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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Villa Street Hockley.Yes there was a vintage hand operated petrol pump with an arm that swung out over the footpath, I served a lot of petrol from it over...
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Villa Street Hockley.I worked at Watsons Villa Street from late 1950 to 1958 with my national service in the middle 53 to 55 then went to the place they...
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Who remembers Raffles?.Never tried the Birmingham one but I did have a venture into Raffles in Singapore. :)
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread sayings.Try this Nico. :)...
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Home Guard.I know my grandfather Charles Coughlin served but I've no idea about his HG service, he did WW1 in the South Staffs but I assume in WW2...
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Will - William Maybury/Mayberry/Maebury etc..Can't help with that Lady P but my boss at Brooklyn Garage in Great Barr was a John Mayberry, his family owned most of the farmland...
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Birmingham newspapers.A month in gaol for pinching a meat joint, today he'd be fined a tenner for stealing half the shop's stock.
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread HS2 progress 2020 and beyond.My opinion of HS2 is "Just get it done."
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Clothes & shoes of yesteryear.I wore one of those for a couple of months when I lost all the hair on one side of my head after some X-ray treatment.:(
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Bell Barn Road, Edgbaston - does anyone have photos or stories about this road pre 1960? I was born at no. 246..One of my brothers in law lived there back in the fifties but I don't know which number, his name was Billy Cox, wife Eileen, he and...
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread BIRMINGHAM ESTATES DEPT..We had one of those in our kitchen Pete, it had an overflow on the back that fed the bath in the bathroom. you boiled the water then...
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Newspapers : Newspaper Archive new issues of local journals.I remember waiting with the rest of the paper boys at Kirton's for the first Sports Argus to come in.
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread computer help.Lots about it here. https://www.tp-link.com/uk/mesh-wifi/
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread Wretham Road..Seem to recall a Wretham Road from my part time baker's delivery days.
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EEric Gibson replied to the thread In The Garden 2021.My Buddleia is ripped out of the ground.
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