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      podgery reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Fred's Cafe This popular cafe on the Green was started by Fred Cowan Senior around 1920. The business was continued by his son, also...
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      podgery reacted to boilerman's post in the thread Rag and Bone Men with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Quite an event for us in Ladywood, actually seeing a horse up close. That smell never leaves you.
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      podgery reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
      In the centre opposite the pub. In the block of shops next to where Burtons was. Fred's Cafe was 13 Shirley Road. Frequented by pupils...
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      podgery replied to the thread Rag and Bone Men.
      Good memories just as I remember, us all looking for stuff so we could get a goldfish.
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      podgery reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Rag and Bone Men with Appreciate Appreciate.
      RAG AND BONE MAN WITH HORSE AND CART - BIRMINGHAM ** Do you remember seeing a horse and cart in your area in the 1960’s
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      podgery reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Acocks Green with Appreciate Appreciate.
      FRED COWEN OUTSIDE HIS CAFE - ACOCKS GREEN
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      podgery replied to the thread Acocks Green.
      Where in Acocks Green was this ?
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      podgery reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Finally the last picture off the roll and we move further down Thimblemill Lane and come to St. Josephs Catholic Church, church yard...
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      podgery reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      so then if we turn around we have this view, the old railway bridge which I believe comes from near the old shed at Aston. Below that is...
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      podgery reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Thought I had finished this roll but found a couple on the end - this is Thimblemill Lane and Cheston Road, rather dark but you get the...
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      podgery reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      We now come to Broad Street in 1939 ( so the list says and we know how reliable that is !!) like the street lamps and the cars parked on...
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      podgery reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Moving back to Camp Hill and the same roundabout - we now have a view of the Ship Inn with a Tram approaching - again apologies for the...
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      podgery reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Apologies for the state of the image the is the Delicia Cinema Gosta Green like the signage - Westling Saturday and the small Craven A...
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      podgery reacted to devonjim's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Just across the road fom the wonderful McGauley's where in about 1954 I bought a Hercules bike using my Saturday job monies I understand...
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      podgery reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      We now move to Cattell Road and Coventry Road , just across the road from the Blues ground, nice square globes on the sides and double...
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