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    Bull Ring 1930s - 1950s

    Pimm's Pet Shop I remember a Pimm's Pet Shop being in the Bull Ring and then it moved to Moor Street. My Dad used to work at a furniture shop (not the Times furniture shop) at the top of the Bull Ring in 50s and we used to go to meet him there on Saturdays and then went to Pimm's, I think it...
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    sayings

    Oooh Arr During the 70's I often used to say "Oooh Arr" when I meant "Yes". We had an Australian come to visit us and when he heard me he said that I sounded like a donkey!
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    sayings

    'Orse Road My Gran always used to say "Wen ya goo owt mind the 'Orse Road' I have heard Carl Chinn use this may times.
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    Hockley Pubs

    Lord Byron, Newhall Street Does anyone know anything about the Lord Byron in Newhall Street please? My ancestors (the Poole family) used to run this place but its now demolished
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    Armistice Day Tram

    It was Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, when a tram knocked over my paternal Great Grandfather, Joseph Talbot aged 80, and dragged him about a mile along Bristol Road. What a day for this to happen as he had survived the war. He eventually died in hospital on Boxing Day of that year as a...
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    Greys Department Store

    Greys Department Store I worked in the offices at Grey's 1963-65 and it was during that time that it was taken over by Debenhams. In later years it was used for Hamley's Toy Shop before being demolished. Was anyone on this forum working there when I was there?
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