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    Motorcycle Shops

    169097 is Gray's motorcycles, Wellington road. In the sixties on the other side of Wellington road was company called - S.P.D .
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    Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022

    So am I. Brilliant morning watching the triathlon. A city to be proud of.
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    Double Zero Club

    Bit of a long shot. I knew Joe.
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    Motorcycle Factory Location

    Hi, the owners of the website are updating the forum. I suggest you go to the website via the link and navigate to the 'home' page, from there you can monitor when the page you are looking for, returns.
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    Worst car of the 1960's

    What make of car is this?
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    Canals of Birmingham

    I spent many a day at 'Diglis basin' working at the oil depot for 'Spencer Abbott Ltd' in the late 70's.
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    Bicycle manufacturers in Birmingham

    What a fantastic picture. Where about in Erdington was the business?
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    Turley Sheet Metal Works

    Yes. I still have one.
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    Motorcycle Shops

    I seem to remember a motorcycle spares shop at the bottom of Watery lane, almost on the corner with Lawley street. I think it was called 'Motorcycle Equipment' (M.C.E).
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    Sutton Park History

    I live opposite the park. One picture does not tell the whole story. In the summer, especially the weekends the park is rammed with visitors. I would happily pay to use the park.
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    Bellis and Morcom

    What a fantastic picture. I drove past there last week and sadly the whole site is now high-rise blocks of apartments/offices under construction.
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    Birmingham City Utilities Home Guard (Gas, Water, Electricity, Salvage and administrative departments) - Commemorative Booklet

    An interesting read. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
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    Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022

    Looks good.
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    WHITES IRONMONGERS ..SUMMER LANE

    Oh no. What an emporium that was. I went in there many times during the seventies/eighties. Sad day.
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    The Iron Man- What happened to it?

    Has the 'Iron Man' got feet? Any pictures of him before he was lowered onto the plinth below ground level?
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    Scams: telephone, email, texts 2022

    I have the same phone, it is very good at blocking scam phone calls. I have not had a scam phone call for over a year now.
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    The Iron Man- What happened to it?

    I seem to remember when it was first installed, that the 'Iron man' was to look as if if he was escaping from or shooting out from the ground below. I like it as a piece of work and how it reflects the past iron trades of this area.
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    Jails Gaols Prisons

    This site is very interesting. https://www.prisonhistory.org/
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    Comptometer operator

    Not a 'Comptometer' that might be recognisable by some. This is a hand operated 'Calculator'. It could calculate: addition. subtraction, multiplication and division. I have tried to understand how to operate it from instructions in the booklet that came with it......I failed.
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    Comptometer operator

    I never operated such a machine and have very little knowledge of which buttons were pressed to achieve a satisfactory result. However I do have a brand new one, still in its original box. I will post a few pics of it for you to peruse.
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