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    Silver Blades Ice Rink

    used to go the blades nearly every night in the 74 76 period except tues n thurs when it was closed if my memory serves me right was the womans speed im on fire by 5000 volts the djs then were kevin king and rod toms good old days my friend was kim ferran god was she fast she had a sister named...
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    Stitchers stitchings

    love your angels stitcher really beautiful craft
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    Old street pics..

    i have really enjoyed looking at everybodys images on this thread very well done to all who posted i loved it
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    Goodbye Max.

    so sorry to hear about the loss of your family pet
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    Cure for a powk. [eyelid pimple]

    i could be getting square eyes though from the computer ha ha x
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    Famous people with a Birmingham Connection (how many do you know)?

    was henery manzoni something to do with the little park area on top of the old bullring it was known as manzoni gardens and i remember it used to have a carousel and did susan maughn not sing bobbys girl x
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    Cure for a powk. [eyelid pimple]

    jean you spoke too soon at this moment in time i have a very sore right eye and im sure its the beginnings pf a powk or conjuctivitis there is a little lump so im certain its a stye i too tried the teabags and wedding ring but as a child i suffered terrible with them and also used golden eye...
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    Items that have faded away

    great thread guys can people remember the little black sweetscalled imps geez they would burn the gob of ya and husky bars that became trackers the hairsetting lotion twiceas lasting and whatever happened to bar sixand galaxy counters childhood memories long gone but never forgotton this really...
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    Winson Green / All Saints Asylum

    love the photos you no what stars im back in the 60s and 70s with you now lol goin to the swopshop meself or the ten o clock shop just before tudor st corner heath st side and running to the cornershop on tudor street and winson street for simple things and not forgettin floories the greengrocer...
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    Winson Green chip shop

    hi there my god you mentioned as we used to call her scaabby aggies as she was a little mean with her chips ha ha but the were the best tasting chips ever the properties you speak of were regrenarated and demolition took place from the late 70s early 802 my family lived on tudor street at the...
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    Winson Green chip shop

    hi top cat i remember the pet shop i live local and dad used to take us down on a friday nite do you remember the monkey ha ha he wasa bugger the school you are referring to was the oldsummerfield school it is still there but not used as a school any morea new one was built on chiswell road...
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    odd fellows arms spring hill

    omg lou brown he rings a bell mate he hated our micky ha ha i vaguely tremember old spring hill on the left by the bridge goin towards town was the big interflora place and the old shops like the army store at the bottom opposite summerhikk hostel used to be the old brittanic warehouse hpe your...
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    odd fellows arms spring hill

    have you tried looking on ted rudges winson green website or mac josephs old ladywood site x
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    odd fellows arms spring hill

    as far as i know lynn the oldest pub on the dudley road circuit is the oldwindmill the bham arms is closed as is the lee btridge/tagus and the wheatsheaf has been demolished as was the duke of edinburgh
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    The Bricklayers Arms

    Re: Thebricklayers Arms hi guys live round the corner from the bricklayers and i went to barford school do you remember pimms pet shop on ick port road before the pub and the old betting office come futher down as if your goin to five ways was the queens head nick liperis chippy the butchers...
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