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    John L replied to the thread Aston Villa club history.
    Villa's formation followed four members of the Wesleyan Chapel cricket team meeting under a gaslight in Heathfield Road, Birchfield...
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    John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Aston Villa club history with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is how I see it. Anyone, please feel free to correct me. For the match in 1875, we've seen no documentation of Wilson's land (as...
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    John L reacted to Astoness's post in the thread forgotten memories of the 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    have to say there is nothing here that i have forgotten or at least not heard about...happy days lyn
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    John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Aston Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't remember ever seeing the chapel at the Hall. Was it inside the Hall or a separate building ? It looks to me like it was part of...
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    John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Steam Locos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    John, no apologies needed the project has undergone a number of changes and U turn over it lifetime. I spoke to a guy a while back who...
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    John L replied to the thread Steam Locos.
    Sorry Morturn you are 100% correct. Old Oak Common will be the first London HS2 station to open in 10-13 years time and work is now...
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    John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Steam Locos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I thought the original plan to Euston was scrapped by the previous government, but was then reinstated. The tunnels from Old Oak Common...
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    John L replied to the thread Steam Locos.
    It won't be open for 10 - 13 years though and it then won't be going to Euston from Curzon Street, passengers will instead travel to Old...
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    John L replied to the thread Steam Locos.
    My son travels between New Street and Euston to his home in London quite often and I'm sure that he would agree, that particularly on...
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    John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Steam Locos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    For the time that is quite an impressive achievement
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    John L reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Steam Locos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Aug 1902, Birmingham to London in 1hr 55 mins… (The Engineer)
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    John L reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread For those interested in Black country History with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Banks’s History to be preserved… https://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/news/iconic-bankss-brewery-history-be-preserved
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    John L reacted to loveday's post in the thread BSA Factory In Blitz with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As a child I lived in Hall Green,71 Doveridge Road and our neighbour next door but one had four boys so with four of us we were always...
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    John L reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    the old cinema on the walsall road is also a banqueting suite same thing happened to the old aston transport musem so we are not exactly...
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    John L replied to the thread Kingstanding Odeon.
    What a good idea! My wife and her friends often go to the flicks at Sutton. On Wednesday afternoon's it's £5 for a film and a coffee/tea...
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