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    Where is This? Garages #16

    Coventry Rd, More or less opposite Chapman Rd. ??
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    why this regiment?

    My Grandfather has WW1 army numbers in both the Warks and Gloucestershire regiments. So I been told its not unusual as towards the end men returning from either leave or from hospital were put wherever men were needed. Is it possible that something similar is the case with yours ?
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    Mot

    I use a garage out in the sticks that only does MOTs, only allowed to do a limited number per day, so you have to get in early. Doesnt do any repairs, so isnt tempted to try and up sell. Strikes me that any garage offering cut price MOTs is going to make up the difference elsewhere, you dont get...
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    Where is This? Garages #12

    just noticed the brand of Petrol. EP, but the logo looks like BP, or is it like the old Fina logo ? was it called English Petroleum, before it was British Petroleum ?
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    Where is This? Garages #12

    at the end of Saltley Viaduct ?
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    Can anyone date this photograph please

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    Can anyone date this photograph please

    Migh be worth emailing a copy to BMAG, see if anyone there has any ideas. Worst that can happen is they say no ! i'm not sure if clothing is a very accurate way of doing it tbh, kids 'best' clothes can get handed down, as they dont get worn daily. And people probably werent as fashion concious...
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    Thats That Done With Then !

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8029948/First-World-War-officially-ends.html
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    Merlin Garage Hanch Lane

    C'mon Mike.. where is it ?
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    Where is This? Garages #5

    somethings saying Golden Hillock Rd, late 1950s if thats an 100E van, dunno why though - years before my time.
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    Merlin Garage Hanch Lane

    Radleys, corner of Mackadown lane ?
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    Where is this ? Garages # 3

    Got a feelng is Alum Rock Rd.
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Mickey Dunne - Names familiar. I'm not from tamworth, but came across this-might interest you. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-S0SX1yBfIQJ:www.tamworthbands.com/1969/apr-jun.htm+tamworth+bands+mickey+dunne&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    I think they were stopped for safety reasons. Cant imagine the hse letting anyone push a barrow full of burning coke through town these days. Shame though, used to be great, and cheap. Not the same these days, they come all hyegenic wrapped in polystyrene and filled with curry sauce and stuff...
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    Anyone know this one?

    Just a play on words surely...Dewdrop Inn - Do drop in ? A dewdrop was a snotty nose when I was a kid.
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Oops ! For those who dont know, Barr Beacon used to have a Moble chip shop, hot dog stand etc well into the early hours, and a great view on a summers night. lol
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Barr Beacon after the pubs and clubs closed..
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Yeah, good times at the Ringway. If I remember right it was a pound per drink, but beer was only in half pint bottles, so a pint was two drinks, both bottles tipped, or more like upended into the glass together, then thrown in the bin, so you got about 2/3 of a pint plus froth if you were...
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    Unfortunate business names.

    Sorry if this has been on before. South african phone number by the way, so dont bother ringing em.
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    Unfortunate business names.

    There was a good club above Golliwogs as well, cant remember what it was called though.
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