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    Steam Sheds

    Ok Lamps every where lol This one is BR my sister says it was at Mums meaning a poss Aston Shed Its unused and brother says we were in lamp stores because Dad gave us dixies to bring Parafin home when badges etc surface i will post pics
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    Lewis's Department Store

    Barnbys in Colmore Row had Xmas club my soldiers and trains came from there but i liked going to Lewis s to buy add ons with paper round money Brought some locos last night on ebay:grinning:
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    Happy birthday jukebox

    All The Best
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    Steam Sheds

    Sadly my brother just told me Aston shed just before demolition was wrecked by tatters who were camped on the bomb peg opposite the Rat Pan pub to the effect they used to chase him off the shed thank god what i got is preserved he still uses spanners he got from Shed
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    Birmingham buses

    you be right
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    Birmingham buses

    Waiting for a no 90 in the fog you could hear it but no sight of it till you spot its single fog light how did we manage ?
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    Steam Sheds

    Sent these pics of BR/M tail lamp to my older brother who was with me at Aston Shed he s comfirmed we took that of a rear of a brakevan because he recalls it hanging on his bike on way home just found this one unpacking My brother said all the brake vans had condemned chalked all over them
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    Steam Locos

    Already seen this download it intresting footage
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    The Railways

    Yes my playgrounds only got shouted at once
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    A trip to the dentist

    HB Yes done that
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    Steam Sheds

    I do recall older men on the site A transit van driving over the tracks they must have been tatters Thank god BR removed nameplates off the locos Idon t recall seeing the locos missed out on some gauges there The inside of brake vans was very cosy with a stove the seats used to lift up for...
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    Steam Sheds

    Mmm ok This is the only MR lamp I have and i did clear it out Of my Mums when she passed all my other lamps were obtained Later in my life PS only managed 1 quick photo as Wife is listing her junk lol it is stamped MR sadly no depot plate or no
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    Happy birthday Ray Griffiths

    Hope you had a nice Day
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    Steam Sheds

    They must have demolished Aston shed in the late 60s because i recall looting it when i was in first year of senior school there was a rake of brake vans in a siding thats where i got my first couple of railway lamps from that i posted photos of on another thread not sure they are the ones from...
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    A trip to the dentist

    Bad childhood memories the smell of that rubber mask when been given gas:weary_face:
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    Birmingham Cinemas

    Yes that was the go to see movie with my parents and grandparents especially after just getting bombed out
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    Birmingham Automobile Association

    Very imformative
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    Florist in Lozells 1955 - 1962

    Flashback Billy Hale
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    Florist in Lozells 1955 - 1962

    I went to school with a Hale his for name escapes me Sacred Heart School
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