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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As you know I am not aware of this are so go by the notes I have and apparently now we are moving up Adderley Road, a general view with...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We are now on the corner of Arden Street and Adderley Road and the old school building , fine brick built Victorian School, I don't...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    To put the location into perspective - we are now looking down Garrison Lane towards Witton Street , just to the left was the site...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Moving to the left and we can see how quickly these estate are build- the first shot had the site office - this one has completed house...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We now move out of the City Centre to Bordesley Green and the then new development of Grasmere Park off Wolesley Street and Garrison...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think we have gone back a few streets now , this is Livery Street and Lionel Street, showing the size of the viaduct, and the arches...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Next we have an often seen feature of the canals, whether these are in use I am not sure however I saw a big fire in Great Bridge a few...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Taken form a similar location but featuring the flight of locks and shows how much of a slope there is especially if you imagine it from...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Next we are in the tunnel under the rails at Snow Hill, see the enormous size of this structure, the damp on the roof glistening , and...
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    Morturn reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We now move to the hidden world towards Snow Hill from the canal - I have no specific details from thes, the first if from the direction...
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    Morturn reacted to RichSmith's post in the thread 208 Great Russell Street, Hockley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I’ve been continuing my research into 208 Great Russell Street and I found this photo on here. There is also a photo of the same row of...
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    From the University's FB page... Meet the University’s latest newcomer to campus - a Peregrine Falcon chick which has been growing at...
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Church Lane Northfield with Appreciate Appreciate.
    View of Church Lane, Northfield in 1953, with the Great Stone pub and St Lawrence's church round the corner to the right ahead. Still...
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    Morturn reacted to lancepar's post in the thread W T Avery scales with Appreciate Appreciate.
    People at Avery's might remember me and Arthur Cornwall who looked after the lifting ropes and chains walking in all the departments and...
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Bournville Village with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Bournville Children's festival around 1900. Held on the Sports Ground in front of the factory from a point close to Bournville Lane.
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