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    Stechford Area

    Hi Pete, Me too, I think after CB he used to do TV aerials etc. Note T and K brackets still on the wall! Best 73 Dave
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    Toy/Model Shops City Centre

    Hi, Horntons had another shop opposite the one on the corner of Lower Temple St. It was in Navigation Street right next to the Railway Bridge. I think that was the original shop, and the Lower Temple St one followed, but I can't remember if they were both in use at the same time. But I...
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    Coleshill Manor & Elizabethan gardens

    Hi Lyn I wonder if you are thinking of Coleshill Hall Hospital which was located at the Hunting lodge near Gilson, and was accessed by a side road on the left of the Birmingham Road a short way before you got to the A446 opposite the old Coleshill Police Station.. A lot of people I knew...
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    Hot water bottles

    Hi, As a lad, I used to put the cat down the bed for half an hour before I went to bed. She didn't seem to mind that at all ! When I got into bed, I would take the cat out, and put her on top of the bedclothes. Very toasty. Kind regards Dave
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    Paradise Street

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    Fifties Food

    Hi Maurice, I thought it was yummy and used to drink it from the bottle, - it was for my little sister, not me really! But they used to do Cod Liver Oil in the same bottles, and I loved that too. We used to get it from the Welfare in Treaford Lane Ward End. Kind regards Dave
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    The Cinephone

    Hi, I remember seeing that film at school, - they used to show "educational" films in the lecture theatre at lunchtime. Like a coring tool, they took round sections of scalp from the receding hairline, did the same at the back of the head, and then swapped them. Yuk! Kind regards Dave
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    Good music to listen to on U Tube

    Hi Pete God bless Dai Woodham for not cutting them all up. Stay safe Kind regards Dave
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    Radio

    Hi Pete, But do you remember them saying "Here is the News, and this John Snagge reading it." Sadly, I do! Kind regards Dave
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    Good music to listen to on U Tube

    Hi Pete, Many thanks for the Judge Dread tracks, I have always been a massive fan, and still have a lot of his records (and a signed photo!). Keep them coming mate. Kind regards and Seasons Greetings, Dave
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    Midlands Electricity Board MEB

    Yummmm! Kind regards Dave
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    Brasshouse Broad Street

    Hi Dave, Coincidentally I also took the RAE in 1982 at Walsall, but previously in the 1970s I was learning Morse at the Brasshouse Centre with Gerry Farrance G3KPT (now SK). It all seems a lifetime ago now! Kind regards Dave
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    Turks Head Bloomsbury Street

    Hi, Can anyone decipher the licensee's name over the door to the left? Kind regards Dave
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    Radio

    Hi, The 1925 address fpr 2KO was 48, Russell Road Moseley. Kind regards Dave
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    Good music to listen to on U Tube

    Hi, Anybody remember Steve Conway singing 'At the end of the day' at the daily closedown of 208 Radio Luxembourg. Have a listen to it on Youtube, It didn't half bring the memories flooding back. Stay safe Kind regards Dave
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    Science Museum Newhall Street

    Hi Viv, That's made me very sad seeing that video. I spent a lot of time in there in the early 60's, and it was a wonderful place to spend a lunch hour, as I only worked just up the street. I also knew the curator at that time, Mr Norman W. Bertenshaw, who used to visit our office. Kind...
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    Childhood Memories Of Trains

    Hi Mike Yes it was the only 2-8-8-2 ever used in the UK as far as I know. I saw it at Bordesley in 1955. Originally built as a banker for Wath Bank (Yorkshire?) Kind regards Dave
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    Good music to listen to on U Tube

    Hi Pete, Absolutely superb, I even had to sing along with it, - at least, the bits i remembered! Kind regards Dave
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    Great Western Arcade

    Hi, Many thanks for the replies, unfortunately they all sound familiar, but if I had to hazard a guess, Sherwood's stands out. Kind regards Dave
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