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    Stokkie reacted to paul stacey's post in the thread Birmingham buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Ha, the Ivy Bush, my local for a while!!
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    Stokkie reacted to Lloyd's post in the thread Birmingham buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As said above, on the north side of Hagley Road near the Strathallen Hotel (is it still called that?) The bus route actually continued...
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    Stokkie reacted to Astoness's post in the thread The Vampire with Appreciate Appreciate.
    thats a good point and could well be true lyn
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    Stokkie replied to the thread The Vampire.
    It is a shame Lyn. I was wondering if Vampire Yard and the pub might have been named as a memorial to the poet John Stagg - who seems...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread The Vampire.
    Unfortunately the link to #41Midlands Pubs isn't functional. Can anyone enlighten me on the connection between John Stagg (1770–1823)...
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    Stokkie reacted to Astoness's post in the thread The Vampire with Appreciate Appreciate.
    posting again map showing the vampire pub in purple/pink and behind it says vampyre yard which came first i dont know lyn
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    Stokkie reacted to gemma's post in the thread The Vampire with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have really enjoyed reading this old post as like Saxonw John Stagg was the brother of my g g g g g grandfather. A brilliant lot of...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread The Vampire.
    A very interesting thread. Bram Stoker published Dracula in 1897 so too late for the naming of the pub and Vampyre Court. The OED...
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    Stokkie reacted to Robert Jones 1's post in the thread Rackhams Store with Sad Sad.
    'End of an era' as doors close at former Rackhams
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    Stokkie reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Our next picture in this tour now takes us along the shop frontages on the picture above to its junction with Icknield Street, number of...
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    Stokkie reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We now pop around the corner into Carver Street large building which has had the windows replaced with the small square panes on the...
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    Stokkie reacted to Astoness's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    todays view...
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    Stokkie reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Moving onto Roll 84 we have "old shops bottom of Warstone Lane" The picture shows the midst of change - property on the left is a...
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    Stokkie reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My husband also went to Cardinal Newmans in the 60s.
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    Stokkie replied to the thread Calthorpe Road.
    19 Calthorpe Road is currently to let to a sole occupier. It is described as a stunning four-storey, self-contained period office...
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