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Hello Bernard, I would have thought that if you lived in Hollywood having affairs was almost obligatory. It always had the name for loose morals from the time they built the place. One of the first scandals was Fatty Arbuckle who some now believe was the victim of a blackmail plot. The scandals...

As young coppers we became very adept at making Clanger calls. Remember those TV characters that lived on the moon with the Soup Dragon and whistled alot ? We had to stop it when the Bishop of Hereford complained to the Chief Supt. that he was being woken up by the racket. Like the police helmet...

Scandal sells wether its newsprint or books. Some people court it as is the case of one pathetic "celeb" is doing now in the papers. Others will buy it and pick over the so called revelations like vultures. I would rather judge people by what they added to our lives. Most people have a skeleton...

Hello MikeJee, I was in no way comparing Birmingham unfavourably with Reading. And you are correct in thinking I was writing about Broad St and Friar St. Retention of building frontages seems the preferred way these days.. I was just surprised leaving the Travelodge Central and passing alot of...

"Whilst working on cases for the Society, it became apparent that Birmingham architecture was not considered very favourably by anyone in the London area. Birmingham also had good architects, especially towards the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, few of...

Flippin Typical, I will be down south for that period ( but not as far south as Toulouse) on holiday. Oh well I will catch one another day.

Thank you , just glad to be of some use occasionally instead of standing around taking up bandwidth.:)

For those aviation buffs amongst us this site purports to have almost every edition of the Flight magazine. Historians , modellers ,aircraft nuts and those just generally interested or nosey should find a little gold mine here. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html With...

Someone, recently, has posted about suitable cleaning materials but I am stumped to remember who and where it was. I do remember that no propriety cleaners were recommended . You could try the Search function and may be have better luck than me, I must be using the wrong keywords. I feel pretty...

In the 1800s Shoemaking was a cottage industry supplying middlemen such as Clarkes Brothers on contract. In the 1860s Britain went into recession with lay offs as you have today. Industrial methods of shoe production in factories replaced the cottage industry. Independant shoemakers went the...

Enterprise Inns purchased Gibbs and Mews 310 pubs and brewery in 1998. There are plenty of results on Google but I must say I have never heard of them . Something to waste an hour or two tracking down:)

Great photos, love the Victorian brickwork. You can post anymore you have ,I like looking at them....Thanks ....arkrite.

Here is a steam lorry I found outside a pub in Gosport. The passengers appeared to be on a steam driven pub crawl.

The Service Personnel of Canada have been good and faithfull friends of Great Britain in two World Wars. While they are not forgotten I sometimes think that their contribution is sometimes under estimated, The Aussies are good at fighting their corner God Blessem but the Canadians seem to rollup...

Never used a pub with topless barmaids, to distracting when you are watching the football or do the crossword. Astonian ,you mention the key and box . Do you also remember the Punch Boards. Pick a number and you pushed out a rolled up piece of paper with what you won or lost on it. They were...

Me and the mrs , both Midlanders still use it. Piece of toast, cake, jam or bread. In the last instance it always means bread and butter. Plain bread is " Do you want some bread with it?" Some times its just " a piece ?" because you know what you are going to get. I must add we are both as...

Thanks for that original picture. I can smell the beer and hear the sound of hobnails on brick pave.....arkrite.

It is a handsome building and a good example of the corner pub. I am glad it has survived and is still serving its community in it intended role...arkrite.

Haven't a clue but I am sure PCM has left one or two in the first post. Why be pleased to allow Mrs PCM to shop here and with a cheque book? Being a cryptic crossword fan its doing my head in.( My Emoticons have gone!!).