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    Items that have faded away

    Never heard of Carbide Chips. What were they for ? Yes we were dangerous kids werent we ? and little bl###rs as well at times. A penny banger followed by a marley, in a bit of pipe with one end hammered flat used to be my favourite. Never managed to hit anything though. Also once a banger was...
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Pity theres never a year included in the date on adverts like these. The Barbs one would be 1974 I reckon. I was at both gigs, Dont remember much about the Be Bop Deluxe gig - Actually dont remember much from those days if it happened after 8 pm. lol - But that Stomu Yamashata gig was wierd...
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    Local advertising of yesteryear

    Sorry, cant remember Plumleys. Used to go to Shipleys in Cattell Rd - He was related to my old man in some way I think - or Regans by Green Lane Library.
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    Slums

    Didnt really seem all that bad if you grew up with it. It was just what you were used to. Till I was about 14 in the mid 60s, I lived in a back to back, one tap, one electricity socket, shared toilet, no bathroom, one coal fire etc. 4 kids, a living room about 12' X 10' Didnt feel like an...
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    Items that have faded away

    Boots still sell itn dunno what it does though. Probably snake oil like a lot of old remedies and tonics. Cant think why but any mention of Sanatogen makes me think of Shelleys Chemist on Coventry Rd.
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    More about Woolworths

    I've been keeping a lookout for a photo of the Dudley Rd Branch for ages. My first job, around 1968/69, was in a TV shop next door but one to it, with a Cafe in between. But the worksohops were above the Cafe and probably part of Woolworths. Back then Woolies used to employ loads of young...
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    Small Heath Recreation Ground.

    Heres yer proof. Thought I had one of the Heliport as well but I cant find it. I wonder of the other Circus was Gerry Cottles.
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    Local advertising of yesteryear

    Course you do Graham. Last shop on the left.
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    Small heath

    2 cars then ... Probably OK in the summer months. I remember there use to be long queues on a friday afternoon. Mates who worked there were all scared of the boss iirc.
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    Small heath

    It was called the 5 minute car wash. Anerican style, half a dozen kids washing em by hand sort of like a production line. Owned by an Italian guy called Tony I think. At the side of it there was an exit door to the kingston balcony which didnt lock properly. Easy to open from the outside if...
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    Old street pics..

    I've seen the picture before, and I'd love to know the house number. Where did you take it ? My G G Grandparents lived in Victoria Rd till the mid 1800's and I cant help but wonder.... He died in 1855 aged in his 60s. so the age would be about right. There are no phto's afaik, so nothing to...
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    Templefield Road Stores

    Round about where the F and the I are, there were some newer semi detached houses with bay windows, and a drive or passage at the side of the end one. I remember that well, cos I had a serious run in with the woman who lived in the end one when I was a kid ( best leave it there) The club, or at...
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    Templefield Road Stores

    The triangular shape just behind the blue mark ??
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    Templefield Road Stores

    Round about 1961 or 62 I can remember playing around in an empty building just behind where the blue mark is on the map. It had been a club of some sort I think. Cant remember there being a shop there, but I seem to rememeber there were gates.
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    Items that have faded away

    Remember this stuff ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlcxwwd19Qg Bottle of pink chemicals, I used to drink it with my warm chicken and stuffing sandwiches from a cake shop on Pine Square. sounds orrible now !
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