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    Motorcycle - How To Find My Old One

    The bike is on the DVLA database and shows last V5C issued May 2017 so either it was sold or someone moved house, there are a few groups on Facebook where you could post the address etc and see if someone there owns it or knows of it
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    National Library of Scotland maps

    https://maps.nls.uk/ Someone showed me this site the other day, allows overlay of os maps old and new and also comparison side by side, allows you to alter the intensity of the over lay so new map or old map is more prominent, looks like you could have hours of fun with it, although it the...
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    Pinfold House Mansfield Road Yardley

    Walked past there the other day, looks good the work they have done, the new estate at the back has a link to the past as it has Jowett in its title, can't remember if its close road or something similar, the old barn looks like its been converted into a couple of houses and the sign is still...
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    Bordesley Station

    There was a steam depot there too, long time ago and not seen many pictures of it
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    St Chads Schools

    Wife works at the new St Chads some of the former pupils are still working there, Josephine Mattailo is one that people may remember, and maybe her sisters, she still see Sr Veronica as well
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    Birmingham streets named after people

    Oxford Road in Acocks Green once ran into Clifton Road, Clifton Road was renamed Oxford Road and the road became one, https://aghs.jimdo.com/oxford-road/
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    Embarrassing Problem.

    Phew, good news in the end then, lets hope they have gone for good, need to figure out next how they got there!
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    Embarrassing Problem.

    It may not remove the infection, which is what you really want to do, but if you install AdBlock it might prevent them popping up but like I say you really want to get to the real cause of the problem, I usually run MalwareBytes when I get any problems that usually cures it, the other option...
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    Ironmongers

    https://nearyouk.com/b2552877/01217714762-midland-fasteners-ltd-birmingham-0121-771-4762.html Just remembered we used to use this place for fixings, back of houses on Oldknow Road Small Heath, haven't used them for years but as they are still trading might be worth giving them a ring
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    Ironmongers

    https://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php?topic=628.0 Has a long list of suppliers might be worth working your way through the list! Good luck
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    Ironmongers

    Jeffries in Acocks Green is something of an old fashioned Ironmongers, has little trays with odd nuts and bolts, metric and imperial, although imperial getting thin on the ground, sells parafin from a dispenser, not everything in vacuum packs, nice little shop, its opposite the library and worth...
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    Clock Junction Warwick Road & Old Warwick Road Olton

    Does anyone know anything about the clock at the junction of Warwick Road and Old Warwick Road in Olton?
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    Old & New

    https://www.some-cities.org.uk/ some 40,000 pictures posted, so it says on BBC website, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26632160 , some old some new, must be some of interest i'm sure!
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    BSA Military Bicycles

    https://samilitaryhistory.org/vol041dm.html Some history of cycles in Boar War, dress looks similar but guess it might well of been similar in WW1
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    BSA Military Bicycles

    https://bsamuseum.wordpress.com/online-vehicle-museums-contact-details/ There is someone contact details on this website, at the bottom of the page, in the advert
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