The problem is the utility companies not working together with the local council.The reason why we have so many potholes is quite simple. When a...
The market only dropped for those houses which were overpriced in the first place.Here in the South Manchester area and particularly in our...
I've watched all England's matches. I think we've a good chance.I've not been impressed with the USA. They won their last match with a free...
Thanks for your kind words.I keep these two old plastic chairs with cushions in the tea-house.[ATTACH]We've four loungers, two as yet...
One of the joys of our garden is the limited amount of maintenance required. So sometimes I end up looking for things to do. I mowed the lawn...
Greed has dictated the way house prices have risen.When we bought our house (built in 1965) in the early seventies, only my earnings were...
The point I was making, was that the three toilets weren't a choice. A lot of similar houses on this estate were designed that way. You didn't get...
For decades, we old people were expected by successive governments to retire at 65, sit in front of the telly for a couple of years drawing our...
Our daughter trained at Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital. On completion of her training she became a specialised menigitis SCABU nurse and...
It's the way some houses are built that makes me smile.Go back to the thirties, many built locally are of a similar design. They are wider than...
Exactly!I did the same, I left the hose running on the roots of our big acer, the azalas, rhodos and vibernums (photographed back in May in our...
Even when you've retired, you still pay tax and they chase you for more. At one time they were sending me self-assessments twice a year until I...
Sorry, hadn't noticed you were new.Hi and welcome to a very friendly board.
Can't see a skip without remembering this.[MEDIA]
We've had a Sambucus for about ten years, it lives in this tub. For quite a while on the patio, but we move it around sometimes, It's been here...
I knew it was going to be a warm weekend, I invested in some "heat preventative measures." I bought two cases of Budweiser yesterday, "I wouldn't...
On Thursday, I finished painting the tea-house ceiling. Before it'd been bare roofing ply off-cuts, some not full panels, for thirty-two years,...
I've always called them "brown envelope jobs," I've had all the work done on our house for decades in that way. We get "mates rates" from the...
More watering, more wisteria pruning. The unwanted shoots can grow six inches overnight.
I've always liked this tune, but my favourite version has always been this 1955 one.[MEDIA]
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