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    The Newcomen Society Events

    You didn't include a link with this. Shouldn't there have been one?
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    Computer Security.

    If you're doing that, pay attention to the codes you're getting. If you scan from an app that's already on your phone, you should be OK but if it's an individual code that doesn't require the app to be running then it's liable to all kinds of tricks.
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    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2023, 2024

    Nowadays you'll find a lot of the fake emails go to the junk folder straight off. This will increase as you list more as junk or report more for phishing. 3 in one day isn't much. Every so often the screen for such misses some and they show up in your inbox. This does seem to happen in clumps.
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    Moseley Kings Heath Line

    At one point there was something about the new line linking in to the existing one at University station forming a loop. Has that gone now?
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    Wenman Street and Edwardes Street, Balsall Heath

    I think I've seen one recently but I'm not sure if there's a version on the internet. If anyone knows where to find one it will be BARRA https://www.birminghamairraids.co.uk/
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    Brunswick Club, 464 Moseley Road

    I vaguely remember my mum getting me to sign up to the Brunswick in the 80s or 90s so she could go. They didn't allow women as members so she couldn't be a member but, if I was, she could use the place. I don't remember if she was ever in there. she died soon after. Then again I could have got...
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    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2023, 2024

    With those you might find this is genuine. Does your bank send you regular emails with offers and advice and only a link? Admittedly I don't get such things from the bank but some do. For example, if you were with NatWest, you might get a link to this...
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    Buildings at risk

    I get the impression this article isn't as up to date as it might be. Moseley road baths closed for refurbishment project about a month ago that is supposed to bring more of the place into use. The BMI is supposed to be undergoing a similar refit and has been for a few months now. Does anyone...
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    Typhoo Tea Factory plans

    S Rose's Lionel Street place was destroyed by the fire. It was arson. A disgruntled ex-employee had broken in inteding to steal stuff and had lit something to use as a torch for light. As it was a clothing warehouse that's probably an old jacket or something similar. You can guess the rest. S...
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    Old Birmingham Railway Sites

    The map link https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17.0&lat=52.47940&lon=-1.90852&layers=117746211&b=3 should take you to a map that includes the railway lines. You can see the main line going into and out of the tunnel under Broad Street and that tunnel is shourt enough that you can see where...
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    King Edwards Grammar School Camp Hill

    I should have been the year after you and, as I remember it the Deputy Head was called Saunders.
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    Old Birmingham Railway Sites

    I worked at the old central sorting office on Blucher St (off Suffolk St) one Christmas. They did have a tunnel that went to New St station but there was no railway in it. As I understand it, it was a low tunnel and you'd never get any kind of engine through there. One day we had to take the...
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    The Newcomen Society Events

    I've just checked the events page at the Newcomen Society's website and none of these are on it. Has something gone wrong? https://www.newcomen.com/events-calendar/
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    Airships over Birmingham ?

    There's a dfference between an airship and a blimp. The airship is designed as something carrying passengers. The blimp may be able to carry a few passengers but tends to be anchored rather than travelling.It's a vague distinction but still. If you want to see airships, you'll have to go to...
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    Buildings at risk

    This is what the old depot building is now. https://creationwall.co.uk/ It's in regular use and seems to have quite a few people through there.
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    Buildings at risk

    The present applications are from the same person that submitted applications in 2021. These were rejected. The new applications are available at...
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    Middlemore Children’s Emigration Homes

    I suspect most of the Gordon Brown apology came in the wake of the Fairbridge scandal in Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbridge,_Western_Australia although there were more revelations to come...
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    Buildings at risk

    As far as I can tell this is still the same developer only with a different set of plans. They've been posting new notices at the front of the block every so often for years now. Generally they seem to have failed the test of the Heritage peoples omewhere in the plans. I don't understand why...
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    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2023, 2024

    The one's I'm concerned about aren't making money on ad-sales (clickbait) they're marketing petitions and political supporters. The process relies on the fact that people react to the headline not the content. You sign up to something that says "Save this fine old building" and, maybe later, you...
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    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2023, 2024

    This is queationable as to whether or not you'd consider it a scam. Lately I've been seeing a lot of campaigns on FaceBook that want you to vote for something. Most recent are things like "Save Britains Heritage" or "Make voting fairer". You click their button and the campaign gets your email...
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