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    Steam Train

    Arkrite: The picture is in Riviiera - The Rise and Rise of the Cote D'azur by Jim Ring. Jean...Of course a woman got it first, that goes without saying. My mom was a beautiful woman, so is my wife and my daughter and my sisters...so we men ain't got a chance have we? In fact other than make...
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    Typhoo Tea Bordesley Street Digbeth

    An old Typhoo advert:
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    Typhoo Tea Bordesley Street Digbeth

    Junie, See additional pics.
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    Steam Train

    Yep well done the Blue Train. Or as of friends in France would say Le Train Bleu. The clues were. a NICE picture - stopped at Nice. The french could take it on the chin. It also stopped at Menton - French for Chin. A Mystery. Agatha Christie's The Mystery of The Blue Train. Dijon, keen as...
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    Steam Train

    Jean..You don't know how close you are
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    Steam Train

    Nearly...not quite. It inspired a ballet by Serge Diaghilev
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    Steam Train

    Your right Dijon is on route. Clue 3 and 4. The French can take this on the CHIN alright! Its a bit of a Mystery.
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    Typhoo Tea Bordesley Street Digbeth

    Thought you might like to see these. From a set of 25 dating from 1924.
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    Steam Train

    Well done Arkrite...your on the right track - right track..gerrit!! You deserve another clue: Another nice one its as keen as mustard.
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    Steam Train

    OK all you train spotters. Here is a nice picture of a train. Can you tell me anything about it or with what famous line it was connected to? Their is already a clue in the line leading up to the question mark. First one to get it gets a gold star :).
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    Alice

    Charlie sez Hello Alice!
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    Oakley Road School Small Heath

    Hi Steerboy, Mr Williams rings a bell or rather -If it's the same one who taught maths - he rang my ears with a T square, simply because I asked him what is the point in learning Algebra when somebody has already learned it...I think, with his Welsh accent he called me 'Stupid Boy' Mrs Beadle...
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    General Hospital, Birmingham

    An old photograph of the General Hospital
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    General Hospital, Birmingham

    The hospital opened in September 1779. It comprised 40 beds, four nurses and physicians and a barber. For several years prior to its opening, funds were raised through a number of musical concerts and other donations. In 1766 Dr John Ash, a local physician published in the Gazette a proposal to...
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    Blues Defender Alec McLure

    Trust me to go to the only game they lost...ain't life 'ard?
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    Wandering Minstrel

    Was the Wandering Minstrel the same as the Witzzy Doo? Or however it is spelled?
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    Blues Defender Alec McLure

    David, Wonderful photo. Your capacity for forgiveness is greater than mine!
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    Back to Back addresses

    Hi Maggie, Google Wikipedia and then type in BIRMINGHAM BACK to BACKS. This might help.
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    The smallest Park in Birmingham

    Hi Bojalu. Yep we played there regularly. it was "THE ONE SWING PARK" even though it contained just a roundabout At least I don't recall the see-saw, but you could be right. It was certainly there in the 50's...
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    Birmingham FC

    Try web page Since 1888. Jack Sykes Birmingham 1933-37 Millwall 1937-39
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