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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
      The Colmore Row to Hockley Brook route was converted to cable traction in March 1888, because of the steep climb up Hockley Hill, and...
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
      This was the normal layout for double deck trams but only the rear staircase was in use. The front staircase would have lead to an exit...
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      DavidGrain reacted to mikejee's post in the thread The Crescent Ladywood with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Here is a photograph labelled as The Crescent. It shows the Hall of Memory in the distance , but Baskerville House house not seem to...
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Lightwoods Park, Bearwood.
      I remember the Sons of Rest using Lightwoods House in the room to the right of the front door as you look at this view. The room to the...
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Lightwoods Park, Bearwood.
      Yes, I remember this scene from my childhood as well. This would be about 1955 when that hut on the left was built for the park keeper...
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      DavidGrain reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Lightwoods Park, Bearwood with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Posted on another thread by me but deserves its place here. Happy Memories! Sailed my model boat here too.
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Canals of Birmingham.
      This photo shows how many canal basins, arms etc there were in the area now covered by Centenary Square, Baskerville House, ICC and the...
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
      Does anyone have a date for the closing of the hotel at Snow Hill? I have known Snow Hill Station from the late 1950s but, unlike the...
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Birmingham buses.
      I can remember having to get home in the fog one day. A Midland Red single decker appeared in Paradise Street. I did not know where it...
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Birmingham buses.
      Queens Hospital was the old Accident Hospital on Bath Row. That name was over the door but I think it was partly obscured and no longer...
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      Photographed in Liverpool last year. Possibly one of the last steam buses to operate in service. This bus, a Thornicroft, ran an...
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      DavidGrain reacted to RobT's post in the thread Hudson's book shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
      I found this print on the back of brown paper used to cover a book to protect the hardcover done I think in about 1949. Print size is...
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      DavidGrain replied to the thread Canals of Birmingham.
      As I understand it Winson Green was a grassy area of Birmingham Heath. Over the years Birmingham Council built many institutional...
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