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    Ward End buildings

    The Fox and Goose is where we gathered to be picked up for our games for the Old Saltleians Rugby Club, back when only one or two of the players owned cars
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    Fisher & Ludlows factory

    The Bradford Arms in Castle Bromwich is now called the Toby Carvery I think
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    "midland Journey" Film 1947

    This film cannot be seen outside the UK, so I miss the egregious mistakes. But really, get a life guys
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    Passages, Alleyways Gulletts and Snickets of Old Brum

    They were not too nice to ride a bike on when they were wet, I remember
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    Thomas Henry Gem

    Dennis, Major Gem must have given his name to Gem Street, which I recall was somewhere near Woodcock Street Baths, and which was the location of a Schools Clinic, where I was sent to for a course of treatment to get rid of my flat feet ! John Robbins
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    Alum Rock Road

    I used to go to school with Billy Hicks who lived in Jephcott Road, often used to pop in to his house on the way back to school after the class's weekly visit to Saltley Baths in George Arthur Street, which I see from Google Street View is no longer there
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    St Margarets Ward End Lookups

    Make that Ward End, not Waed End
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    St Margarets Ward End Lookups

    St Margaret's Church in Waed End ?
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    Butler Street, Small Heath

    ................the Citoen Dealership now occupies the site of Butler Street South
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    Lost Lidos

    Does anyone remember or have pics of the lido at The Greswolde pub in Solihull ?
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    Stitchers stitchings

    Maybe a bit off thread, but as this is River Street thread, was anybody out there camping with the 45th Bham troop at Lynmouth when the River Lyn flash flooded 60 years ago today , and who had to be evacuated home with me and the rest of the troop , on a chara, to the Scout hall opp St...
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    Sutton Park

    And another question - does anyone recall the model steam engine and railway that used to run in the Park, or is it me imagining things again ?
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    28 bus route

    I have just been down Oldknow Road on Google Street view, and I doubt very much if a 28 bus could even be driven down there these days, with so many cars parked either side. Streetview also shows a brilliant view from the same vantage point of the original pic, even showing the same houses at...
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    28 bus route

    Ragga, The exact spot the pic was taken from is probably now covered by the Small Heath Hwy, but if you look again at Google Maps and go to the south end of Oldknow Road, where it turns west into Waverley Road, you can see a blue Google bus stop map symbol a few yards into Waverley Road. Well...
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    28 bus route

    I think the first word on the destination sign is "Station St" - that's where the bus was probably heading up town Tarrarabit
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    28 bus route

    The picture was taken at the junction of Oldknow Road and Waverley Road, Small Heath, outside the then Labour Exchange, where the bus driver had to put his key in the clock ( I suspect there is a technical term for this ) It always used to tick me off having to wait for the minutes to tick off...
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    28 bus route

    The "terminus" of the 28 was in Station Street, at the back end of New St Station, the bus stop being right opposite what was then The Tatler, but is now The Electric. Used to catch it there every Saturday to go to my Nan's in Butler Street South, off Bolton Road, where the Citroen dealership is...
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    dance halls

    WendyP I also worked at the Civic Centre, in the Architects Dept in the basement - our dance hall of choice in the lunch hour was the one in Corporation Street, opposite Old Square ; Can you imagine ? , legging it to the Old Square , jive for an hour and leg it back, through the Minories, and...
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    Butler Street, Small Heath

    My grandparents used to live in Butler Street South, ( now the site of the Citroen Dealership ) the first house left standing on the right after the bombing. I remember playing on the bombed houses just after the war, and after it was cleared , the vacant lot was then used for a football pitch...
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    Pardoe Family - Ward End Birmingham

    When I was a lad,I used to help the milkman deliver milk in Ward End, and several times I delivered milk to a gypsy lady who lived in a caravan in a yard opposite St. Margaret's church, next to the walk that used to be there from Washwood Heath Road to the church ; she used to give me a cup of...
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