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    paul stacey reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Dunlop Building with Appreciate Appreciate.
    You have not seen my handwriting yet Mike
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    paul stacey reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Dunlop Building with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I do find handwriting quite fun to look at, even the illegible stuff like off the doctor. Not that I am any good at reading it either, I...
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    paul stacey reacted to DunlopRubberbug's post in the thread Dunlop Building with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The motorsport factory, shown as Tyre 8 on the plan in the booklet survived until 2014 when it succumbed to JLR taking over the lease...
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    paul stacey reacted to Lloyd's post in the thread Brummie Ghosts with Appreciate Appreciate.
    From the Evening Despatch Mon, 12 Oct 1936 ·Page 5
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    paul stacey reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Brummie Ghosts with Appreciate Appreciate.
    my encounter and that of our moms is on post 102 and i still stand by it lyn
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    paul stacey reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Brummie Ghosts with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Platforms 4-6 are close to the former Jewish Burial Ground from which the bodies were removed to Granville Street !
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    paul stacey replied to the thread Brummie Ghosts.
    I have said before, I always found Snow Hill, a very dark, lonely place, at some 4 to 5 in the morning, with just gas lamps for light !!1
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    paul stacey reacted to Liam's post in the thread The Birmid with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I was a fitter in Sand foundry in the 70s and must have know your Dad, remember repairing the piston machines Bandsaws and the BSA...
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    paul stacey replied to the thread Old street pics...
    Those horse troughs were everywhere as a kid, together with standing water drinking fountains with copper jugs, chained to the stand, as...
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    paul stacey reacted to Country Road's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Great pictures, walked down Christchurch Passage many times working close by. Brilliant photos thank you, Westley Rd very recognisable...
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    paul stacey reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Used to spend hell of a lot of time during the Summer holidays here as a kid , after drying either a cup of hot chocolate or hot oxo and...
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    paul stacey reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I do remember that horse trough on the Cov Road very well, but what pub was it in front of?
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    paul stacey reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The good old Duke of York When I was in the Winson Green & District Darts League we played there and won .
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    paul stacey reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I wonder if those young men standing in the doorway were school leavers , I seem tp remember going there in August meny years ago to...
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    paul stacey reacted to izzy eckerslike's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes, I did the same, aged just 11 :innocent: we were told by older kids to say we were 16 and worked at the BSA and even with our...
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