any info on the strange name of the Cafe "Done Eat" ?
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    ------------------------ Birds actually sleep on one leg so presumably if they loose one they can manage except when trying to land
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    Commercial vans.

    The one I most remember in the 1960-70's was Gittins garage on the corner of Bow st and Irving street, Horsefair, spent some time there doing repairs to the building
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    Abbreviations - Army Records

    One line reads -RPMHR and entitled to Med After?? is it something to do with a medical issue?, I know part of those initials are used for measuring the heart, or are they referring to entitlement to a Medal?
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    Birmingham roads 20 mile a hour

    According to This and This, large areas are now 20mph, so you drive around in lower gears pumping out more fumes unless you have electric vehicles.
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    Its izzy eckerslike's birthday

    Thank you all for your birthday wishes :cool:
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Roscoea cautleyoides, growing on my little rock garden, it's a hardy member of the ginger family
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    A nice Arisaema flower growing in our front garden, the spadix and each part of the leaves have a long hair like appendage which is to make rainwater run rapidly off off
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    Black and white to colour!

    Each to his own I suppose but personally I don't like to see colourising of old photo's. I post sometimes on a Fb group called " The golden age of travel" where beautiful old photo's of rare classic vehicles and atmospheric steam engines etc are posted and immediately someone races to post a...
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    Famous catch phrases.

    Another one I remember was, "I heard that!, pardon?" from uncle Stavely in "I didn't know you cared"
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    Summer Row Canal Yard

    Here area nice old photo's of the Farmers Bridge Locks & the Navigation buildings
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