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Bull Ring 1930s - 1950s

Vivienne14 said:
A 1950s view showing the Bull Ring as popular as ever in recovering post-war Birmingham. Viv.
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I think the Bull Ring was the real heart of Birmingham. I can remember it like this photo with crowds of people and all the stalls and barrows with their goods and produce. If we were going up to town this was usually where we were going. Off on the bus with Mum or Dad. Nan or Gran or Aunties. Watching the sheets and towels being sold or the baskets of china. All watched over by Nelson!
 
Nice photo. I think it's a post office letter box Lyn. And I think a VR (Victoria) one. Viv.
 
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Astoness said:
hope this is a new one...dated 1940s...looking closely does anyone remember the net shopping bags...lady with her back to us has got one...not very practical ..i remember them in the early 70s

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I remember those net bags, what a blast from the past! I always wondered why? Nothing I ever put in them stayed and they seemed somewhat fragile, the holes always too big for what I was trying to carry.
 
Richard Dye said:
I remember those net bags, what a blast from the past! I always wondered why? Nothing I ever put in them stayed and they seemed somewhat fragile, the holes always too big for what I was trying to carry.
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apparently richard you can still buy those net bags...no for me as apart from anything else people can see what you have got in the bag lol

lyn
 
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