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    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
      Last one off this Roll and this is the demolition of the last building from the Spitfire production at Castle Bromwich taken is 1992.
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      SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
      This is just a quick one Chandos Road , Moseley, not sure if there is an significance to the picture - looks a bit tidier these days.
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      SteveBhx reacted to mikejee's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Not sure when the photo was taken, but in 1973 it ( nos 111-119) was occupied by William Harvey & Co, ships lnternp makers, and...
    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
      My notes have this as Old Stratford Place off the Moseley Road - tracked it down on streetview and it looks a loveley building set on...
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    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
      moving down Bissell Street and we come to Pig and Whistle - it seems to have doors bricked up and the only entrance is at the other end...
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    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
      and now we move to Bissell Street and this fine building - unfortunately the images are difficult to get due to the size of the building...
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      SteveBhx reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      The second floor window has been replaced with a vast amount of newer brickwork, the 1st floor window has had the lintel replaced but...
    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Building appears to be still there.
    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
      We now move round to Barford Street and The Globe Works, another industrial building with the metal window frames with the arched tops...
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    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx replied to the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS.
      We now move to Bishop Street and this fine building, not sure if it would have been for one business, so much going on - main delivery...
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    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx reacted to Astoness's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      thanks for that and yes you are right he may have no connection with birmingham at all... ..i will take a look on ancestry to see if...
    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Lyn I found one Frank Aston alas he lived in Dudley and died fighting in WW1. no mention of any contact with Brum.
    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx reacted to Astoness's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      hi steve thanks for the photos and just to say there is never any rush...only when you have the time lyn
    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Harry Mason (I can read his name on the picture) makes beer pumps and dispensing equipment. They are established for 60 years (or 200...
    • SteveBhx
      SteveBhx reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
      My lunchtime pub when i was doing jobs at Typhoo Tea
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