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    When was the last WW2 Air Raid Siren sounded in Brum?

    I understand it to have been April 1943.
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    Oozells Street

    I have a photo of my Grandad Thomas Tatlow standing on a AFS Fordson outside the building shown at the start of this thread. He’s on top row middle. The building was a car showroom Reve and Stedeford. It was taken over and used as a fire station during the war.
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    Longbridge Factory

    My family always called it ‘the Austin’. All day we could hear a big thumping sound, presumably from the foundry hammer. When I first started school I used to catch the bus at the top of Longbridge Lane and see the mini shells being loaded by cranes onto waiting Lorries to then be taken up...
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    Long shot but does anyone recognise the location in the photo?

    The photo below shows my Grandfather (Top Row Left) who was in the AFS/NFS during WW2. He worked out of Broad Street AFS Station and was then moved to Harborne Fire Station. He may also have possibly been based at Central Fire Station but I don't think the photo is taken at any of those...
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    Penryn Somerset Rd Fire Station

    Hi, I have been researching Harborne Fire Station and I have come across an article you wrote. I am wondering if you would be prepared to have a conversation with me. I am particularly interested in the wartime years at the station, and wondering if it would be possible to use the photo of...
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