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    A House Through Time

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    "What Is This????" Quiz

    20 I’ve got one of those! Cigarette holder case.
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    Help to find a record of my parents buying their house in 1968

    Have you tried searching the land registry www.gov.uk? It is free but you may have to register. Often contains good information. Photo from Google Maps.
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    Computer help please 2025

    Keith If you’re still looking for your folder/files try this: Open file explorer and navigate to This PC>Local Disc>users In the menu at the top of the page select View>Show>Hidden Items (In case the folder has somehow become hidden) In the box marked ‘Search Users’ enter the name of the...
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    Computer help please 2025

    Keith R Did you find them?
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    Odeon Perry Barr (now Royale Suite)

    Can anyone please tell me the previous use of this building? I suspect it was once a cinema but it is so long since I was in this area I can't recall its name!
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    IN OUR GARDENS 2026

    I have a clump of flowering current shrubs which were here when I bought the house 40 odd years ago but over the years they have gradually deteriorated and last year just looked like a row of sticks with a few leaves and flowers attached. So last autumn I decided I would dig them up in the...
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    IN OUR GARDENS 2026

    My helpers clearing the moss from my front lawn
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    happy birthday to vivienne14

    Happy Birthday Viv. Hope you have a great day.
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    Warwick Road Acocks Green

    Acocks Green
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    Seven Stars Inn, Solihull

    Coldlands wood is still there, a favourite for dog walkers although a bit muddy in wet weather! It runs behind the houses in St Helens Road.
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    Olton Mill

    I don't think this windmill has any connection with the Lode Lane mill shown in post #10. The layout of the land is wrong as the area around Lode Lane Mill is relatively hilly whereas this windmill is in fairly flat open countryside. After a bit of digging I discovered that St Bernard's Road was...
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    Sad story of Silhill Hall, Solihull.

    Silhill Hall's owners up to the'60's were the Forster family. My brother was friends with the son John and I remember collecting him from a party there late '50's or early '60's. I think the family had spent quite a bit of money on the place and the room which housed the party was beautiful...
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    IN OUR GARDENS 2025

    My rhododendron seems to think it's spring again!
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    Computer help please 2025

    Hi Smudger. Have you sorted it yet? If not, is the sound coming out of the speakers distorted or is the noise coming from the computer?
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    Laptop Memory Upgrade

    AnnS. To do a safe tidy-up click Start and in the search box at the top type Disk Cleanup. All the options can be selected unless you don’t want to empty your recycle bin. Check that your hard drive has plenty of space left. I guess you have a fairly modern laptop and your storage is an SSD...
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    Laptop Memory Upgrade

    As you say your laptop has slowed down (rather than has always run slowly) suggests it may be worth doing a bit of 'housekeeping' - i.e. removing clutter and checking that you are not running unnecessary programs in the background. Before I go into details, are you running Windows and if so...
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    IN OUR GARDENS 2025

    It’s a poppy! I grew a few of these from seed but planted them in some pretty poor soil so the result isn't too good. However the one I planted in the front garden was beautiful but has now finished flowering but you can see the seed pods!
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    IN OUR GARDENS 2025

    Was met by a similar situation today except that fortunately my bowl remained in one piece as it landed on a fleshy plant. The bowl had been in place for over ten years so I think the sooner we catch the golden eagle or whatever the better!
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    Itinerant photographers

    John 6000. Sorry I have to disagree with your comments on these photos! Comparing them with my many pics from that era I would think that they ARE all dressed in their 'Sunday Best' the boys in their suits with starched collars and bow ties and the men in their suits and bowler hats with the man...
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