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    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Warstone Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    3 more of warstone lane the first 3 says 1/70 the 4th photo says 9/70 also posting a map...
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Warstone Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think the person in the photo (#5 and #6) was standing about here (red dot). Was the ditch in connection with digging sewers ?
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Warstone Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This also appears in connection with Toye as the Birmingham site in 1907. (May have seen on the Forum ?)
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Warstone Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Have adjusted the contrast to bring out a few more details. Looking at the 1886 map, the only place that looked likely was as shown on...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Edgbaston Reservoir with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Postcard - Birmingham - Edgbaston Reservoir, 1903 Topographical Views - Kesterton Collection. (Birmingham Museums) This has been...
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    Morturn reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread From Our Gardens 2025 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It does not have to be dark to photograph the moon - this was taken about 6pm yesterday in broad daylight:- Loads of crater detail...
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    Morturn reacted to Elaine Hemming's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Sand Pits - Nelson Street Ladywood Birmingham - The Nelson 1966
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    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Warstone Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    not seen this one before location says warstone lane 1907 but where abouts...very high wall on the left and what are they digging for ? lyn
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    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Bull Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    bull street..sorry if they have been posted before
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We have 137 Emily Street Highgate next, a bit simpler with just the two storeys but I love the arch and passage down the side and the...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this is 47 Stour Street, Ladywood licensee Mary .... ? just cannot make it out - someone with the books may help here. What interests...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this outdoor is 100 Ledsam Street and was taken in October 1954, this one is slightly different as it has a shop frontage rather than...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    we now move onto a selection of Outdoors - never sure if people enjoy them - they all look the same - but I suppose if one was down you...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Big jump now to Roll 44 - I stopped the random roll posts some time ago, and now running consecutively I found i could spot duplicates...
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    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Cromwell Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    providing the location is correct this could be a new one...maybe someone could check kellys please to see if there was an outdoor in...
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