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    John L reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Speedway. Perry Barr. with Sad Sad.
    Article on the BBC website this morning.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y802rxgz9o :(
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    John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Looks like this with it railing and the plaque wat at the one end. Here is a description of the plaque...
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    John L reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks Morturn ! This may be it… Birmingham Daily Post June 1891
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    John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My recollections of that are it was built into the low wall that surrounded the pristinely manicured village green that no one was...
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    John L reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is a street view at Erdington village green, opposite the Library. Does any one know what it represents ?
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    John L reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Exterior of Erdington Branch Library, Erdington, Birmingham. (Lloyd, 1913) [Birmingham Archives and Collections]
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    John L reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Salford bridge with Appreciate Appreciate.
    These two pictures of Salford Bridge can be seen on the Birmingham Archives and Collections site and are dated 1924.
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    John L reacted to Godber's post in the thread Futurist Theatre with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I took a girlfriend to see Ghostbusters there in 1984, and I’m sure I saw a few other films there too. “The Pictures” was an ideal place...
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    John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Futurist Theatre with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It's been given listed status. An interesting building. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce82yd6q4m4o
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    John L reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Birmingham Cinemas with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I know what you mean but at least the building has survived. I've never been inside but am very familiar with the place as I used to...
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    John L replied to the thread Birmingham Cinemas.
    I took my now wife there to see "Chariots of Fire". It was very sad to see the uses the old cinema was put to, after it had stopped...
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    John L reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Birmingham Cinemas with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Futurist Cinema in John Bright Street has been given Grade 2 listed status... An old Birmingham cinema that spent years as a strip...
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    John L reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Scams: telephone, email, texts 2025 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just had a text message: BANK NAME: Please confirm your recent changes. Not you? Then call 0300....... I ignored the number and...
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    John L reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Perry Common Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Nice picture of Perry Common Road 1925, from Birmingham Collections.
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    John L reacted to Lloyd's post in the thread Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories with Appreciate Appreciate.
    'The Matador' was at the top of the ramp, and the 'Army & Navy Stores' (Oswald Bailey) below it at ground level.
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