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    Windows 10

    Do you remember that game called Gorilla
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    It's Lloyd's birthday

    Happy birthday
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    GEC WITTON WORKS

    Interestingly, when they were demolishing the factory, I had a walk over there and you could see how the building was once painted with camouflage colours.
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    GEC WITTON WORKS

    Certainly, looks like Witton to me. I spotted the waterworks at Salford Bridge and also recall the Brathwaite tank water tower too. I think they also showed the turbine hall on Electric Avenue.
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    its jayells birthday

    Happy birthday, have a super day
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    its mikejees birthday

    Happy birthday, have a great day
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    Dawson's Corner Stechford Lane

    That’s a good question Viv. I know there was a bank of cigarette machine like these outside the newsagents on Streetly Road – Short Heath Road by the 65 terminus. I recall the shop owner did have keys and would come out if there was a problem or to top the machines up. There may have been some...
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    The Grid Project – In The Footsteps Of Phyllis…

    Its nice that Halifax managed to hang onto so many old buildings so its nice when you come across images of places from your childhood past like this. I like seeing images of King Hall Market, like you a place I would spend time with my mum.
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    It's Lyn's (Astoness) birthday

    Happy birthday Lyn, have a super day
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    Fleur-de-Lys pies

    Ann Muller of The Lizard Pasty Shop used to make amazing pasties
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    Sewage farms

    I called into Claymills Victorian Pumping Station, Burton today to have a chat to some of the staff and try to locate a photo I had seen a while back showing the rising mains that distributed the sewage across the farms. Here is it below. Once there was an established link between cholera and...
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    IN OUR GARDEN 2023

    Raspberries are quite easy to grow. They can be set against the fence and only need pruning once a year.
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    Woolworths Memories

    I do recall reading that Woolworths kept a very standard design to their stores.
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    the Radleys development 1945 to 1950

    Is this the tree story block with the curved frontage? It looks like a 60’s build to me judging by the style and crittall windows
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    Sewage farms

    I too remember the diesel engine train and the man at the level crossing in Water Orton Lane. He would stop the traffic with his red flag. I have also looked down the grating to see the incoming sewage. The guy at the works said they pull all sorts of stuff out of the grid including a bike once.
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