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  1. oldbrit

    Happy birthday Anthea

    Happy Birthday, Have a great day and many many more Anthea
  2. oldbrit

    happy birthday to eric gibson

    Have a great day Eric from Old Brit still riding his bike at almost 91 years young
  3. oldbrit

    Statue of Queen Victoria

    William Bloye did this I was working there then
  4. oldbrit

    Its Brenda Barr's birthday

    Have great day Brenda and many many more
  5. oldbrit

    CHRISTMAS WISHES 2023

    From Crumpy the cyclist HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a GREAT NEW YEAR in Parker, Colorado USA
  6. oldbrit

    Di Poppitt

    Very Sad news I enjoyed her postings my condolences to her family
  7. oldbrit

    its janet hunts birthday

    Have a great day Janet and many more!
  8. oldbrit

    The Moat - Moat Row & Moat Lane

    Cant get it?
  9. oldbrit

    Yew Tree Hotel Yardley

    It was there when I left in 1957
  10. oldbrit

    Happy Thanksgiving Day

    83 years ago on this day the 23rd of November this happened in Yardley Brum when I was 7 years old something I will always be thankful for, that I am still alive now 90 years young
  11. oldbrit

    It's Lyn's (Astoness) birthday

    Happy Birthday Lyn and many more!!
  12. oldbrit

    My visit to Birmingham yesterday.

    So you did see the Golden Boys! I was working for Wiliam Bloye the sculptor when they were working on them in the late 1950s This is how they looked then and where they were then
  13. oldbrit

    ITS MORTURNS BIRTHDAY

    Have a great day and many more Happy Birthday
  14. oldbrit

    Rover factories in Birmingham

    My Dad worked for Rover on Lode Lane for years
  15. oldbrit

    Brummies who moved to the USA

    My relatives left Smethwick in the late 1800s on a cattle ship for the USA they started a printing company in Wallingford Connecticut USA in 1957 My Uncle in the USA sponsored me to go to America, and I have lived in the USA ever since, and I am now 90 years young and built our house in The...
  16. oldbrit

    RIP DENNIS WILLIAMS

    So sad to hear that my deepest condolences to hs family
  17. oldbrit

    Gilbertstone Avenue South Yardley

    I lived on Moat Lane and I think Robin Kendall who is now 90 like me and lives in Worcester now; lived on Gilberstone?
  18. oldbrit

    RIP OLD MOWHAWK (phil)

    Rest in peace, Phil God bless you
  19. oldbrit

    old family photos

    I have hundreds of old family photos I will post a few later on. This one is interesting and shows my Dad, (God bless him) with his Uncle Gus and His Dad. In the late1800s The Crump family who actually lived in Smethwick, all moved to America, Uncle (Gus) Herbert August Crump started up a...
  20. oldbrit

    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Great photos from a long gone now time. The money spent and in my mind wasted
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