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AAllotmenttoddler replied to the thread Brook bond tea.I remember them very well. My Nan always bought Typhoo loose tea. She got a chrome tea strainer free with it once, and I still have it...
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wellies and a balaclava in winter :). sandles in summer i hated sandles -
What clothes were you made to wear in childhood? I remember I had to wear a liberty bodice with rubberised buttons and always a woollen...
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Solihull Girl replied to the thread Olton Mill.Mills of Britain - another website I sometimes use.
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Solihull Girl replied to the thread Olton Mill.Mills Archive - has a list of mills which may help for any future search.
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CEarth and Jupiter are currently at the closest point they will be for the next 10 years - so ideal time for photography. Add a crystal...
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DThe only thing i can think of is hob nail boots!
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TTime Traveller 66 reacted to Dinger's post in the thread Toy/Model Shops City Centre with
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Advert from 1944 for "Studette Handicrafts" of Kent Street, Birmingham 5, who made a range of "solid" model aircraft. They would have... -
Fflossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.Yes, the link between St Bernard's Road and Olton End Mill sounds right.
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Smudger replied to the thread What did you wear?.The only thing i can think of is hob nail boots!
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Fflossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.Thank you, Pedrocut. I have one of the postcard photos (heaven knows where I bought it from but it was years ago) of the Load (that's...
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Advert from 1944 for "Studette Handicrafts" of Kent Street, Birmingham 5, who made a range of "solid" model aircraft. They would have... -
Fflossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.Jukebox, I have come to the national archives website: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=Olton+Mill&_sd=&_ed=&_hb=...
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Fflossiefoster replied to the thread Olton Mill.Thank you so much, Jukebox, for that. I have always puzzled over the Olton Mill and the Lode Heath Pleck which I believe was somewhere...