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  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    The borage came back, all the herbs have. A profusion of primroses bluebells and lily of the valley. Lilac is struggling I think it is...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    We don't get any now, or sparrows or wagtails we don't get lots of varieties now.
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We have a similar starling problem Smudger. When our grapevines have fruit they arrive in big numbers, just before they fly off for...
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    RonaJ replied to the thread Saltley College.
    I was a student teacher at St Peter's College , Saltley, from 1972-1976 and I know that the college closed in 1978. I am a member of the...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    I read that the invasive foreign ladybirds are the ones that come in other our houses as they don;t like the cold. Don't know how true...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lovely outside today. No breeze so nice and warm.
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A pheasant enjoying the sun today on our garden fence.
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    That's what he calls us! But his other side thinks the same as us and more do. Anyway, he went away for 3 days, 3days ago, so I got on...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to Pedro42's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't know if this video of Birmingham in the 1960's has been shown before, but I found it fascinating! Peter
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Pedro42's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't know if this video of Birmingham in the 1960's has been shown before, but I found it fascinating! Peter
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Cigarillos!
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Had your answer been the place , I would have said too much information ha ha
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It was cool to carry a lighter, and to carry a plec (trum) even if you couldn't play. I lost a date being unable to play, I can now.
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Prefabs with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In the Keith Berry photo collection recently uploaded by Mortorn, there are two photos of prefabs on the Walsall Road in posts #45 and...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Prefabs with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think the prefabs were just off Perry Villa Drive which is off Church Road, at the side of Perry Barr Park. Someone who posted...
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