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That triggered my memory of Fawkes sweet shop in Weoley Castle square in the 1950's

My Dead Horse Arum flowered for the first time outdoors, it starts growth in the Autumn so I have to protect it out of doors but I finally succeeded in getting it to flower

The bizarre flower of the Cobra Lily ( Arisaema) an Aroid from the Himalaya regions that is hardy in the UK, this one is in a pot but the ones I have in the garden outside will flower in June

He could well have served along with my Grandad who was also a stretcher bearer in the same battalion, he got awarded the MM for bravery in the field

cookie1600 said: I think that figure is the total figure of bequests in the will, not the value of the estate, as that has not been published anywhere I know of (it will only be known by the solicitor and no one else yet). -----------------------------------------------------------------------...

The value of the estate will now be less as various costs will be deducted such as for numerous letters etc. It's nice to hear that you knew Barbara, we had no idea, It's possible that the neighbour who inherits wishes to pass on personal effects to her relatives if they can be found. If they...

I have not contacted the solicitors, have you seen the will? I have a copy of the will together with probate details. The value of the estate is clearly written as gross value £195,602.00 and net value £192,998.00. Apart from £5000 to the RSPCA and £1000 each to two friends, the entire...

Hello Cookie, that's most interesting that you had a solicitors letter as well. Don't expect a reply from them however, having seen the will myself there is no way any of us can expect to inherit anything as the will clearly states who her beneficiaries are unless they all died suddenly as well...

It was sung by Jamaican dockworkers loading ships and who typically worked at night to avoid the heat of the daytime sun. When daylight arrived, they knew that their boss would arrive to tally the bananas so they could go home.

Many church roofs have been covered in lead sheets for centuries, an important job for a plumber, My fathers house ( built 1930) in Bromsgrove where he lived 1968 - 2016 had lead cold water pipes to the kitchen and bathroom, copper hot water pipes were added in the 1950's It had no effect on his...

A lot of incorrect info as usual, must be kept frost free?? that's rubbish as they survive and flower in my garden in Redditch year after year. A few weeks back we had minus 7 here in our garden. Some varieties may be less frost tolerant

They used to be commonly available in garden centres in those prepacked card holders we see everywhere but rarely see them now, it's amazing how hardy they are considering the bulb is on the surface, the biggest problem for me are Wood Pigeons who peck holes in the bulbs!

Here is a large clump of Pleione Formosana Orchids growing on my rockery, they are fully hardy and grow from Pseudobulbs which grow on the surface, later on it will sprout leaves and tiny bulbils which grow to flowering size in a couple of years, the other photo has some 2 year old bulbils in a...

Baby Mice? not really :p it's a plant called the Mouse tailed Arum and forms large clumps in our garden but the flowers are mostly hidden amongst the leaves

Another of my Cobra Lillies flowered today, Arisaema Nepenthoides

So nice to see these lovely old photo's have not been artificially coloured in on a computer. I can't understand why people do it as the colours are totally unrealistic at best.

Another hobby of mine going right back to when I was at school in the 1950's is coin collecting. Here is a beautiful coin from India and the Princely state of Mysore during the reign of Tipoo sultan, 1787- 1799 AD

_------------ It uses woodworms that have been sent on a compulsory muscle retraining programme :joy: This type of lathe was used in small factories and were made so that one man could tend a whole row of machines producing the same item. The lathe would make one cut and then a trip lever...

One of my many interests are vintage lathes and I have six in total, here is a photo of a rare 24" Pittler C3 lathe, made in Leipzig Germany in 1894. For any lathe owners here I'll give a brief description. It has a very unusual construction with the leadscrew hidden inside the trapeze shaped...

That's hilarious :D The wedding group have their goggle eyed heads floated on to an original Victorian family group photo