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    Donbogen reacted to Tinpot's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The young people in the 60’s had optimism that things could be changed. They were not afraid to express themselves. We were not going to...
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    Donbogen reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Typhoo Tea Bordesley Street Digbeth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The story of Ty-phoo and the Birmingham tea industry by Williams, Ken https://archive.org/details/storyoftyphoobir0000will/page/n9/mode/2up
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    Donbogen reacted to MWS's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't disagree with a lot of what you say but it's nothing new. Expectations grow with every generation and my nan disapproved of what...
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    Donbogen reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Edgbaston Reservoir with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Postcard - Edgbaston Reservoir, Birmingham, 1907 Topographical Views - Kesterton Collection. (Birmingham Museums)
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    Donbogen reacted to rosie's post in the thread Edgbaston Reservoir with Appreciate Appreciate.
    In WW2 my Dad was in Home Guard as he was in a reserved occupation. He used to patrol this wall over the dam.
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    Donbogen reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    For me I came at the end of the 60s which I loved the 70s and the 80s even early 90s. Loved the music and fashions & haircuts as you...
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    Donbogen reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lyn I noticed your Dad from a photo you’d previously posted. I bet that made your day!
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    Donbogen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    9 mins 22 secs into the video nice to see my dad sitting in the acorn pub wheeler street...he was on his dinner break having a pint and...
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    Donbogen reacted to paul stacey's post in the thread Central Fire Station HQ with Appreciate Appreciate.
    THEY ARE DESTROYING EVERYTHING I REMEMBER , THAT MADE BIRMINGHAM GREAT, HARDLY ANYTHING REMAINS FROM MY CHILDHOOD.!!!
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    Donbogen reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Central Fire Station HQ with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Archaeological dig on site of Central Fire Station. 2013. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Donbogen reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Stellite Works Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Electric & Ordnance Accessories Co. Ltd. [E&OA]/Stellite Cars Found this a facinating topic but quite difficult to confirm details...
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    Donbogen reacted to Martello's post in the thread Home Guard with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I am seeking Home Guard information on my late father-in-law, Edwin (Ted) Walter Apted. He was an architect and lived in Edgbaston...
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    Donbogen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Home Guard with Appreciate Appreciate.
    i cant help with info on his home guard work and you may already know this but on the 1939 eve of war register he is living at 187...
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    Donbogen reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Black Patch with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An article about Charlie Chaplin with regard to the Black Patch on the BBC Birmingham news this morning, relating to a film to be shown...
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    Donbogen reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Casualties of War. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I too had an ancestor who was gassed in WWI too. He subquality died in 1933, found dead on Bromford Lane one day. He apparently had...
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