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    Park Lane...Aston

    Interesting! the doors, middle right are all the rage in the US. If you want your house to look cool, both inside and outside use them.
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    Give us yer donny

    I think you are probably right Andrew, add to that the dialects from different parts of the country.
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    Rail 200

    Yes according to the Canterbury Archaeological website. That route was the first commercial railway carrying passengers for a fee.
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    Electric motor assisted Bicycles (E-bikes)

    Looking at Morts #34 post and compare you can clearly the technological improvements, but the idea is still the same. Petes post #32 clearly shows another early variant, both without the advantage of modern technology but both very good ideas!
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    City Centre pubs

    I have sent a couple of DM's as Mike suggests.
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    Give us yer donny

    Both may parents both from Aston used Donny. As my aunts and uncles from Aston. My be an Aston thing!
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    Rail 200

    Good pice of history Heartland! However as you know steam engines were/are an evolutionary process, regardless if they were fixed/stationary engines or mobile. Some those developments occurred in isolation because levels of communication were not that good 200 years ago. You could add to your...
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    Handsworth Dairies

    I remember that and the actual dairy so much!
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    City Centre pubs

    That’s one of them!
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    City Centre pubs

    Actually not the guy. I’ll send something. Last name is Dey settled from Holland/Denmark. His house also served as Washintons HQ. I think I have m6 dates off.
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    City Centre pubs

    That is a wonderful story, welcome home! When I came to the US I settled in NJ. When we were married in 1969 we had an appointment in Wayne NJ, After Thanksgiving my new wife and I visited the Dey Mansion, pronounced Dye. Richard Dye was a general for Peter Stuyvesant who settled NYC when it...
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    City Centre pubs

    East TN, great bbq all over TN. Spent a lot of time at John Deere in Greenville. Big change from CA.
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    City Centre pubs

    Thank you! I live in Franklin TN, I thought that is what it was…Been here since 2008. Where are you in TN?
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    City Centre pubs

    I can taste the beer now, love that list! What are the three stars on your avatar?
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    1950's 60s and 70s Erdington

    Such a shame it’s a no go area. While I did not frequent Erdington very much, it was always a nice safe area to walk through!
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    Station Street Birmingham

    Would agree with that! The term rendering relates to the drawing showing the people/horses etc, artists impression. Mid 1970’s or a little later would be the end of that technology, replaced by CAD because it was faster, easy to modify and less expensive.
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    Station Street Birmingham

    Yes, that kind of work, we called “rendering” was still done by hand into the mid 70’s when CAD systems began take over. That’s another skill along with modeling that has gone by the wayside or given way to technology.
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    The Railways

    No steam but very impressive :cool:, seriously this looks like a very good step forward and use of technology!
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    Station Street Birmingham

    Wonderful drawings! The level of effort and skill/workmanship to do all of that by hand is incredible…..I doubt you could find someone with the skills to do that say circa 1950’s. Today is would be all CAD based.
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    Station Street Birmingham

    And what is the basis for their decision, one way or another?
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