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    Wright's Rope Works

    yes into watery lane facing the old British railway goods depot coming down the darthmouth street heading towards the blues as you come under the bridge entering watery lane and as i said facing the railway depot containers units which was the B R S Whom ever worked there would have...
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    See Birmingham by Post Card

    Hi david Nice to hear from you again, and thanks for that valuable information i never really knew the history of the eleven but when we left Aston the local kids i met up with was born aroundon that ciruit and what they used to do on every sunday afternoon...
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    Wright's Rope Works

    Hi millie I seem to recall little Emilly thompson used to speak of your name after you went do you recall the lady whom lived in chelmsley wood by the white horse pub whom would have been there along side of you , there was a gentleman whom took...
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    See Birmingham by Post Card

    Hi STICHER Thats a very classic photograph of the bus i wondered whethe the number 11 bus was operational in those days could it had been a different number all those years ago that bus stop is just passing the Hazewell pub in kings heath...
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    Icknield St School

    Hi Vinny Nice to hear from you, as you know i was an ex Ickneild street sec mod boys regarding pigion eyed mr kitchen he was never popular type of person during my time there and i also got the stick from him quite afew times for being late at school mor often...
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    CLEWS connections politely requested, please

    Hi RAY I Have been searching for my old books today and i have happen to come across one of two books with a mr clews in it and a photograph of his cycle shop on the corner of kingedwards road and monument road i have another book some where with a...
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    Help Needed Please

    Hi Irene and maurice I am incline to beleive you maurice as i know it was aston where this young lad lived and there was a couple of friends of his whom name was george wood, and...
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    Help Needed Please

    Hi Irene could she be related to the cadmans family of Aston at one time they lived on park lane aston during up until at least the 1959 I beleive there was an Alfred Cadman a family member within the family they was in the court yards in those...
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    Wacaden Dairy Wathes Cattell & Gurden Dairy

    hi phil these machine was out side the news agents in the late 50, early sixtys both of them brian done alot on the kings heath forum he said the phil used the user name phil 47 but i will asked him againin the morning and he ued to be on the BhF as he...
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    Wacaden Dairy Wathes Cattell & Gurden Dairy

    Hi Phil Nice to hear from you again after all the abscence Regarding those milk machines ,i think the first encounter i had was probaly one of the first machines Sited around the area of kings heath from the dairy and that was situated out side that big news...
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    Terryb18

    God Rest in Peace Terry I am very sorry to hear of the loss of our dear friend terry whom gave and supported a great lot to us all On this our forum B H F, I Sincerely send my thoughts and condolences to his wife and family and he will be in my thoughts for him and his wife and...
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    Coffee Bars:

    Hi guys here is another one and one of kundells as i have previuos said this is one of there first resturaunts in birmingham best wishes Astonian,,,, Alan,,
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    Coffee Bars:

    HI Judy , jayell Could it be billy warick whom worked there for donkeys years he was the electrician ,lights engineer and general stage Hand as well as moving the scenes , he later married a girl name kate whom was a dancer at the Alex...
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    Erdington Cottage Homes / Aston Union Cottage Homes / The Gardens, Fentham Road

    Hi there My late friend of mine whom died afew years back now but he was only young at the time His name was Graham Frisby and he lived in springhill and his mother was name Olive frisby That of course being is addopted mother , he was from the cottage...
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    jelf william george -- mary ann hughes

    Hi ray and pauline horton many thanks for that old photograph you have put up of my mothers family and my ancestors whom throgh out as ran that shop from when it first put there so to speak I beleive from my mothers stories as a...
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    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    Hi Alan I have to agree on the sarold round about its a little blinder with its self even today Alan I come from worcestershire most days aweek to get to the business we run up at kings road tysely and i come up over the licky hill and down to the big...
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    Origins of the Brummie accent

    Hi PEGGY BABY i Just adore what you have printed up for us brillient its made me smile because today i have had a rubbish sunday and i have just walked straight in and logged onto my emails and...
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    Down Time

    Hi Warren many thanks for getting the forum up and running for us all and the hard work you have had to do for us all its a brillient site second to none , I have to say i have been gutted and lost for every day you was missing i did not no...
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    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    yes old mowhawk I have to agrre with the othere three lads whom liked your photograph its a sure cracker brillient lets have more of these photographs best wishes Astonian Alan,,,
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    jelf william george -- mary ann hughes

    Hi Carolina Many thanks for coming back to me on this one at first i thought it might have been mary ann jelf , nee hughes but it strikes the fashion of her in an early presentation she wore a long coat and a hat simmuraly to her whom lived with all the jelfs after her husband died in 1935...
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