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MY DAD LEADING AIRCRAFTSMAN LESLIE BRACEY DURING WW2

My dad Leslie Charles Bracey was a leading Aircraftsman in the Royal Air Force signing up as an 18 year old callow youth in the Autumn of 1940, no doubt inspired to join up by the Battle of Britain. Les as he liked us kids to call him was stationed at RAF Tempsford 138 & 161 Squadrons SOE and dropped Air Force Special Operations Command resistance fighters over occupied France 🇫🇷 flying without a…

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Steam Revolution: The Turbine

Incandescent electric light did not immediately snuff out all of its rivals: the gas industry fought back with its own incandescent mantle (which used the heat of the gas to induce a glow in another material) and the arc lighting manufacturers with a glass-enclosed arc bulb.[1] Nonetheless, incandescent lighting grew at an astonishing pace: the […]Steam Revolution: The Turbine

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Steam Revolution: The Turbine

Incandescent electric light did not immediately snuff out all of its rivals: the gas industry fought back with its own incandescent mantle (which used the heat of the gas to induce a glow in another material) and the arc lighting manufacturers with a glass-enclosed arc bulb.[1] Nonetheless, incandescent lighting grew at an astonishing pace: the […]Steam Revolution: The Turbine

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Steam Revolution: The Turbine

Incandescent electric light did not immediately snuff out all of its rivals: the gas industry fought back with its own incandescent mantle (which used the heat of the gas to induce a glow in another material) and the arc lighting manufacturers with a glass-enclosed arc bulb.[1] Nonetheless, incandescent lighting grew at an astonishing pace: the […]Steam Revolution: The Turbine

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Steam Revolution: The Turbine

Incandescent electric light did not immediately snuff out all of its rivals: the gas industry fought back with its own incandescent mantle (which used the heat of the gas to induce a glow in another material) and the arc lighting manufacturers with a glass-enclosed arc bulb.[1] Nonetheless, incandescent lighting grew at an astonishing pace: the […]Steam Revolution: The Turbine

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New print reveal! To mark today's new episode of Fate’s Wide Wheel celebrating Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, I had the chance to design this piece for the episode: "DS9 at 31".

I hope everyone likes how it turned out! Prints available at jjlendl.com/fwwshop.

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New print reveal! To mark today's new episode of Fate’s Wide Wheel celebrating Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, I had the chance to design this piece for the episode: "DS9 at 31".

I hope everyone likes how it turned out! Prints available at jjlendl.com/fwwshop.

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Birmingham in the 19th century

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Bearwood the foodies favourite....

Stirchley Schmerzley the happening place to eat is BEARWOOD! From Indian Street Food at Dhamaka at the top of Bearwood Road to great brunches at Tamu and the Polish influences of the Old Dresser Cafe and Edge Coffee ☕️ at the top of Bearwood next to the bus station That’s where today’s Bearwood Lunch Club organised by Bearwood Bites (on Instagram) Rosie Wells @RosieWells also on Instagram…

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Keith Bracey the "Brummie Bard" Biography

Keith Bracey: Biography I was born and brought up in Bearwood, Edgbaston so I’m a Brummie through and through, using the pseudonym the @brummiebard for my Birmingham and Black Country heritage-inspired poetry. From 1969–1976 I attended George Dixon Grammar School and then went up to read Commerce and Economic History at the University of Birmingham, 1976–1978, representing the University 1st XV…

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TEN TERRIFIC FACTS ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

50 ‘FASCINATING FACTS’ ABOUT BIRMINGHAM 1.CITY OF 1,000 TRADES Birmingham has always been a hive of activity and was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, which was set in motion by the Lunar Society of Birmingham, a group of the greatest scientists, inventors and manufacturers of the time who met to exchange ideas and knowledge at Matthew Boulton’s home Soho House in Handsworth. By 1791,…

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BONNIE AND BELLA THE CATS' WHISKERS

A pampered life with no hassle or strife Is enjoyed by our Bonnie and Bella Their servants are Mary, my long-suffering wife And me, I’m a gullible fella We feed our two old dears on chicken and beef As treats they get tuna and liver And while Bella is calm, young Bonnie’s a thief But so sweet that we always forgive ‘er. Keith Bracey the Brummie Bard with amendments by Jen Coley a fellow…

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EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT This pampered life With no hassle or strife Is that led by our cats 🐈  Bonnie and Bella Looked after by this gullible fella  And his beautiful long suffering Wife We feed the cats  Who dine on chicken and beef Along with tuna and liver Which can be a bit rich For our two….the serene bitch Bella and the delinquent teenager Bonnie who eats so much but is so…

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EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT

EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A CAT This pampered life With no hassle or strife Is that led by our cats 🐈  Bonnie and Bella Looked after by this gullible fella  And his beautiful long suffering Wife We feed the cats  Who dine on chicken and beef Along with tuna and liver Which can be a bit rich For our two….the serene bitch Bella and the delinquent teenager Bonnie who eats so much but is so…

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Tonight there's a blue moon: This is my poem on the Birmingham Lunar Society

THE LUNAR MEN Well – met by moonlight These Lunar Men, these ‘Men of Moment, great men all Gave thought to science Held nothing in their thrall The ‘Natural Philosophers’ Of the widening world Held mostly against the enslavement of Brothers Felt deep the pain of others In Africa, where one of their number by name of Galton  Sold guns as a Quaker, A real ‘Wrong ‘Un’ At Great Barr Hall…

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Edgbaston the Home of Lawn Tennis poem

EDGBASTON: THE HOME OF TENNIS 🎾  Edgbaston is the place Where they serve up many an Ace Invented by Major Harry Gem: A game for lithe athletic men At 8 Ampton Road: ‘Fairlight’ You’d see rubber balls in flight Men and women both They’d hit balls with all their might In clothing… Oh so bright! A game played in Lilywhites As played on a manicured lawn In the summer of 1859 Young men…