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    Where was your first holiday?

    I see that Weston Lions decided to concrete it over because, "Over the last three years we found it harder and harder to look after the clock". they added that they had been watering the flowers three times a week in summer and it was still not enough to keep them alive. :rolleyes: A local...
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    Girl with Lamb, Handworth Park. Have you seen it around?

    Stolen 36 years ago and not traced since, it just shows you that the sort of people that do that sort of thing, were also around back then and they still seem to be getting away with it. Shame on them! :( My wife remembers it well, it was situated where they "used to catch tadpoles and eat...
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    Ian Lavender RIP

    Such sad news that the last surviving member of the Dad's Army cast, is no longer with us. One of the great shows and it stands the test of time, I can watch it again and again. He was a Brummie too and went to Bournville Technical School, before moving onto The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School...
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    Barton's Arms High Street Aston

    I passed it a couple of times last night. The pub was in darkness, with no boards up at the windows. I hope the local police are keeping an eye on it, because it presently looks an easy target for the vandals, who appear to like nothing better than to destroy our old pubs and don't seem to care...
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    Smallbrook Ringway

    A brutal end for a "brutalist icon". :( "The planning committee went on to approve the development and there was a cry of “shame” as frustrated campaigners left the room". Shame indeed, in my opinion. The Council were determined to have their way.
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    A little row of shops

    We moved a couple of years ago and now have a row of local shops that would have been a minute walk away for me not that long ago, but now seem quite a distance, but a journey well worth making. My wife and I are happy and lucky to have these local shops so near, a proper butcher, a grocers, a...
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    Bartons Arms closes

    My friends told me about this on our WhatsApp group this morning, many are still regulars on match days and they were in on Tuesday evening, and nothing whatsoever was said about it's impending closure. It is always very busy when Villa are at home, I guess that isn't enough for the owners to...
  8. J

    What’s this?

    My thought was, could it be the top of what is left of a shell (the lower half of the picture below)?
  9. J

    What’s this?

    Could you describe what the top and bottom look like and give a rough size of the object please?
  10. J

    happy birthday to jonob

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    Happy birthday bren

  12. J

    Clothes & shoes of yesteryear

    I have just watched it on YouTube (see below). Thanks for mentioning it Richard, he certainly does still have those moves. He also did one that played during the Superbowl (Grease - 2nd search title below) . Capital One | Quicksilver "Holiday Night Fever" Commercial (2023) Featuring John...
  13. J

    Brookvale Park & Witton Lakes

    It was a great place to visit as a youngster. My Nan's cousins lived in one of the houses that overlooked the park in George Road and they had an allotment. There was always a decent game of football (jumpers for goalposts ;) ) to be had on the grass, between the bank and the land on which...
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    Clothes & shoes of yesteryear

    I watched a programme on PBS America this week titled "The War on Disco" that included the scene from the opening of "Saturday Night Fever", where John Travolta struts down the street with a can of paint and compares his shoes, with those in a shop window (see below). They reminded me of a pair...
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    A little row of shops

    The first one is 4 years old, I'm not sure about the other one.
  16. J

    A little row of shops

    Could it be this row of shops 152-170 (which I think includes the shops below)?
  17. J

    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Who could forget? ;) (Pictured below as a candidate and with his band) Sadly he took his own life in 1999:
  18. J

    Sight loss in one eye can you claim benefit.

    There is nothing whatsoever to stop you making a claim to benefits. The question will be whether any benefits are paid to you as a result. That will be dependant upon the severity of your condition, upon it's impact on your ability to do day to day tasks and the extent of any help that you may...
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