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    Hunton Hill

    Mike, there was a church in the 60s and is now an Evangelical church on the bottom right of the picture @ #1 above. Here is a photo of retired civil engineer, Mr W Hill pictured in 1950 in his garden at 20, Hunton Hill, which is further up the road on the right hand side too, just past the...
  2. J

    Gaumont cinema

    They don't make them like that any more Mike! ;) I would happily join that queue today...
  3. J

    80th anniversary of VE Day 2025

    I heard on BBC Midlands News the other evening, that they along with the National Memorial Arboretum, are appealing for items relating to VE Day to be submitted from members of the public (see link below). There will be an exhibition at the arboretum in Alrewas, which is due to run from 3rd...
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    80th anniversary of VE Day 2025

    Birmingham VE Day 1945:
  5. J

    Electric Cinema Station Street

    It will be interesting to know why this government department reached this decision. Are they putting getting this new building work started above their role in protecting culture and media?
  6. J

    Happy birthday jukebox

  7. J

    1837 was there a prison in Stourbridge?

    As you have suggested, it wasn't, it had just been converted into flats and these were the new residents pictured outside them in 1926. Sorry, I've just noticed that had already been confirmed above @ #11.:oops:
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    1837 was there a prison in Stourbridge?

    Worcester Prison 1 & 2 -External view & Cell 3 & 4 - pictured in 1926:
  9. J

    Aston Villa history

    Such a nice photo, I feel like I'm back there again! Thanks for posting this Donbogen.
  10. J

    Presbytery Aston (Hall ?)

    The priests housekeeper from a local church, came to our shop for the fruit and vegetables, until we closed the business in the mid 80s. Such housekeepers, became better known after Mrs Doyle appeared in the TV sitcom Father Ted in the 1990s:
  11. J

    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    I was thinking within 800 yards of a ground Mike, but as you say parking is a different matter and people can park as much as a mile and a half away. Residents only parking was introduced some time ago, to help local residents park outside their own homes on match-days, but it seems it is rarely...
  12. J

    Presbytery Aston (Hall ?)

    Might she have been employed in some capacity at that address, perhaps as part of the parish priests household staff?
  13. J

    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    I guess they will be aware of it and would be used to the odd fan stopping to have a look, that said quite a few residents seem visibly shocked every other week, when football fans walk backwards and forwards past their houses, on their way to and from Villa Park on match days. I would have...
  14. J

    Fish & Meat paste from the 50s and 60s

    Delicious stuff back then.
  15. J

    Humorous And Interesting Newspaper Stories about Birmingham

    We have had cats that have jumped onto the bonnet, I think it's the heat from the engine that attracts them.
  16. J

    Old street pics..

    As Steptoe & Son demonstrated with Hercules:
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    John “Ozzy” Osbourne

    Sadly, this is so predictable. I guess it's simply a case of supply and demand. Hotels are more expensive when something is happening in the city, because the demand for rooms is higher than normal. Hotels around Wembley are exactly the same on Cup Final/Semi Final dates, with prices much higher...
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    Aston Hall

    Visitors who travelled to Aston Hall in some style, 99 years ago:
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