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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Balsall Heath. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Spot the difference. Two pictures from the Birmingham Archives and Collections with the title St. Paul’s Balsall Heath, and with n.d. (1927)
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Shustoke & Surrounding Area with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Inn at Shustoke, Warwickshire, Photographed in 1897. Creator: John Benjamin Stone. Exterior view of coaching inn at Shustoke with...
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Oldfield Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a photo of the south side of Oldfield Road at the Ladypool Road end , as can be seen on the 1950s map. It was probably taken in...
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Oldfield Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a photo of a part of Oldfield Road just before demolition, which previously had contained a hairdresser,
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    Morturn reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Carrs Paint / Paper with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Your grandfather commissioned Ernő Goldfinger, a leading architect of the Modernist movement, to design the company offices in 1955/6...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Water Orton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Old house, Water Orton. John Benjamin Stone. 1894. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Union Hotel Inn Tavern Union Street Cherry Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Union Hotel, Cherry Street, Birmingham, creator: James Burgoyne. 1870s-1880s. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Morturn reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Carrs Paint / Paper with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Carrs Paints was located at the end of Artillery Street, Small Heath just over the canal bridge. They were and still are are industrial...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedro42's post in the thread Stockfield road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    History of Stockfield Road.....pages from Acocks Green History society....don't miss the other links at the bottom of the page...
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hamstead Hall and Water Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A few snippets about the Hall and Mill. Was once the home of George Kynoch, munitions manufacturer. Was it ever used as a South...
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Congreve Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Looking up Congreve Street from the corner of Great Charles Street, by the White Horse in July 1905
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Commercial vans. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Most breweries instead "Burtonised " their own water by adding salts to try to imitate the composition of Burton water. However that...
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    Morturn reacted to Dinger's post in the thread Commercial vans. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Streamlined indeed! - Those Holland Coachcraft vans look like something out of Flash Gordon! Here is the exact opposite of...
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    Morturn reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread Selly Oak Hospital with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I was sad to find out that this wonderful hospital had been demolished. I had my daughter there in 1974 and they had a Matron who used...
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