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My favourite place as a nipper was on the embankment opposite the end of Tyseley Lane on the Warwick Road.

Even getting quite a few bees now, mid September, flowers on ivy proving particularly attractive. Mahonia will usually keep them interested later in the year.

Despite going backwards and forwards along the 11 route for many years school then work, bus, cycling then driving I never realised that Southam Rd went left AND right of Colebank Rd.

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https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=constable+Malvern+Hall&&mid=4E44ED3C783620EF1CE14E44ED3C783620EF1CE1&FORM=VAMGZC Commentary on Constable's painting of Malvern Hall

A quote from April 16th.'25. Pond level up at this level again today for the first time since April. Shows what a prolonged spell of dry weather we have enjoyed.

The story in my wife's family is that her maternal grand father, Arthur Bliss was a drinking colleague of Arthur Doyle. We shall never know, but time and place were right. Both had a reputation for liking "a drop of pop"

In 1950's until 1956 the cricket grounds were our school playing fields, rugby as well as cricket. They were on the right just up from College Rd. That was KEGS Camp Hill prior to their move to Kings Heath.

I have a belief that parking payment machines are designed either by sadists or morons, I'm not into smart phone types I only use my debit card. There is the m/c that knows the cars that are in it's area and you have to key in your reg. I met one this week where the letters and numbers are on a...

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Used those steps occasionally, I would arrive at the bus station to see "my" bus disappearing out into Edgbaston St in those days I knew that I could turn on my heels be up the steps to Smallbrook Ringway and at great speed make my way to The Horsefair to catch the bus by the chippy, I think...

Reminds me that I was invited to a Sixth Form conference in 1958 at Cadbury's on this theme, the then City Architect Mr Sheppard Fidler did the main presentation.

This tread could become quite diverse, I had friends who worked on the maintenance of milk delivery floats, certainly Co-op transport, my dad was transport manager for CWS Redhill Rd that delivered furniture around the area (moved to Cranmore Boulevard, Shirley) using red Luton vans, remember...

From the Albany were St.Judes, church and school, Colmore Dept, remember 1965 trying out an Austin 1100, then see Mikejee pcture above.

in late 50's/early60's the fish sidings had become red star parcels, certainly no bar, the entrance to the station platforms was still by the yellow dot, it aligned with the footbridge over the platforms, I frequented the rep, struggled with the lack of leg room, needed an end of row seat, or...

She's not familiar with the "rendering" term. "Artist's impression" or "exploded view" depending on if architectural or engineering

My wife worked in a studio that did this type of work "by hand" until around 1970.

In fact the church never got it's spire proved too costly, Mike's picture was taken 1928, the library was built 1932.

The "cottage" is next to the site that was used for the library. The school `top left is the junior school on Warwick Rd and St Mary's church centre back hasn't got its spire it came later! There is a tram at the Green, the building with "Player's" ad in front of the school is in Westley Rd. I...

She did. And sneaked a few pictures from her window.