Radiorails
master brummie
I am sure many here - and there does seem to be many with Aston area connections will appreciate them Lyn.
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HI folks the server that hosts the site completely died including the Hdd's and backups.
Luckily i create an offsite backup once a week! this has now been restored so we have lost a few days posts.
im still fixing things at the moment so bear with me and im still working on all images 90% are fine the others im working on now
we are now using a backup solution
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morning alan yes that is what i was thinking..of course if i have to resize them all it will take me a little longer but i think its worth the effort...right i have to be off now...shopping..house duties and grandson duties to perform first but in the words of arnie..."i will be back" 
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
Hasta la vista. we will waiting.morning alan yes that is what i was thinking..of course if i have to resize them all it will take me a little longer but i think its worth the effort...right i have to be off now...shopping..house duties and grandson duties to perform first but in the words of arnie..."i will be back"
Radiorails
master brummie
Good to note your busy day: your health must be greatly improved.morning alan yes that is what i was thinking..of course if i have to resize them all it will take me a little longer but i think its worth the effort...right i have to be off now...shopping..house duties and grandson duties to perform first but in the words of arnie..."i will be back"
Well I hear ya, regarding Arnie, but I prefer Gen Douglas MacArthur's "I shall return".
Good to note your busy day: your health must be greatly improved.
Well I hear ya, regarding Arnie, but I prefer Gen Douglas MacArthur's "I shall return".
thanks alan the problems i had in march are improving but now i have got a stinking cold..never mind must plod on
posting some photos soon so dont go awaylyn
ok folks lets make a start in posting a few...as always happy for these photos to be posted anywhere on the net but if you do could you please try to credit the birmingham history forum...it could be that some have been seen before but heres hoping a lot of them are new ones...enjoy and dont forget your comments and memories are most welcome..if you hover over the photos the caption and date will appear
lyn
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Are they all from the same roll of film Lyn ? If so, they’re 1966. See Guinness advert in post #54. Never heard of ‘District Bank’ before.
Great set of photos. Thanks for posting Lyn. Viv.
Great set of photos. Thanks for posting Lyn. Viv.
hi viv they are all different years..if you hover over the pics the dates will come up..to be honest re district bank i have not looked at them properly yet...too busy getting them on lol
lyn
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i noticed the Guinness advert 1966 but the pic says 1963. whatever the date, they are fantastic photos,
last few folks...there are maybe 6 photos that need resizing so i will do that when i have time...
in the meantime i want to take a much closer look at these photos..need to zoom in and look more closely at the people and the buildings and cars ect...hope they stir memories for some of our members who will know this bit of aston better than i do...where would we be now without the power of the photograph....love the last one of the potato rationing....life was tough back then...
lyn
in the meantime i want to take a much closer look at these photos..need to zoom in and look more closely at the people and the buildings and cars ect...hope they stir memories for some of our members who will know this bit of aston better than i do...where would we be now without the power of the photograph....love the last one of the potato rationing....life was tough back then...
lyn
always happy to post photos pete they need to be shared..apart from helping to bring back memories for our members they really are very important to the history of birmingham...without them we do not have a lot left..
will get the last 6 or so on probably tomorrow now folks when ive resized
Radiorails
master brummie
WOW! Lyn, a lot to absorb there. One or two duplicates I believe.
Some I am sure I have seen before but obviously in another thread. My favourite would be the 1940 potato rationing one, I lived through the latter part of that time of queues. It was the time when women were used to buying up to 28lbs. potatoes - or less - for their families. That's how tummies were filled then.
The tram tracks suggest 1953, or earlier, the tarred filled ones after mid 1953 when the trams ceased. Later ones show a new road surface. Many show shops with once familiar names, but now long gone. A nice ghost sign in post 61 of Wilford & Co. glass works. Another photo shows the once familiar, within the city's boundaries, pillar fire alarm.
Some I am sure I have seen before but obviously in another thread. My favourite would be the 1940 potato rationing one, I lived through the latter part of that time of queues.
It was the time when women were used to buying up to 28lbs. potatoes - or less - for their families. That's how tummies were filled then. The tram tracks suggest 1953, or earlier, the tarred filled ones after mid 1953 when the trams ceased. Later ones show a new road surface. Many show shops with once familiar names, but now long gone. A nice ghost sign in post 61 of Wilford & Co. glass works. Another photo shows the once familiar, within the city's boundaries, pillar fire alarm.
Sorry Lyn post #64, pic #4. Don’t have facility on iPad to see info about photo - as far as I know. Viv,
WOW! Lyn, a lot to absorb there. One or two duplicates I believe.
Some I am sure I have seen before but obviously in another thread. My favourite would be the 1940 potato rationing one, I lived through the latter part of that time of queues.
The tram tracks suggest 1953, or earlier, the tarred filled ones after mid 1953 when the trams ceased. Later ones show a new road surface. Many show shops with once familiar names, but now long gone. A nice ghost sign in post 61 of Wilford & Co. glass works. Another photo shows the once familiar, within the city's boundaries, pillar fire alarm.
yes sorry if there are any duplos alan...i was just posting them as they appear on my pc ...wanted to get them on quick lol....but you are correct there is a lot to take in...was just telling my son in law about the ones of walter smith butchers as he works for them...
post 73 photo 4...is that an e type in the pic...not sure as the bonnet does not look long enough..mind you that could just be the angle of the photo
JackiePritchatt
master brummie
Great photo’s Lyn never seen Aston like that. Lovely to see all those shops.
post 73 photo 4...is that an e type in the pic...not sure as the bonnet does not look long enough..mind you that could just be the angle of the photo
re. post 73 photo 4, if you mean the car parked on the road,it is an Austin-Healey,judging from the two-tone paint job, an Austin-Healey 3000 .
I remember H.J. Evans car hire,my dad hired an Austin A55 from them.I recall they were investigated by a newspaper (can't remember which one) for fitting speed limiters to the hire cars,which the article said could give the manufacturers a bad name for selling underpowered cars...………...….Mal
re. post 73 photo 4, if you mean the car parked on the road,it is an Austin-Healey,judging from the two-tone paint job, an Austin-Healey 3000 .
I remember H.J. Evans car hire,my dad hired an Austin A55 from them.I recall they were investigated by a newspaper (can't remember which one) for fitting speed limiters to the hire cars,which the article said could give the manufacturers a bad name for selling underpowered cars...………...….Mal
