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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Witton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    From a hamlet with a few mills and streams and a manor house to an industrialised suburb of Birmingham and location of a substantial...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Aston Park.
    Yes it kept going for a number of years But once i got my own bike i never used it again I do recall you being able to to take your own...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Aston Park.
    68/69 at a guess Long time ago but what a great decade to have grown up in
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    Donbogen reacted to JohnCCD's post in the thread Aston Park with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The cycle track rings a bell. (sorry- pun not intended). What year was that?
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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Record shops in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    And the premises were nothing like this puzzle I've just been doing. Nostalgic - but a very clean sanitized version. All the same it was...
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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Didn't know Cadburys Selection boxes were first exclusive to Brum. Although you wouldn't have found a Curly Wirly in your selection box...
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    Donbogen reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That’s fantastic Peter. What a lot of memories…. We just need a Time Machine now to go back to those good old days. Apart from the...
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    Donbogen reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    NIco perhaps I should have said imitators , copycats trying to relive those fantastic days long after they'd gone . It's a bit like...
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    Donbogen reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Aston Park with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A picture taken by my late uncle.
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    Donbogen reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Aston Park with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I vaguely remember it. Its was a scaled down roads, pavements including traffic lights and Zebra Crossings etc. All the bikes had a...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Aston Park.
    Does anyone recall the the Kids cycle track it appeared on the The Tinker & Tucker Show when it first opened complete with Zebra...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    Spot On Says It All
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    Donbogen reacted to Pedro42's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A different 1960's video. Real Birmingham nostalgia!! Peter
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    Donbogen reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I feel that women were forced to wear the latest fashions, first mini skirts (which I hated), then midi's, followed by maxi's. The...
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    Donbogen reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I loved the revolution and the music being able to express that and the freedom of speech. The bra burning. The Greenham Common protest...
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