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    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Lickey Hills with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think a lot of Brummies do not realise that the pass is only usable on the tram by locals. Once I had almost an arguement (friendly)...
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    A Sparks replied to the thread Lickey Hills.
    Yes, I have a London FP which I can use on London Tube, Overground, DLR, Buses and Tram (restricted fairly recently to not before 9.30am...
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    A Sparks reacted to Barbara Tarbuck's post in the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi, The photo was taken in Willenhall Memorial Park Walsall. The coat was a sort of mohair with big copper buttons. I was very proud of...
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    A Sparks reacted to rosie's post in the thread Faulkes Furriers Edgbaston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I used to shelter in their doorway waiting for my early bus to work. It was always brightly lit and expensive -looking!
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    A Sparks reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    What a lovely beehive. We had a neighbour with jet black hair who always wore her hair like that. Mom used to do her roots!
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    A Sparks reacted to Barbara Tarbuck's post in the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr with Love Love.
    thought you might like a 60's hair do. I used to have all the latest. styles
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    A Sparks replied to the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr.
    You might have cut my Mom's hair, she used to go there!
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    A Sparks reacted to Barbara Tarbuck's post in the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi, I used to work at Maison Celeste ~ shown in the picture. I worked there in 1961. The shop front was more modern than in the picture...
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    A Sparks reacted to rosie's post in the thread Birmingham buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The 7 was usually on time because of the Bundy clock on the Portland Rd./Shireland Rd. boundary.
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    A Sparks reacted to daimlerman's post in the thread Birmingham buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes, the Bundy clock. I seem to remember a tea stop on the route where the conductor and driver could refil their Billy cans. Or maybe...
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    A Sparks reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Birmingham 1838 - 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    You are calculating the average for people who survived to age 5. But life expectancy includes everyone. If you are on a lifeboat with...
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    A Sparks reacted to MWS's post in the thread Birmingham 1838 - 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Assuming that average of the children who didn't reach the age of 5 was 2.5 then the life expectancy of everyone else was a touch over 60.
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    A Sparks reacted to Keith R's post in the thread Birmingham 1838 - 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An obvious observation is that when the NHS came along average life expectancy would have shot up.......so many dying in infancy earlier...
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    A Sparks reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Then & Now with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Wheeley’s Lane and 2 Bank Middleway 2008-2025, not much difference in 17 years.
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    A Sparks reacted to daimlerman's post in the thread Birmingham buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Portland Road was on the city boundary with Smethwick. The other end of the 7 route was all the way to the top of Witton lodge...
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