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    Crossroads programme

    I thought he was in a production of Guys and Dolls at the Rep I saw around 1970, but don't see it here https://theatricalia.com/person/13c7/paul-henry I saw The Recruiting Officer and The Merchant of Venice from that list.
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    Davenports Brewery

    This is a query from a new member, BigAl, which he sent to me but meant to put it on the main forum so I hope it's ok to post it here. I'm trying to find anyone who knows anything about Horse Brasses related to this brewery. 60 years ago I found an old Horse Brass in a pigeon hole in a farmyard...
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    Crossroads programme

    Could be interesting. Especially Mark Gatiss!
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    Marshall & Snelgrove

    I don't remember it being that tall, but seem to remember a balcony.
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    Lewis's Department Store

    I seem to remember a stream with a tiny bridge?
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    Lewis's Department Store

    I wish I could remember it.
  7. M

    Then & Now

    Me too! Even though I don't quite remember it.
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    Item on Today (Radio 4)

    There was a short item about Peaky Blinders, how it has made people aware of Birmingham, and how it has revivified the British film industry. They interviewed someone who works at the Black Country Museum. It was at about 8.20 a.m. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00162lx I know the thread...
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    Surgical Apprentice Hand

    I thought perhaps it was something like that. He did live near what is now Heartlands Hospital (though probably appliances wouldn't have been made there).
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    Surgical Apprentice Hand

    This is the occupation of a relative in the 1939 Register. Does anyone have any ideas about what it means? maria
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    Peaky Blinders - A world away from Downton!

    It was an eventful episode that took us around the world last night.
  12. M

    Peaky Blinders - A world away from Downton!

    I'd like to see that, Alberta. Have you seen Sunshine, where he plays a physicist/astronaut?
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    Peaky Blinders - A world away from Downton!

    Some time ago I saw a programme with Cillian Murphy interviewing Julie Walters. It's perhaps on iPlayer - I can't remember the title. The Irish accent is well to the fore!
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    Peaky Blinders - A world away from Downton!

    Another article: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/feb/11/the-peaky-blinders-film-will-tell-us-where-to-go-next-steven-knight-on-his-shows-final-series
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    Peaky Blinders - A world away from Downton!

    There's an article about Steven Knight in this week's Waitrose free paper. It talks about the final series, and working in Hollywood.
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    Saltley Secondary School

    Someone on Twitter has reminded me of the flat which was off the Domestic Science room. This person also went to a school that had a flat. Was it ever really used? Once we made Danish Open Sandwiches and had them at lunchtime in the flat, probably in our second year with Miss Powell.
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    Vintage clothing and other items you still own

    Somewhere I've got my Saltley school scarf. I still wear a crystal on a silver chain that was a birthday present from my parents in 1975.
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    Saltley Secondary School

    Mr Bennett was on the point of retirement when I started at the school so he didn't teach me, but I remember seeing him in the corridors, with his beret and gown.
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    Saltley Secondary School

    I think we had a class photo every year.
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    Saltley Secondary School

    The middle one looks like a still from a film!
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