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    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this photo and the previous 3 show the demo of the old buildings and tunnel icknield st and the new bridge going up....not seen these...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    and finally a shot up Nechells Park Road according to the list
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A move to the right and we this a location, gas holders, old warehouse, rail line and bridge - interesting road layout as both lane are...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Back to the Gas holders - so we have a rough idea where we are - electrified rail line and a new road going off to the distance - not...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This time we are in a similar location to previous pictures - high rise etc - this makes it look like it is set in a waste land though
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This image is more recognisable Gas holder - bridge over a canal but we are the wrong side of the road sign to confirm the location -...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I am afraid I have no ideas of locations in this area they may be near each other of totally separate, nice sunny day - with a hint of...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The next view is of a number of high rise flats - the properties as the back left I recognise (over towards Duddeston?) , lot of road...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We now move onto Roll 57, these last two rolls have been quite small as there were lots of pictures of a vehicle run ( lorries busses...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Turning back round we return to the industrial buildings seen earlier, giving a glimpse of what the area may have looked at the turn of...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    and turning a bit further we are looking down New John Street , the previously mentioned Texaco petrol station on the right and four...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Turning round we can see a wider view of the New John Street / Summer Lane junction, lots of cones and plenty of the old style wooden...
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    Morturn reacted to devonjim's post in the thread Church with graves with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Gave this link a try using family data, at first without sucess but tried again not providing DOB and did much better, seems less is better!
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    Morturn reacted to Dinger's post in the thread Longbridge Factory with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Great that you saved that bit of roof! - I used to often work as a sub-contractor in the Flight Shed in the 80s. I maintained the...
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    Morturn replied to the thread Church with graves.
    A long shat but worth a go here: https://www.findagrave.com/
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