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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Wasnt the Dolce vita owned by the Mills Bro's ? Were they the same Mills Brothers who were mentioned in the Krays / Jack McVitie murder trial ?
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    Lucas employees

    I thought the Dolce Vita was owned by the Mills Bro's Werent they the ones implicated in the Krays court case in the 60s ?
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    Bordesley Green in Aston

    Most of whats now Birmingham was classed as Aston till around 1918........wasnt it ?
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    There was a club in yardley shopping centre, cant remember what it was called though. didnt go there much - mustve been about the last club in brum to refuse admission if you werent wearing a tie. There was a poster inside the door, with a picture of a teddy boy on it, urging people to dress...
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    Small Heath Park (Victoria Park)

    I'm pretty sure that The Who played at Small Heath Park around 1969/70 Anyone else remember that ? An event that big, you'd think someone would
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    Lucas employees

    At some point there used to be a Lucas works in Carver St, Hockley, on the site now occupied by Bakkavor Foods. I did some work there a few years ago, and the maintenance guy / caretaker told me there was a bricked up tunnell to Key Hill Cemetery that ended in the cellars - something to do...
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    Greys Department Store

    You might like this, no idea of the year, but the van looks fifties to me.
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    Double Zero Club

    Thinking about it I think he was known as Brian the Vic, or Rev.........as opposed to David Collier, who was Dave the Vic.
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    Bev Bevan

    Great drummer, but as a Disc Jockey .....Hmmmmmm, bit wooden.
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    Workhouse/Poorhouse, Nr Kingsbury?

    There was definitely something like it in Kingsbury, near to the Brook that crosses the main road.
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    Where is the headstone?

    been completely grassed over, with every stone laid down first. Just a thought, but to find out, you could try pushing a SHORT screwdriver or something similar into the turf, see if you hit something hard.
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    Numbering of Courts, Houses

    Yeah, I always thought numbers start at the end nearest to to town hall, with the odd numbers on the right, but anyone who's had a job where they make house calls will tell you that its often not the case. If you think about it, a lot of areas we think of as brum now, would not have been...
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    The Blitz

    Thought some of you might find this interesting. https://www.snopes.com/military/charliebrown.asp
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    From my probably distorted memory, Barbarellas was 3 clubs, A rock venue, which had top bands - seemed to have a knack for booking bands that made it not long afterwards..a Reggae part, and a sort of Cabaret / Chicken in a basket part. The rock part used to do a free buffet at the back at...
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    Do you still have a local?

    Drinking and driving is - rightly - not done anymore, at least not by many, so you cant drink, you cant smoke, cant relax, cos' of the bad element who drank 6 cans before they went out........... Every corner shop sells beer all day long, and that IMO is a big part of the problem. I even see...
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    Does anyone remember this group from Brum in the 60's

    Tried on here.........? https://www.brumbeat.net/index.htm
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    The Bobcats.

    and here https://www.brumbeat.net/bandindx.htm or here https://www.btinternet.com/%7Ekeith.hoban/bobcat2s/newbobcats1.htm I remember seeing a video of em on blue peter somewhere, might have been on youtube.
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    Hawker and Traveller

    I'm pretty sure a traveller was similar to whats now called a sales rep. Travelling around from business to businees taking orders for goods etc.
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    Beggars Bush Inn

    Beggars Bush ?
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    Traffic islands

    Hemels nt that bad as long as you treat it like a seris of mini roundabouts, and dont look. LOL Much more fun than the one in Swindon. Image of Hemels Magic Roundabout attached.
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