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      dib44 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Colmore Depot Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Here is the garage at work in Colmore Depot in 1930s
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      dib44 reacted to Johnfromstaffs's post in the thread Is This Your Motor? with Appreciate Appreciate.
      You are almost absolutely right. This is a prewar Ford Prefect E93A Drophead Coupé, on the long wheelbase chassis which was introduced...
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      dib44 reacted to robind's post in the thread Blitz casualties with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Godber you can just see the bowling green in the picture I posted of the allotments. It was right behind the houses. It was called "The...
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      dib44 reacted to robind's post in the thread Blitz casualties with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Godber dad was apprenticed as engineer in RAF, posted to Takoradi during Battle of Britain to reassemble kit planes for the western...
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      dib44 reacted to robind's post in the thread Blitz casualties with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Indeed Godber - it seems odd to me that my parents grew up only four doors apart. They were aware of each other but dad went into the...
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      dib44 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Blitz casualties with Appreciate Appreciate.
      hi and welcome..is this of any help... lyn Reginald Hands Reginald Hands was killed on the 09 April 1940 at The Tunnel, Fordhouse...
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      dib44 reacted to HDU555N's post in the thread Pubs Of The Past with Appreciate Appreciate.
      cant remember the name of this pub but I believe it was recently demolished / burnt down under suspicious circumstances. back in 1976 I...
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      dib44 reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      to close we return to Aston Road North - this time we are looking back down the road to where the last images were taken from. Hard to...
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      dib44 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
      i agree richard but it was a great loss to the city...sorry if this video has been posted before lyn
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      dib44 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
      It is said that 40,000 came to watch the execution.
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      dib44 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Easy Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
      This Birmingham Libraries postcard gives us a glimpse of the junction of Easy Row (left) with Broad Street (right) just after WW2. Viv.
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      dib44 reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      These last two may or may not be linked- first is The Old Gate Saltley in 1890 , at least the location is correct as we can see the gate...
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      dib44 reacted to Biscayne's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
      As promised elsewhere, a few pictures taken about 1975 in the tunnel from Snow Hill station. The tracks had been removed and the track...
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      dib44 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
      “6911 "Holker Hall" assists a "Castle" into Birmingham Snow Hill with the Paddington-Wolverhampton "Inter City", 12th June 1962. The...
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      dib44 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
      “The north end of Snow Hill, summer 2000. Chiltern Clubman 168 005 awaits its next run to Marylebone, a Class 150 Sprinter leaves with a...
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