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There I was, in Maney Hall Sutton Coldfield (England), listening to whichever local band was playing at the time, and it struck me………..I want to do that! It was late 1972 early 1973 and I know that because in those days, everything you did was centred on what was in the charts at the [...]
Many firms within the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter undertook wartime work. One such Manufacturing Jeweller was Thomas L Mott Ltd (“TLM”) of Vyse Street. During the Great War (1914-1918), TLM produced military cap badges and other similar items and although this continued throughout the Second World War (1939-1945), of far greater interest was its work on [...]
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If you do, then you’ll like this! Roz and Roger run RnR Yacht Charters (“RnR”), a company which offers professional, friendly yacht charter holidays with a personal touch in the Aegean and Saronic gulf. Originally from the UK, they’re actually based on Poros, an idyllic island within easy reach of Piraeus – Athens’ main port. The [...]
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First of all let me say, I’m not medically qualified and all this is just my opinion, so you can judge for yourself-ok? Now I’m not a fan of the vast quantities of red tape that emanates on a daily basis from all those government departments, but there is or appears to be some sanity [...]
It’s arrived! Now, we’d normally have to wait a while longer for the release of a census but not so this time. You see, any particular census (which itself is taken every 10 years) is normally not released until a further 100 years have elapsed, so this one, the 1911 version should have been [...]
In my minds eye, I can still picture it. An Iris Blue MGA 1600 Mk.II drop head (or Tourer as they called them) with Dunlop disc brakes on the front. From a visual viewpoint, I recall the Mk II had an inset front grill, and very different tail lights from the Mk I. Under the [...]
Butterfly wing jewellery became hugely popular following the British Empire exhibition of 1924, although the Patent for reverse-painted jewellery with a butterfly-wing background was in fact granted one year earlier. The distinctive component of this jewellery is the Morpho butterfly, originating predominately from South America. Typically there is a an iridescent blue butterfly wing background [...]
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