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      Lloyd replied to the thread Broad Street.
      Not necessarily so. Broad Street was a mixture of shops, offices and trades. There was even a BBC radio studio! Car parts outlets were...
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      Lloyd replied to the thread proposals for rackhams.
      It is noticeable that its graveyard survives, unlike St Martin's. I think the latter is the more likely to fall, perhaps replaced by a...
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      Lloyd replied to the thread Broad Street.
      The right-hand pavement now comes about 1/3 of the roadway further out, so it is narrower. I don't remember Philip Fyne, but I do...
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      Lloyd reacted to Keith R's post in the thread HS2 progress 2020 and beyond with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Love or hate it you have to marvel at the engineering this has taken........and where all the money has gone............brilliant drone...
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      Lloyd reacted to Enel's post in the thread Jowett Javelin with Appreciate Appreciate.
      I snapped this one, a short distance from my home today. Lovely condition. Strange seeing it with seat belts, but I guess it’s a good...
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      Lloyd replied to the thread The car.
      ...and the performance and comfort of a bread pudding being pushed up a roughcast wall.
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      Lloyd reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Severn Valley Railway. with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Bewdley to Kidderminster Trial commuter service.
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      Lloyd reacted to Brian95's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
      I also had 2 Isetta's (1 x red 1 x yellow) & a Messerschmitt, though I was in my late 40's then, at 16 I worked at MCA ( Motor Cycle...
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      Lloyd reacted to AlanM's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The reverse gear anomaly on three wheeled cars must have been changed early sixties I think. It had certainly gone by 1962 when I...
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      Lloyd reacted to AlanM's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
      I used to pass Grays in Wellington Road every day on my moped on my way to work in Witton and sometimes stopped to look at the various...
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      Lloyd reacted to AlanM's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Very belated reply I'm afraid as I've only just found this thread. I bought a Messerschmitt three wheeler in 1962 from Grays in Small...
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      Lloyd reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread Restaurants In Birmingham 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Every time I see rump steak in the supermarkets I always think about the steaks we used to have at the Berni Inn in Brum centre. I...
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      Lloyd reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Birmingham's Working Horses with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The 25,000 horses that traverse the Birmingham city roads in October 1895. (The Engineer)
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      Lloyd reacted to AnnS's post in the thread Severn Valley Railway. with Appreciate Appreciate.
      SVR resident Stanier 'Mogul' 42968 is scheduled to return to mainline running with Vintage Trains, working their 'Worcester Shakespeare...
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      Lloyd reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Alldays & Onions with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The Engineer, July 1896.
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