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    John L replied to the thread Welsh Chapel Wheeler St.
    Yes, it is Brian (I confused the two) :oops:, but my reference to the litter/graffiti refers to the chapel pictured below, that is sited...
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    John L reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I am so glad my families talked about their childhoods, not dad sadly much but everyone else did. Nan used to name all the locks down...
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    John L reacted to Belfield's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi John, Thanks for the very interesting map. It explains one thing, my Grandad always supported Aston Villa, I can hear today saying "...
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    John L reacted to Fashionz's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Your pic of the Old Square reminds me of my boyfriend, I was so happy to see him walking past the mural, I ran up to him and jumped into...
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    John L reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It was a statue on a pillar that was erected in 1937 for the coronation of George VI. It was not a permanent structure, and for a time...
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    John L reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Carolina that's a bit different to the Holloway Head I knew in my youth and later in my working years in the 70's around there
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    John L reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    YYes that was the place if you wanted to see The Who go mad and smash their instruments
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    John L replied to the thread Welsh Chapel Wheeler St.
    I believe that it has closed down now. It certainly is currently in a sorry state, with litter and graffiti upon/around it. There is a...
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    John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Not much is left today in this view across the Green. The size of "The Green" has changed over time. The late Bill Dargue commented on...
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    John L reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Smallbrook Ringway with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The pub I was referring to was the one in pic 3, inside the bar there are pictures of all the actors that have visited the pub stuck on...
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    John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Brookvale Park & Witton Lakes with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The "Goldfish Pond". Also known as the Fishpond. Photo probably c1910/20
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    John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread RIP ALBERTA with Appreciate Appreciate.
    On our behalf, the moderator team would like to say a big thank you to everyone for your very kind comments about Alberta. She was...
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    John L reacted to Astoness's post in the thread RIP ALBERTA with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi steve the messages are well deserved...myself and alberta had a long running joke about how she found my bigamist gt gt grandad enos...
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    John L reacted to Alberta's post in the thread RIP ALBERTA with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this is steve alberta,s husband thakyou all for such lovely messages it means so much to think she was so well thought of.
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    John L replied to the thread Smallbrook Ringway.
    I was thinking about the name, rather than the pub in Stratford bestcover. Was it one of these two:
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