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    happy birthday alberta

    Happy Birthday!
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    Corporation Street

    Yes, into Union Street. I think the corner of the building which appears to have some lettering near the top may be one of the entrances to the City Arcade?
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    Iron Horses along the Birmingham - Wolverhampton line

    There doesn't seem to be a thread on this already - an interesting article from the Ikon Gallery regarding the iron horse sculptures alongside the railway line from Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton which were installed in 1987 and the search for ones that appear to be missing. The...
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    Corporation Street

    Would that be roughly where C&A was on the right in more recent years?
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    Kingstanding Odeon

    The Odeon in Kingstanding, most recently a Bingo Hall has just closed and is now 'at risk' :confused: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gyl72z2lvo
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    Am article on the Grand Hotel from the BBC Birmingham website today.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxp1nxx72eo
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    Peregrine falcons on "Old Joe" Birmingham University clock tower

    From the University's FB page... Meet the University’s latest newcomer to campus - a Peregrine Falcon chick which has been growing at the top of Old Joe Peregrines are a protected species in the UK, so avian experts have travelled to the top of the clock tower to check on the birds and to...
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    happy birthday to oldbrit

    Happy Birthday!
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    Cherry Street

    Thanks, that's interesting to know!
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    Cherry Street

    I wonder what the decorations seen in the old photograph were for? I thought it must be a coronation but it couldn't have been that of George V as his father Edward 7th was alive until 1910.
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Probably Pollyanna's? Pollyanna’s was a wildly popular 1970s nightclub located on Newhall Street, situated just a short walk from Great Charles Street in Birmingham. It was operated by the Fewtrell family empire, which dominated the city's nightlife at the time. Opened in the 1960s as The...
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    West End cinema in New Street

    The cinema is mentioned on the Piccadilly Arcade website... https://piccadillyarcade.org/ I remember there was a Gym in the upstairs space in the 90s.
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    The Outer Circle

    Great! Can you actually get a number 11 that goes all the way around now? When I was last in Brum it seemed that each bus only goes part of the way - I guess because of timing and the traffic?
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    The Woodman New Canal Street

    Article about The Woodman on the BBC Birmingham website this morning... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7rd37re7o
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    It's GG Jean's birthday

    Happy Birthday!
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