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      John L replied to the thread An Evening with Carl Chinn 3 September 2024.
      I bumped into Carl at Euston Square Tube Station on Saturday on the way to Wembley (the less said about the game the better). Carl shook...
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      John L replied to the thread Happy birthday Lloyd.
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      John L reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Scams: telephone, email, texts 2025 with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Just found an email in a rarely used account allegedly sent to me from my own account - allegedly they have installed spyware on all my...
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      John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Remembering Rose Hanks with Appreciate Appreciate.
      A super article here about Rose Hanks, of the Hanks family of the motorbike shop in Slade Road, Erdington. I remember seeing her at...
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      John L reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread War Graves with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The Social History Society has a post on British war graves located in the UK...
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      John L reacted to Dinger's post in the thread War Graves with Appreciate Appreciate.
      After WW2 the War Graves commission moved a lot of bodies from scattered locations across the UK to be reburied. There were two reasons...
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      John L reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread War Graves with Appreciate Appreciate.
      A post on the Great War forum https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/48987-repatriation-of-bodies-following-the-end-of-the-war/...
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      John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread War Graves with Appreciate Appreciate.
      As far as I know, the majority of the bodies of those who died fighting in WW1 and WW2 weren't brought home. In fact I think there was...
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      John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread War Graves with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The friends of Brandwood Cemetery has just posted an enquiry on social media asking why some war graves are in little isolated groups...
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      John L reacted to boilerman's post in the thread David Bowie in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Great photo's and memories John, thanks for digging them out. Salubrious, dressing rooms eh?:laughing:
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      John L reacted to Eamon1943's post in the thread The Cedar Club sixties Brum with Appreciate Appreciate.
      In 1963 Eddie Fewtrell's Cedar Club opened & became an instant place to be seen . Local bands who performed regualrly were Danny King &...
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      John L replied to the thread David Bowie in Birmingham.
      Bowie at the Town Hall in 1972 (photos by Mick Rock who like boilerman was new to the job). Mick shot his very first images of David...
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      John L reacted to boilerman's post in the thread David Bowie in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
      You probably wouldn't remember the spotlight operator in the lower gallery, then, Twas me:) He only ever wanted a white following...
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      John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread David Bowie in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Think it would have been 1972 when I saw him at the Town Hall. Nerve - racking boilerman - I think visual presentation was incredibly...
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      John L replied to the thread another change to the city centre.
      & those awful e scooters. Is the aim to make the city centre a no-go zone unless you ride a bike or use public transport? As has been...
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