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well, we are now weeks on since I first wrote about there being no/few butterflies. I think I have now seen 3 all summer. We do have a few bats and more bees. The birds are loving the sunflower hearts and the water in the heat. Watching them take 'baths' as well as drinks is very entertaining...

we now are more aware of the risk of skin cancer than we were in the 70's. I agree about the nanny state but do need to be sensible. when out in the sun

dont forget they need water too. I have found using different container depths/sizes a variety of wild life drink from them, including a woodpecker and a rat!! I have still only seen 2 butterflies in my garden in 2026

My Grandad used to be a signalman just outside Blackpool. The signal box has now been demolished

I agree. Royal Mail cant keep postmen/women as the conditions are poor at the moment as well as the pay...........confession, I have been 'tipping' my son this year as our post is delivered twice a week, if we are lucky, by different posties.

yes, cotton reels were used for corking. Thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten that. Again, cost nothing and kept you amused. (I made a mat)

I agree about the chips. Frozen are dreadful. The reason I have these pictures is that I used to work for Wolverhampton council and go into day centers and 'do' reminiscence.

One of my sons is a postman. He works long hours. Pay is poor. He is out in all weathers. Red hot at the moment!! Tip the postman. Christmas and Easter.

ought to be a guessing game of things from long ago

We used to make a tank out of an old wooden cotton reel. Putting notches in and an elastic band through held by matches eother end and then wind it up either end. it then used to travel along. No electronics in those days. Imagination and no cost

Remember these? I have many more as I was born in 1947 and everything that I held so dear is now so much out of date. I remember mum used to say 'during the war' and I used to think 'time gone'

Glad to here there are butterflies in Birmingham. Please send some our way ~ we boarder Staffordshire ~ all gone despite a big garden full of flowers. The bees are few too

I remember in 1976 there were many butterflies. The garden next door had many pear trees and the pears had fermented. The butterflies were 'drunk' after feeding off them. There were hundreds. This year where are all the butterflies?

Hi, The photo was taken in Willenhall Memorial Park Walsall. The coat was a sort of mohair with big copper buttons. I was very proud of it. It cost £9. I will add a couple more photos to make people smile. I could become famous. I got the date wrong when I worked at Maison celeste it was 1963.

thought you might like a 60's hair do. I used to have all the latest. styles

Hi, I used to work at Maison Celeste ~ shown in the picture. I worked there in 1961. The shop front was more modern than in the picture and it was a hairdressers. The shops were on the left not far past the roundabout (if its still there!) Further along on the same side was a cinema. The shops...

I went to Maryvale in 1952. I remember being in class (aged 5) and tipping back on chair and burning my wrist on the big heating pipe behind me. Two new classrooms were built they had sort rubber floors and the toilets were low. (as were the doors) The teacher could see over the top. Very rude I...

the photos are all at the back of Aldridge rd Streetly 1948 ~ 52. One of Bar Beacon

Depends what year you worked at the butchers. In 1963 one of the 'girls' from the salon went out with one of the butchers. Her name in the salon was 'miss Louise' but her real name was Carol.....not sure if this information fills a gap.