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My name is John Haines and my father Bill Haines was the owner of ~Radwar Motors Ltd. Initially, they were Birmingham's first Citroen...

A more detailed view of the north side of Bradford Street between Birchall Street and the Rea in 1895 .... showing the factory at #288...

Keep seeing this chap(ess) any time of day or night....

Yes, there appears to be gardens front and back, I was confused as to the reason for the 'alleys' between some of the properties because...

I remember the Birmingham Virgin shop in Corporation Street quite well. We would go in on lunch time and get the staff to put a LP on...

Just found a photo of the first Birmingham Virgin shop front display at the Corporation Street premises I mentioned in my earlier post...

St Paul's area might almost once have been the Belgravia of Birmingham. It's church when first built, stood in the middle of fields...

An ever changing landscape. The early history of the area, through later development of large houses on Sutton Road followed by...

I recon you have nailed it, take a look at the roof-line on Reservoir Road https://maps.app.goo.gl/YJitLHRLBGM9fqURA

For some years I did not twig the location of this picture taken by my late uncle. I believe it to be the Highcroft Hall Football...

Yes thats it, nice one Pedro

A picture taken by my late uncle.

I vaguely remember it. Its was a scaled down roads, pavements including traffic lights and Zebra Crossings etc. All the bikes had a...

Does anyone recall the the Kids cycle track it appeared on the The Tinker & Tucker Show when it first opened complete with Zebra...

EDIT: This thread was originally started by tuisitala but her post was lost. She was requesting an insight into the working life of her...