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    Birmingham?

    My memory, and I hope I'm correct, is that Bolton Road ran in a straight line to the railway bridge as seen on #66 where it joined what I think was Bordesley Park Road. I can't help with the dates of re-routing though.
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    Birmingham?

    I can see the dark space you're alluding to Janice but I am looking at the patterned area in isolation. There are many features in the photograph that could be inclusive or viewed as separate entities. In suggesting that the patterned area may be the side of a railway bridge I am viewing it in...
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    Birmingham?

    I thought that the structure with the pattern which it has been suggested could well be the side of a railway bridge could be exactly that. I can't see a gable end or a door. Maybe I'm missing something. I can't think why it would have a pattern on but I still think it could be the side of a...
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    Birmingham?

    The lie of the land and the buildings far off in the distance put me in mind of the bottom of Bolton Road, Small Heath as it goes down to Coventry Road. Just speculation though.
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    Small Heath and Sparkbrook Station

    The title of this thread is most satisfying. The original name of the station, Small Heath and Sparkbrook is important to me and, maybe others. It brings back memories of GWR and all it stood for. The other side of Golden Hillock Road on the corner of Anderton Road was where we train spotters...
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    Old Barn, Wiggins Hill Road, Wishaw

    Bricklyn Farm and Bricklyn Cottages are separate properties in Bulls Lane. Bricklyn Farm entrance is opposite Wishaw Lane. Bricklyn Cottages is actually one property on the opposite side of Bulls Lane around 100 yards down from Bricklyn Farm entrance. I was the rural postman in Bulls Lane for...
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    Grantham Rd Sparkbrook bombings.

    I lived in the adjacent Dolobran Road from my birth in 1945 until I got married in 1965 so I have relatively good memories of the 50s and early 60s. I can't recall any war damaged property although there were newish flats and maisonettes at the start of Grantham Road from the corner of Farm...
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    Rationing

    Echo was an early margarine after the rationing was lifted. During the rationing, margarine was marketed as "special margarine" in greaseproof and the wording in brown. I remember it so well. I had only tasted margarine being born in 1945 and couldn't get used to the creaminess of butter. For...
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    Peacocks Store Bull Ring

    I don't think Peacock's had more than one location in Ladypool Road. Certainly in 1958 they were in an established spot. I was 13 years old then and the store had been in the same building as far back as my memory goes. I'm reasonably sure if was still there when I got married and left...
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    Groups We Have Seen Live

    We went to Birmingham Town Hall yesterday evening to see Lindisfarne. The taxi driver dropped us on the corner of Margaret St and Edmund St and said he'd pick us up at the same place later. He could have said "Meet me on the Corner". Great show but how we miss Alan Hull.
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    Coach Trip to Weston Super Mare

    In the '50s our family used to travel by coach to North Devon and I'm reasonably sure the coach took a break at Black and White Coaches at Cheltenham. North Devon's further on than Weston super Mare of course so the breaks may have been different.
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    RIP DENNIS WILLIAMS

    Sad news. He was a source of many and varied subjects and will be greatly missed. RIP Dennis.
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    Childhood TV PROGRAMS

    Who could forget The Adventures of Robin Hood? Richard Greene in the lead role and Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Compulsory viewing in the late 50s.
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    Oldest Post Box in Birmingham?

    Victorian box flush in the wall at the corner of The Driffold and Wyndley Lane, Sutton Coldfield. No photo I'm afraid.
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    Few Old Bikes

    Dawes Double Blue was my aspiration too. Never got one though. I seem to recall there was a Lincoln Imp at the same time in black and yellow. Was that by Raleigh. I think they were almost identical in equipment. Was it some sort of badge engineering?
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    Police Site Tally Ho! to change beyond recognition.

    Doesn't the site belong to Calthorpe Estates?
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    Penryn Somerset Rd Fire Station

    That's a comprehensive account of the building and very interesting. I have no idea how long it was used by the GPO but I know my father did some training there, around 1960 I think.
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    HAPPY 70TH VIVIENNE14

    Great news Viv. Pleased to hear everyone's okay. Big lad too!
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    Birmingham (or very close by) pubs that you would have liked to visit.

    For no other reason than its inspirational name, I would have loved to tick off The Stewpony at Kinver as one of the many hostelries I have had the pleasure of visiting. Pub names can be imaginative. It just seemed to pass me by among the many pubs I have visited in that area.
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    HAPPY 70TH VIVIENNE14

    Happy Birthday Viv. Sounds like you're very enjoyed it. More good news on the way too!
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