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    Tv Sub-titles

    seen some funny ones. the one that sticks in my memory was a result of the queens visit to the country of Oman. on the Arabian peninsula, what the subtitles were meant to say i do not know but it came on the screen "SHE'S A MAN". use subtitles all the time. not everybody's cup of tea. the news...
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    Question over a B.H.F.t Facebook, page.

    thank you Colin b I was born in the shadow of the children's hospital. at 43b ladywood Rd. 1962
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    Question over a B.H.F.t Facebook, page.

    There is a question been asked. on the face book page. I am not a member. the title is "ladywood rd" there is a picture of a row of houses. the question is "were is this" the answer is opposite the children's hospital. as seen in second picture of the hospital it self.
  4. J

    Where is This #208?

    is it the "boxfoldia factory in north street. selly oak.
  5. J

    Charlie Chaplin At Aston Hippodrome

    laurel and hardy stayed in the midland hotel on new street. this picture was taken in nineteen forty seven.
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    Old street pics..

    thank you to brumgum and phil. for the above posts. what a grand place it looks. the interior must have been very magestic . and i bet you needed a few bob to stay there. looks like a place that could tell a few stories. l must say about this site when you ask a question you always get...
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    Old street pics..

    thank you burgum. for video. one question. at O--5I. there is an aerial shot of st martin's church. there is a red brick building in front were the outdoor market is know held. did not know there was a building there. the picture must have been taken mid sixties the new bullring is just to...
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    General Post Office 1890 Victoria Square

    great photos. could somebody name the person that the statue is dedicated to. did not know there was ever a statue there. and if possible is it still on display. thank you in advance.
  9. J

    Courtyards and yards of brum

    great for gang hut
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    Items that have faded away

    Tree tops. diluted orange pop with the bits in.
  11. J

    School Milk

    Go online ''dairycrest'' they still do sterilised milk in bottles and they put it on your doorstep too.
  12. J

    School Milk

    The children get it in tiny cartons now.
  13. J

    School Milk

    In the summer months they gave you orange juice/ squash
  14. J

    who remembers fireball xl5

    the singing ringing tree. very weird
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    who remembers fireball xl5

    frothblower, that can not be the real rocket from fireball xl5. when i used to watch it, the rocket was black and white. great photo
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    Birmingham Town Hall

    did anybody see the mothers of invention/frank zappa. (1968-69). and 1973,pictures and sound recording. would be nice. look forward to your comments.
  17. J

    the mountaineer

    just off dawberry fields road, on ashburton road
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    Follet Osler School

    oratory from 1970 -1973,
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    Record shops in Bham

    hobdays, poplar rd,kings heath.
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    First Film Your Parent Took You To See

    sound of music. at the gaumont about 1967,could be wrong. bloody posh.
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