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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Clocks with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1853 a town clock for Birmingham, but did it materialise ? (The Builder)
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Birmingham Cinemas with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The (New) Palace Theatre, Summer Hill. Looks very popular. Lots of children- maybe a special viewing ?
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread New Street City Centre Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    1960s New Street. The first image shows preparatory work for the Rotunda (left), and the second shows the emerging Rotunda building in 1965.
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Birmingham Skyline with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A couple of screenshots from the BBC 2 programme: The Home That 2 Built (episode 4: The Nineties and Noughties).
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Station Road Stechford with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Not sure of the date of this view, maybe 1950s (?)
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Ordinance survey maps with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Survey of Birmingham 1849. (The Builder)
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This was an important addition to the new Kingstanding community in the 1930s, there being few other places of entertainment or...
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    Morturn reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Odeon in Kingstanding, most recently a Bingo Hall has just closed and is now 'at risk' :confused...
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Street furniture with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some street oil lighting fittings on Calthorpe Road, Edgbaston. These are still in place today and are visible as part of some of the...
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    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Calthorpe Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Phyllis Nicklin must have feared that some of these buildings might disappear. Fortunately, many along this road have survived. This...
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    Morturn reacted to John L's post in the thread Coventry Airport closure with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Pity, I used it several times 25 years or so ago. It was no nonsense in and out, within an hour, my personal record was 10 minutes from...
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Hiroshima with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Did not realise there was a fadeout. They invited subscribers to pass story on. Have copied last part of article This gave the Peierls...
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    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Hiroshima with Appreciate Appreciate.
    38 Calthorpe Road was not only remarkable because of three key figures, Peieris, Frisch and Fuchs associated with the nuclear project...
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    Morturn reacted to Laurie_B's post in the thread 1953 Coronation Street Parties with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I can just about remember the Coronation street party that was held at the end of Cranes Park Road,near the junction with Whitecroft and...
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    Morturn reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Grand Hotel Colmore Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Am article on the Grand Hotel from the BBC Birmingham website today.... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxp1nxx72eo
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