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  • boilerman
    boilerman replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2025.
    It strange, Whenever we've had them, we always end up seeing their offspring, we see that much of them. I have also heard your experience
  • boilerman
    boilerman replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2025.
    "Spike":D, great name. A few years ago, when my future son in law had to stay with us for a couple of months, he found we had bats , in...
  • boilerman
    boilerman reacted to Morturn's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2025 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I tend to find the hedgehogs come for a day or so then I dont see them again for weeks
  • boilerman
    boilerman reacted to Astoness's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2025 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi boilerman i understand now and yes its a difficult one.. not sure what food you put down but when i had a visiting hog for a few...
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Buildings at risk.
    From what I have seen, which is quite a narrow perspective, the total cost to tear down rebuild with a relatively short life has to be...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Buildings at risk with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Your absolutely correct, apologies. Unfortunately, it’s not just in Birmingham where listed building are being demolished. There was a...
  • Morturn
    Morturn replied to the thread Buildings at risk.
    Your absolutely correct, apologies. Unfortunately, it’s not just in Birmingham where listed building are being demolished. There was a...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Buildings at risk with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Mort, I am in total agreement with your comments regarding the use of strategic. Strategic is from the Greek term meaning to kill it’s a...
  • R
    Richard Dye replied to the thread Buildings at risk.
    Mort, I am in total agreement with your comments regarding the use of strategic. Strategic is from the Greek term meaning to kill it’s a...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Buildings at risk with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Richard Birmingham Council has a democratic structure of 101 elected councillors who represent their constituents. There is a Cabinet...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Lichfield Road Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes, I think its looking towards Salford Bridge during the road improvement scheme. The remnants of the Birmingham Corporation...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Workhouse with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have posted this somewhere on anothe thread, but perhaps relevant here, indication the attitude to workhouse einmates and perhaps why...
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    Mart1974 posted the thread St Martins in the Bull Ring in Churches.
    Can someone tell me it St Martins was known for carrying out irregular marriages in the late 18 and early 19 century? I have come across...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Workhouse.
    I have posted this somewhere on anothe thread, but perhaps relevant here, indication the attitude to workhouse einmates and perhaps why...
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  • Lloyd
    Lloyd reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Address plaques and nameplates for Terraces, Villas, Places etc with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Nov 1878, Birmingham Daily Post The Firs, 102 Lozells Road.
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