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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Birmingham Cinemas with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The (New) Palace Theatre, Summer Hill. Looks very popular. Lots of children- maybe a special viewing ?
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread New Street City Centre Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1960s New Street. The first image shows preparatory work for the Rotunda (left), and the second shows the emerging Rotunda building in 1965.
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    A Sparks reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this is very sad news indeed....i was allowed upstairs a few years ago now and all the original seating was still intact... lyn
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Calthorpe Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think "Ashley House" (post #1) and #36 Calthorpe Road (post #8) must be the same premises.
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Street furniture with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some street oil lighting fittings on Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston. These are still in place today and are visible as part of some of the...
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    A Sparks reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Grand Hotel Colmore Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The company I worked for had 3 or 4 of the Christmas do's here in the 80's . Uselesss bit of information The Rolling Stones were in town...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This was an important addition to the new Kingstanding community in the 1930s, there being few other places of entertainment or...
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    A Sparks replied to the thread Kingstanding Odeon.
    The Odeon in Kingstanding, most recently a Bingo Hall has just closed and is now 'at risk' :confused...
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    A Sparks reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Calthorpe Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It is hard to discover land ownership in England, but many of these fine properties like 36 Calthorpe Road are leasehold and I think is...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Calthorpe Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Phyllis Nicklin must have feared that some of these buildings might disappear. Fortunately, many along this road have survived. This...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Calthorpe Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Next door at #36 is another Historic England Grade II listed house, a nicely proportioned Georgian house built c1829/30. Phyllis Nicklin...
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    A Sparks reacted to cba's post in the thread Grand Hotel Colmore Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We went to the Grand about 3 years ago for champagne afternoon tea. It was a wonderful experience. I keep meaning to go back. After...
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    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Calthorpe Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Along with several other Grade II listed houses in Calthorpe Road, numbers 37 and 38 Calthorpe Road were originally designed as...
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    A Sparks reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Lower Hurst Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hebrew national school, Lower Hurst Street. (The Builder 1842)
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    A Sparks reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Hiroshima with Appreciate Appreciate.
    38 Calthorpe Road was not only remarkable because of three key figures, Peieris, Frisch and Fuchs associated with the nuclear project...
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