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Yes thats it, nice one Pedro

I vaguely remember it. Its was a scaled down roads, pavements including traffic lights and Zebra Crossings etc. All the bikes had a distinctive band on either the crossbar or down tube.

I recall the station when younger and its not really changed in my memory with the Lichfield side not having a canopy. I have seen photos of the crash and the station looked quite trashed too, so my vote would be with Roger Lea

Its here on the 1840 - 1890 OS Map

I too had an ancestor who was gassed in WWI too. He subquality died in 1933, found dead on Bromford Lane one day. He apparently had significant heart and lung damage from the gas. Mustard gas may not have been the most lethal gas used, but it had some very long term effects including altering...

When we were kids, we would watch the yard men sorting and crushing the scrap metal bought in by the dust lorries. old bike frames and everything they collected. They had a crushing machine that squashed it all into solid blocks. There was another crushing machine in the building that crushed...

I think you could be right. I remember this one when the Distructor or Salvage yard was still operating. The towing patch used to run down both side of the canal here, but in recent years you have to use the Brookvale Road as the turnover to cross to the opposite side now. This is all overgrown.

Thats a cracking photo Lyn. I recon he is repairing a staircase. I can make out the newel post, stringers and treads and risers. There is a carpenters mallet on the floor by him

Follow-up post – New discoveries about Keith Berry Since posting the original salvage of Keith Berry's photo collection, I've uncovered a little more information about Keith himself, his equipment, and his working methods. I wanted to share this as an update to keep the conversation going — and...

The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Keith Berry left us a selection of his scanned photographs and slides, together with his accompanying notes, taken between the 1960s and 1990s in and around Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Smethwick, West Bromwich, and Walsall. How many photos Keith took...

Ok so I have now posted all of the Keith Berry photo collection I was able to salvage. There are most likely to be others, so if anyone can add new material to this collection, please do post them in the relevant thread. If possible, please send me an un-resized copy so I can add it to the...

14. Old Shop 1969

13. Old Shop 1969

12.Unknown cul-de-sac

11. Street under demolition Suggestions were George St, Lozells, circa 77/78 halfway between John St and Wills St, looking down towards the Angel public house