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    Then & Now

    Sadly that is a recurring theme.
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    RIP GINGER BAKER

    They say the top three, Bonham Moon Baker So sad all our idles are leaving, we forget the age of some of these guys But I must admit I have no idea how Kieth Richards is still here !!!.
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    Peaky Blinders - A world away from Downton!

    Well here it would be a Saturday morning cartoon series, then toys and a breakfast cereal.
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    Then & Now

    Let's pop in this weekend for a brew X1, brewed for the men of the Midlands. Remember as a kid trying to see inside a pub but the etched glass would not allow it, I had forgotten about it till I looked at the picture of the Kings Arms.
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    Then & Now

    I am in full agreement so many of the now pictures show no life, as if the blood that flowed through the city has been cut off. So many of the then pictures show a city on the move, where have all the people gone ?.
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    Then & Now

    I wonder if you could get a pack of fags in the shop next to the chippy ?.
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    Then & Now

    For some reason it does not show well on my phone.
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    Then & Now

    I wonder what inspired a military parade in 1935 ?
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    Then & Now

    So looking at the then photographs I can not believe how many signs and adds were on the buildings, they were even on the ends of homes that were on a corner. I presume this was the only real way to advertise as there was no radio or tv. I love looking at the adds but boy o boy they were every...
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    Hobbies 2015 - 2019

    Is that motor motor cycle shop still there as a bike shop I know it was in the late 70's.
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    Traditional Brummie Food

    O a piece dipped in the fat My wife cooks bacon in the oven on a rack over a pan, when it's cooked I get a Hawaiian rolls dip it in the fat and put some bacon on it. One of my pop's favorites is a tomato dip
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    Old street pics..

    That's more like it, make me shiver just to look . I have to tell I can not remember the last time I wore long pants, now having said that I could not wait to be grown up enough to get a long pair
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    Traditional Brummie Food

    My wife has never made real chips, now we do eat them and even have the Bisto chip shop curry sauce, but the chips are the frozen kind I have never seen a chip pan for sale here I have not seen one in over 40 years. It's funny because i bet the most spoken phrase here is. "you want fries with...
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    Tyseley Locomotive Works

    We would sneak into Moor at Station off Shaw's Passage, there were sleeper carriage's and we hang out inside them trying not to get caught.
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    Then & Now

    We gained a third traffic lane.. All those cars are parked and just showing is a parking lot of a ?
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    What do you watch on tv nowadays ?

    Yes they have to call out all the possible side affects and after hearing then all your to scared to take the medicine I am watching the series on PBS about country music by Ken Burns as usual very worth while., and no adds on PBS.
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    Another Bus Location

    Hillman minx
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    What do you watch on tv nowadays ?

    Over here they changed the law so the adds can not be broadcast louder than the program, of course the adds are dumb.
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    Tyseley Locomotive Works

    30 years wow how do people stay focused and how do you manage a resto job that long you must go through many team members. I have a lot of experience with restoration and the time it takes along with the money the most for me was a little less than 1/2 million. That said what is the cost of a...
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    Old street pics..

    I really appreciate all the pictures on this forum the old and of course the then and now along with the trams trains buses I have to admit the amount of pictures taken so many years ago is unbelievable hauling around a camera must have been a real chore. The amazing thing is how many...
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