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    February 2013 edition Story of Ashted

    I will try a photo graph over the weekend I will also attempt to photograph the PC with the address and stamp on it
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    February 2013 edition Story of Ashted

    I will try and scan the photo for you,but as you will appreciate it is getting on for 100 years old and the frame is rather fragile. Mathew who is the soldier on the photo was wounded twice in the first world war .He lived in Cotterills Lane until he died in 1939.The rest of the PC's are quite...
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    February 2013 edition Story of Ashted

    What a coincidence,the postcard is dated 1914 but I have some others and I will check the date on them. The PC is from Aldershot Lines and shows the battle honours of The Rifle Brigade in which my grand fathers brother served.I also have the photograph that was displayed in the front window...
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    February 2013 edition Story of Ashted

    Amongst a collection of postcards that belonged to my grand mother,there are a number addressed to my grand father at 132 Ashted Row, the family name was Postlethwaite. I am sure that the daughter Clara went into service with a local doctor
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    Yardley Wood

    We lived at 103 Cleeve Road on the corner of Hindhead Road.We moved there in about 1960 and my dad stayed there until he died about 15 years ago.
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    Factory Fire Services

    Does anyone have a photgraph of the Morris Commercial works ambulance.We have a MC vehicle which was the works ambulance,it was registered in 1937 but the.registration number has been sold.It is at present under restoration and we would like to present it in it original livery.
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    Lewis's Department Store

    Wonderful pictures.I notice in the view along Corporation Street that there was a Daimler DC 27 ambulance.There are now only about 6 left in this country.
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    Lewis's Department Store

    The avenue of stone lions in Shard End was the entrance to the Boy Scouts camping ground in Yorks Wood.Having spent my childhood in Packington Avenue and being a member of Yorks Wood Scouts I spent many happy hours both camping and roaming around the woods with my mates.
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    I still think my idea of a Brummy being born within the smell of Saltley gasworks holds a little credence.
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    I have just seen the announcement about a Birmingham welcoming pack and the definition of a Brummy.I have to wonder whether they consulted any Brummies or did they employ a firm of consultants from outside the city..
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    Fisher & Ludlows factory

    I may have posted this before.My dad was a fireman at F&L in the early 50's and the fire engine is preserved in the museum at Leyland
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    I was a little closer,Adderll Road. I spent some of my early years sitting in the passageway of the Tote waiting for a glass of pop and a packet of crisps.
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    I consider myself a true Brummy. Born within the smell of Saltley Gasworks.
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    A B Fletcher, Great Lister Street.

    My old grand dad used to be the gatekeeper at the met,sometimes in Arley Road and sometimes on the main gate
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    A B Fletcher, Great Lister Street.

    I wish they were still about,finding spare parts for our classic vehicles is becoming a nightmare,parts that could be bought for a few pence at Fletchers now cost an arm and a leg Malcolm
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    A B Fletcher, Great Lister Street.

    I used to spend hours mooching through the old tools and car parts. It went up market a few years ago and did not seem to attract many people.
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    Think Tank

    Sorry Baz The bedford is COA 123 C and is the genuine article,and the princess is WWP 38 and was once the works ambulance of Garringtons factory.Malcolm
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    Think Tank

    I feel that I must reply to you Wam,I am not complaining about anything,I am just stating that the ambulance service did not figure in the exhibitionin the art gallery.I have been a guest speaker some of the history group meetings in your area and was impressed by the interest shown by the...
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    Think Tank

    I totally agree with you, there is very little interest in our heritage.I visited the exhibition on Birmingham life and although I enjoyed the experience I was disappointed to note that there was no mention of the ambulance services in the city although these services existed long before the...
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    Science Museum Newhall Street

    It was possible but I could never beat it on a regular basis.
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