To call Birmingham a multicultural city is somewhat of an understatement. On Wednesday 27th November we were transported by tour coach and left at a meeting point near the Bullring to be picked up four hours later. This is the season of Christmas markets but I found the large commercial stands selling mostly German drinks and food too boring to photograph and instead it is pleasant to just walk...
Our satellite feed coach driver, Darren, said that he had worked in a family business for many years but it had recently been taken over. The Firm was involved with making steel rings for industry. He said the new owners had a completely different attitude and were only interested in money and profit. There's a surprise in this day and age!!! He said that when he had completed 20 years service...
The Escaping Poly tunnel I have had an interesting day today Sunday. What a wind! Our carefully installed poly tunnel just disappeared and plonked itself in the next garden. We had two retrieve it by throwing it back over the fence and that in rain and wind. Thank goodness the neighbor was understanding. What seems to happen is that the wind gets under the material and turns it into a huge...
I have accumulated a motley collection of shirts, trousers ('pants' to my US readers). T-shirts with long and short sleeves, underclothes - some of which I could tactfully say were of the era in which they were purchased. I have laid them all out in my living room, every last one, and they are a sorry site. I have 24 shirts mostly in good condition but I only wear half a dozen of them. Do I...
Now don't get me wrong, I'm a great fan of the chain and have breakfast or some sort of food there (Midsomer Norton branch) maybe twice a week. You know exactly what you're going to get, and pretty much how much you are going to pay. Their prices do vary from branch to branch I suspect depending on their rates and expenses but in general they knock the opposition into a crooked hat. (The phrase...
I never gave the speech as it was not opportune, but here it is anyway I would like to make a number of key points which have not been mentioned before and which will hopefully add to the value of the meeting this evening. I am not a campaigner but an observer and collector of data on various topics. I'm very keen on people being informed enough to make their own conclusions. I discuss roots...
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