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    BrummieGeoff reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Key Hill Cemetery with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I popped out to Key Hill Cemetery today and did a 3D render of one of the many Guinea Grave markers. https://skfb.ly/pBs7t Around...
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Springfield Area.
    A 1932 photo of the Springfield SPR telephone exchange .... located at 1207 Stratford Road in Hall Green, serving Springfield, Hall...
    • Hall Green Stratford Road (1207) Springfield Telephone Exchange 1932.jpg
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Springfield Area.
    Yes, the Acocks Green bound 1A used to go straight down College Road to meet the Stratford Road .... but they changed the route in the...
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Springfield Area.
    The Coop building is still standing .... but it looks a bit different now. In my childhood days it was a Coop dry cleaners.
    • Screenshot_20250919-172721_Maps.jpg
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Springfield Area.
    I see they've moved the playground.... I didn't know they'd built a big new block on the old playground area.
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Springfield Area.
    I was very surprised to see that sign installed at the top of Hillfield Road. I don't think many of the past or current locals would...
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    BrummieGeoff reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Springfield Area with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The late Bill Dargues take on the name/place This self-explanatory name derives from a medieval holy well or spring which emerged from...
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    BrummieGeoff reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Springfield Area with Appreciate Appreciate.
    many thanks for the info and photos geoff...love the first photo and i must go and see if i can find todays view...bet its changed a lot...
  • BrummieGeoff
    Springfield is a small area that overlaps the boundaries of Sparkhill and Moseley where they meet the River Cole. I don't know if it was...
    • 1903 Springfield.jpg
    • Springfield College Road 1.jpg
    • Springfield College Road 2.jpg
    • Springfield College Road School 1.jpg
    • Springfield Stratford Road Coop 1.jpg
    • Springfield Stratford Road c1908.jpg
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Congreve Street.
    I think that's right Mike. Here's another photo of the Belle Vue which appears to be from the same day .... the ladder and open windows...
    • Edmund Street (Congreve Street junction) Belle Vue Temperance Hotel April 1904 (1).jpg
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Alldays & Onions.
    The 1911 Census shows William Allday - "Managing Director of Alldays & Onions, Pneumatic Engineering" - living with his family in this...
    • Moseley Yardley Wood Road (Springfield, William Allday) 1911.jpg
    • Moseley Yardley Wood Road (Springfield, William Allday) 1911a.jpg
    • 1913 Yardley Wood Road.jpg
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Birmingham Fire Stations.
    The top photo is Little Cannon Street .... here's a clearer copy.
    • Little Cannon Street (north side looking towards Cannon Street) Fire Station (James Burgoyne)...jpeg
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    BrummieGeoff reacted to BrianE's post in the thread Cannon Hill Park with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Awesome photo thanks for putting it up
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    BrummieGeoff reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Sarehole Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    What a gem of a map! Wake Green & Sarehole are two of my interests and this is a brilliant addition to my notes - also the oldest...
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Sarehole Mill.
    An interesting old plan of the Sarehole area dated 1807. Sarehole Mill is indicated in red, and Sarehole Farm in green. It shows the...
    • 1807 Sarehole Farm.jpg
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