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    Stokkie reacted to MWS's post in the thread Birmingham 1838 - 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    With a high infant mortality rate lowering the life expectancy figure it tends to give the impression that there were very few old...
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    Stokkie reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Birmingham 1838 - 1938 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I completely agree that there were old people, i spend quite a lot of time in cemetery's and am always amazed to see the grave marker of...
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    Stokkie reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Newspapers : Newspaper Archive new issues of local journals with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My husbands had a gift subscription of Newspapers .com for Fathers Day. A great gift for me too! Haha.
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    Stokkie replied to the thread The Woodman New Canal Street.
    A bit of good publicity from CAMRA and Historic England. 'The Woodman in Digbeth, Birmingham has won the Historic England Conservation...
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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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