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    Richard Dye reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Tolkien's Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The same view today. The first house does not exist in the above photo although it looks as if the tree is still there. The black and...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Tolkien's Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This photo taken 1905 of Gracewell Cottages shows a very different Wake Green Road to today. Source...
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    Richard Dye reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Tolkien's Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Tolkien Society suggests him for new banknotes.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgprql222po
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    Richard Dye reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Tolkien's Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This mentions the details you gave Dave. Afraid the quality of the clipping isn't great. Source : British Newspaper Archive
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Heathfield Hall.
    This is from “A short history of Heathfield Hall” by Graham Stevenson. I hope this helps.
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Donations.
    I signed up for the monthly subscription, even if you can’t/don’t want to do that, please try to make a donation of some kind. It is...
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    Richard Dye reacted to warren's post in the thread Donations with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just a little note to say we are running a little low on funds we have enough for the next few months, but anything you can give to help...
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    Richard Dye reacted to cba's post in the thread Donations with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Have made another donation. I really appreciate BHF.
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    Richard Dye reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Heathfield Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    great video viv....always saddens me that the powers that be did not think it fit to save heathfield hall and watts workshop...not much...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Lawson’s Motor Wheel. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lawson’s Motor-Wheel 1902 (from Who remembers) Henry John Lawson’s base in the period of the Motor Wheel (1902) was in Coventry, which...
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Cadbury's Bournville Factory.
    Classy building as it appears all Cadbury buildings are!
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Heathfield Hall.
    So sad that they knocked that down, it would have been right at the end of the road that I lived on, where West & North Drives are today!
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Park Lane...Aston.
    Interesting! the doors, middle right are all the rage in the US. If you want your house to look cool, both inside and outside use them.
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    Richard Dye reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Park Lane...Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Follows on from this one and looks as though they were taken on the same day.
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Give us yer donny.
    I think you are probably right Andrew, add to that the dialects from different parts of the country.
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