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    Steam Locos

    Just found this.. Dave A
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    Steam Locos

    I didn't see the rescue? Dave A
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    Steam Locos

    But I do know what this is... Dave A
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    Steam Locos

    Not sure what this is... Dave A
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    A very sad day.

    Animals...love em, that's why I'm a vegetarian! No words can heal the pain, only time will do that. Stay strong... Dave A
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    Deathridge

    I may have posted that Lyn...it was Charlie Deathridge and his 2 sisters ran a greengrocers on Summer Lane across from the Geach pub. Actually, it was a combination of green groceries on the left of the shop & cycle parts on the right. Charlie also had a cycle repair shop up the yard behind the...
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    Guildford Street Lozells

    Yes you are right about penny vs. periwinkle...I was never made aware of this until I moved to Sussex when I was 17. Dave A
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    Guildford Street Lozells

    Looks like a ragman's cart on the right. Dave A
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    Final plans and demolision of the crocodile works alma street

    Are they going to leave the RSA building standing Lyn? Dave A
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    Mechanical Horses, Scarabs & Ants

    Here's a couple of shots I took at the Bluebell Railway a few years ago. Dave A
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    JONES AND WILLIS PORCHESTER STREET

    Wow Lyn! This picture looks so familiar to me. The Church of Christ building that looks like a hut, is Sunshine Corner, where we had "Sunday School". I must have been living there when this photo was taken...just to the right of Jones and Willis is the bus stop closest to where I lived Dave A
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    Norton Motor Cycles

    Me and my 1960 Norton Jubilee... Dave A
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    Porchester Street

    Maybe he is referring to the other "works" on the other side, which says metal works...it was a metal stamping shop where my cousin worked before going to the button factory at the bottom of Furnace Lane. Dave A
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    Monument Road

    Ah yes! memories of the inner circle 8! waiting at that clock... Dave A
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    Tamworth field trainspotting

    I have no recollection of the cafe at all...didn't have money to spend, just a sandwich. I also recall meeting many of the same kids there, but again, I have no recollection of who they were, they may have been some of you lot! Dave A
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    JONES AND WILLIS PORCHESTER STREET

    Porchester St...I think you have these Lyn, not sure if you have both. Dave A
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    Whitehead street, Aston

    If that open area which you say was a Regent Station and is on the north side of Whitehead St, about halfway between Alma St and High St, then it was where we had a cycle speedway track in the very early 50's. Dave A
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    Paddington Street Aston

    1953...Coronation year! Dave A
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    The Girl From Guildford Street

    Were you Hughes? Dave A
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    The Girl From Guildford Street

    What number in Paddington St? I lived 4/52... Dave A
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