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The lady standing outside her front door with her hands on her hips....saying what are you doing in our yard!

Love the workmen surfacing the road on this one, no hi-viz jackets just ordinary work clothes!

Just read your post to the Iron Room thread :) What a brilliant idea - the bit about Carl Chin talking non stop for three hours made me smile, I can just imagine it!!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwd69n7xxgo

Sorry to read that. RIP Kris

I wondered that too, it made me think of this cottage at the junction although I know it's not. This cottage is actually called The Lodge.

On todays BBC website, a nice clip of Kay Alexander talking about her time on Midlands Today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c04pe14l73lo

Thanks, it was there quite a few years then!

Nor me but Vivienne said it was for an exhibition so I guess it wasn't there very long.

The actual word Bungalow comes from the Indian continent.. The word "bungalow" comes from the Hindi word banglā, which means "of Bengal". The term was first recorded in English between 1670 and 1680. In India, a bungalow is a single-story house that is usually thatched or tiled and surrounded...

Birmingham bus route number 50 is celebrating it's 75th birthday. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd6qveyv4jqo

That's lovely! I didn't have a balaclava but I did have a duffle coat like that.

Unusual to find one from those days!

Ah thanks! I was completely wrong about Hurst Street then :rolleyes: Actually, I can imagine it was in the Arcade from the shop front now.

I don't remember actually going in there but I think it might have been in Hurst Street?

Tony's Centenary :) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl887rjnxwo

The section on Kunzles was interesting to me as one of my aunts worked there as a young woman, she used to tie the ribbons round the boxes.

Interesting! I found this from a website.... Black lions do not exist; dark maned ones are actually deep brown, with no evidence of true melanism found in lions.

So sorry about Teddy :( My parents had to make that decision about one of our dogs, it really is heartbreaking even when you know it's the kindest thing to do for them.

Happy Birthday! Enjoy your day :):party: