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    Hill Top Farm Spitfires At The Ready

    Hi Guys Here is an old picture of the spitfires ready for action already in postion on stand bye to go out and protect our lad in the surrounding areas of brum they are in the sheds on hilltop farm , Here is the photograph ,,
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    the yorkshire grey pub

    Hi midland pub what can you tell me about the other grey pub, meaning the Earl Grey on pershore road have you got a picture of the old pub and what about any up to date info ,regarding the future of it . As we all know its been closed for donkeys years and the building as had a make over i...
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    Happy Birthday To The Mini

    Adapit2it yesterday on my way home from brum i went back to worc via the old A38 as i got to wcychbold passing webbs garden centre and heading to wards Bromsgrove there was a huge Convy of these gracking little motors all driving in one line bumper to...
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    Summer Lane Pubs

    yes i said and stated this last night that it was the alpha taveren that george ran and moved to daven ports cross guns new built they asked him to take it on as i have already stated this as in alma way which was at the top end of summer lane but was changed owing to the new road works...
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    Summer Lane Pubs

    so you have not got the new pub of davenports which was built after the alma street was changed on the back of the old six ways davenports pub was the cross guns, after summer lane was altered and changed and it was the daven ports new pub called the cross gunns that was discussed at the top...
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    Summer Lane Pubs

    well here ado lynn Yes summer lane yes it was on summer lane which ran directly with the junction of old Alma street summer lane came right up to the junction which was summer lane continuing around the bend of Alma street...
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    Clocks

    Hi Viv, just want to say you have brought memories back to me from my boyhood days, As you know i was born and bred and started life living at 5\92 lichfield road which was more or less next to the Ansells brewery and i can relate to you about Aston and most certainly on the clock of both...
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    Smiths Crisps Tyseley

    Hi Ellbrown Just want to say a big thank you for puting the big huge factory of smiths crisp up on the thread and the reason i am saying that ,is because i lived down the road and passed it loads of time over the years gone bye and i...
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    Summer Lane Pubs

    hi there i have just rang our kid and it was late sixty too early mid seventy three they built that cracking pub it was one of there very first pub they built in year Davenports built it It was in the Alma way which was more or less running concurrent with the old summer lane because if you...
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    Summer Lane Pubs

    there was a Davenports pub built on amongest the new house they by built an it was late sixty or the early mid seventys and it was a cracking beer house as well that i do know and i will ring our kid tonight to get the ecact spot because we lived on victoria road and he lived in on the bartons...
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    Lewis's Department Store

    That peg monkey is not water it is a bucket chaff horse feed that in those days of our yester years is what the trades people used to do when they are stationry at the pavements and the man does is busines what ever he may be ie , baker. milkman ,coalman etc, what ever is trade ,if he his...
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    Happy Birthday To The Mini

    Hi Guys the mini car as always been a great litle nippie car for years now and i think the new mini they brought out of todays model are really super i would like to purchase one for myself but i need the big car for business It was ashamed what happenend to our car industry especialy the old...
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    Icknield St School

    Hi peg many thanks for your returned feed back , yes i do inded knew Ickneild street sec moderen i went there myself from junior school along with my two cousins bryan and barry phelps whom lived on ford stret just across the road facing the bus depot i left there in 1959, i can,t say i really...
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    Electric Trams

    Hi Guys Here is a couple of trams for the guys whom like there trams please note the guy running to beat the tram to get home
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    Icknield St School

    Hi peg can you tell me when and what year was it when there was girls in that school please I,m very intrested to know Astonian, Astonian,,,,
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    6 Selly Oak to Bearwood

    Hi grea Yes it true that was is nic name monkey known through that part of the city and the surrounding are for many years i can count; As you seen it thats was like that for donkeys years at one point in the sixtys he was ordered to tidy up his yard...
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    Hoods Hardware

    thank you maurice speak tomorrow good night god bless you Alan Astonian,,,
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    Birmingham buses

    perry barr bus station
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    Hoods Hardware

    hi maurice when do you last see that building and how do you mean beyond the old ware house as i recall it the kitchen and wares was when you walked down that street passing the buildings going down hill on the top corner facing...
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    6 Selly Oak to Bearwood

    Hi brumbum the scrap yard at the bottom of harborne lane at the bottom end was nic name monkeys alot of people used to go there he could guareente a part there for your car bits he made alot of money i used to live in the flats on...
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