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    Stokkie reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Birmingham City Hospital officially closed Nov 2024 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi zero and welcome...what can i say? these images are invaluable..... i take it the contents of the old nursing home were just left...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread Kings Head Bearwood.
    King's Head Hotel, 1898: source Sandwell Public Libraries as posted to Smethwick Facebook group. Some talk of Wetherspoon's occupying...
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    Stokkie reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread Aston Hall with Haha Haha.
    Me To lol
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    Stokkie reacted to MWS's post in the thread HS2 progress 2020 and beyond with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Another drone flight from Bromford to Curzon St. It seems almost unbelievable that they will be sliding that enormous curved viaduct...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread Aston Hall.
    That's more like a dolls' house! So it was simply on loan. I must have seen it, but I have no recollection. Probably distracted by...
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    Stokkie reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Aston Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Regarding ‘my’ dolls house haha I found this online…… The History: It was an exceptionally rare, early 19th-century cupboard-style...
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    Stokkie reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Aston Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As a little girl I was fascinated by the Dolls House in the Nursery. I used to dream about it… We visited Aston Hall a few weeks ago...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread Aston Hall.
    Mother of Pearl Model of Aston Hall, Birmingham, Late 19th Century. I found this image on an internet auction site, listed at £34,000...
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    Stokkie reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Aston Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Technically, Aston hall is now run by the Birmingham Museums Trust, and not by the council. This, as in the case of other cities, was...
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    Stokkie reacted to Neil M's post in the thread Aston Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As pointed out above by Viv (HERE) the "Great Vases" on the upper terrace of Aston Hall are still in reasonable shape. They were...
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    Stokkie reacted to Phil Gundy's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The house I grew up in during the 50's and 60's was on a flightpath for starlings flying into the city for the night. The sky was black...
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    Stokkie reacted to Enel's post in the thread Jowett Javelin with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I snapped this one, a short distance from my home today. Lovely condition. Strange seeing it with seat belts, but I guess it’s a good...
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    Stokkie reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Cannon Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An excellent 1870's view of the top section of Cannon Street, looking from the Little Cannon Street junction towards Cherry Street. The...
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    Stokkie reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Articles: The Iron Room, Birmingham Libraries. Recent Articles with Appreciate Appreciate.
    https://theironroom.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/book-marking-your-community-library/
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    Stokkie reacted to Graham Paul Smith's post in the thread Sacred Heart Catholic School Witton Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi Ann, I’m Graham Smith, Emscote Rd. I was born ‘46 and presumably went there from 1951 to ‘57(?). I remember Janet Fish who came top...
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