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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Back to bus images - slightly different, turning out of High Street into Vicarage Road Kings Heath - on the outer circle route , we...
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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    To make a change from buses here are a couple of pictures of the old market hall , taken in 1920 and rather poor but give an idea of the...
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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Big thanks to Radiorails for the "correct" bus information I have gone through and edited my entries where necessary! Shown in the good...
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    oldjoe reacted to Astoness's post in the thread High Street Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    not sure if this is a new one...littlewoods with woolworths on the corner lyn
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    oldjoe reacted to MWS's post in the thread northbrook street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A quick search... https://www.thomaswatson.com/lot/advertising-poster-clarke-s-thunder-clouds-tobacco-framed
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    oldjoe reacted to MWS's post in the thread northbrook street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Map from 1954...
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    oldjoe reacted to Astoness's post in the thread northbrook street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    think northbrook st was in ladywood...caption says queuing up for whisky after ww1...seems a lot of ladies queuing up i would have...
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    oldjoe reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Balsall Heath. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The first Photo appears on Birmingham Live as wreckage of a redevelopment site Balsasll Heath 1967. The second picture appears on...
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    oldjoe reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Balsall Heath. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here are some photos labelled as Irish families at Balsall Heath in 1960s, though would be better labelled Irish children at Balsall...
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    oldjoe reacted to Alf Rogers's post in the thread Birmingham Cinemas with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I took the wife to see A Summer Story, around 1988 - I'm sure it was at The Futurist. A lovely, romantic film, but I don't recall ever...
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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The next picture has a very old look about it even though it was taken in the 1950,s the No.50 is climbing Suffolk Street cobbles and...
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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Next we have the 66 standing in Whittall Street , what amazes me posting these picture around Birmingham and comparing the old and new...
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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We move up and we are now top of Albert Street into High Street and we are outside the former News Theatre, everyone dressed in long...
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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is another picture that all looks well compared to today but a turn left or right is a shock to the system, here we have the 14E...
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    oldjoe reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Moving round the corner we have 15A heading along Navigation Street crossing the bridge above the tracks of New Street Station. Educated...
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