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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Cobbles or Setts with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Dolerite (Rowley Rag) quarried mainly from the large dolerite quarries on and around the Rowley Hills, and then dressed in nearby stone...
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    Morturn reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Driving in Days Gone By with Haha Haha.
    janspeed exhaust. twin SU, A4 cam niterided crank balanced conrods lightend flywheel powermax pistons.... escort mk1 now a standard ford...
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    Morturn replied to the thread Cobbles or Setts.
    There were quarries at Mancetter, Atherstone who employed gangs of women to cut sets for roads. They did it all with hammers by hand and...
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    Morturn reacted to Heartland's post in the thread Cobbles or Setts with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some streets such as Pickford Street seen to retain the setts in the road. They may be made of granite or Rowley Rag and it would be of...
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Kardomah New Street and Colmore Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That explains it, thanks. Can't help but wonder why the sign was on the Cannon Street side of the building. The Kardomah in 1950s from...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hazelwood Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham. 1932. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Morturn reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Wow! We are at a hospital getting ready for some tests and just showed your findings to my wife! THANK YOU, so much! All of the names...
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    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread ERIC , cookie273 aged 95 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    as brian has said a lovely service for a lovely man...we entered to the royal warks fusilier on the bugle..elgars nimrod was played...
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    Morturn reacted to Key Hill Brian's post in the thread ERIC , cookie273 aged 95 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Final farewell to Eric today - Lovely Service, RAF Flag, Last post by Royal Warks Fusilier. With Frothblower & Astoness We shall never...
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    Morturn reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Long Acre with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Got these 2 wartime images - don't know if of any help?
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    Morturn reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Windermere Rd Park/ground Saved with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just getting ready to go and introduce some more native wildflowers into our "meadow". This was the view from my bedroom window earlier...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Further picture of the above…
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Photograph - Wesleyan Chapel, Acocks Green, Birmingham. GL Stiles. 1912. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Moving forward in time we have H. Knight pork butcher Ham and Bacon curer and Lard refiner - you don't see that these days. This is...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Continuing the time travel we are now back in October 1949, George Fisher Hairdresser, who is on the corner of Great Hampton Row and New...
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