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    VIROL

    I suffered from virol for years, it was a terrible disease. My mom used to send me to the 'Welfare' on the Cov near Smalll Heath Park for it. But when the weather was cold it was worse...we had no heating in the house and the only way to get warm was to gather round the polo mint on me dad's...
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    Where is This? 94

    Queue of Buses heading for St Andrews. nb It says City on the front of the bus. Millions flocking to Small Heath...Not a Wittonite in sight
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    Where is This? 91

    How unobservant of me...silly boy..It can't be the back of Villa Park ticket office...there's too many people in the picture...Alf is that you third from the left?
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    Where is This? 91

    Alf, is it the factory where they make your claret and blue pills?
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    Where is This? 91

    Is it Villa Park ticket office from the back?
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    Where is This? 90

    Is there a clue in 1875
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    Where is This? 89

    Jean you are quite right, I was being a bit naughty...it can't possibly be Villa Park...the horse seems to know hat he's Doing!
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    Where is This? 89

    Its very quiet and nothing much is happening...Is it Villa Park?
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    Dalton Bros George St West

    I mean George Street West that runs off Spring Hill
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    Dalton Bros George St West

    Hi Mike: Is it George Street?
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    Fid a caption

    Yep...hit me like a ton of bricks. Checked the statistics, Ron took over...1984...Result? Promptly Relegated. Ipso Facto my case rests...Baron you are so funny you'd cake-walk X Factor...remember it's only fun!
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    Fid a caption

    Baron what a thought provoking proposition. Now let me see…Mourinho, Wenger, Lippi, Rehhangel, Rijkaard Benitez, Ferguson, Scolari, Mcleish….Let me look again…No don’t see any O’Neill there,.could be wrong though.. An ex Wycombe, Leicester, Villa manager at St Andrews it is extremely difficult...
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    Fid a caption

    Baron..you are so funny! As if a Blue Nose could be upset by a Villain. I reckon your pretty good at maths too. Villa have had 9 yes NINE managers since 1990...thats an average of two years each. Since Mr O'Neill joined in 2006, worked it out..9 into 18 goes...? Remember this is just for fun.
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    Fid a caption

    "Don't look so dejected Juande...there'll soon be a vacancy at Villa Park."
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    Theatre shows of the past.

    Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Old Rep. The Beatles at the Odeon. Manfred Mann, Yardbirds in Coventry. Henry V at Stratford. Merchant of Venice at Shugborough. One Body Missing the Old Rep. The Railway Children. Peter Pan. Move Over Mrs Markham. Hobson’s Choice at The Rep. Margaret Lockwood and...
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    Mount Pleasant off the Coventry Road

    The Doctors Surgery was just past Mount Pleasant going up the Cov. Dr Brown and Dr McBrown..if I remember, Knock for Dr McBrown and Buzzer for Dr Brown.
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    the co-op small heath

    Yes, and I remember the number 169946. Although one never queued personally, one's maid or butler did. January double divi 1/10d and jumpers for goalposts.
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    Photo of the Villa squad 1879 - 1880

    Baron, Your very observant, but did you notice that the President was a Mr Ellis! and what of the shirts? appears to be more Girly Pink than Powder Blue. Wonder what that team would of made of the Wittonites win over the Mighty Ajax last night? How about this for a headline VIM Overcomes...
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    the co-op small heath

    Here's the Bus Stop. although strictly speaking this says from the city so it was probably on the other side of the road.
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    the co-op small heath

    There was a CO-OP lower down than the Grange between MacGauley's Toy Shop and Woolies on the Cov
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