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  1. Barr_Beacon

    Ansells Brewery

    Early 70s?
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    Midland Counties Dairy

    Hope you don't mind, I thought I'd adjust the brightness and contrast and increase the size to see what would happen. You can see the Zig Zag bridge! I must have passed this building thousands of times over the years. Have they built on the site yet?
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    Aston Pictures

    Looking at this map Lyn, it's St Mary's Church (The Avenue pub can be seen in the photograph and on the map).
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    Aston Pictures

    I have no idea of the date of this photograph (no cars, late 19th century?) but it's still clearly Aston Cross even without the imposing facade Of Ansell's Brewery.
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    The Beatles At The Abc Studios In Aston Cross, Sunday 20th October 1963.

    I have vague memories of this as my mother took me up Aston Road North to the ABC Studios hoping to see them... Holland Road outside the studios of ABC TV in Birmingham, Sunday, October 20, 1963.
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    Aston Pictures

    Aston Road North looking towards Aston Cross and Ansell's Brewery. Late '40s / 1950s?
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    Airships over Birmingham ?

    It must have been an amazing sight. I still remember the excitement I felt when I saw the Goodyear Blimp fly over Birmingham city center in 1975.
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    Airships over Birmingham ?

    Found this photograph entitled 'A Zeppelin over Birmingham 1932'. After further investigation, I discovered the flight log (isn't the internet amazing) of the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin flights around the United Kingdom from 1928 to 1932. If you scroll down the first column where the fight number...
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    Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

    I discovered this photograph of Native Americans in a muddy Perry Barr as part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show from 1903.
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    Selly Oak Bristol Road

    Being a keen fan of Sherlock Holmes, the far superior Jeremy Brett version on ITV not the BBC one with Bimblebert Crimpysnitch, I enlarged the right hand side of the photograph which shows 'Night Molly'. Did a further search of films and discovered the name of the film is actually 'Midnight...
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    Selly Oak Bristol Road

    The Oak Cinema, date unknown (could someone 'clean' it up?)
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    Coffee Bars:

    I still remember the nuisance that The Hell's Grannies caused when they loitered around Aston Cross in the sixties, Bob.
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    Coffee Bars:

    The Kardomah Cafe in New Street, 1965.
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    Wenman street

    Wenman Street, Balsall Heath , Birmingham in June 1962.
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    the acorn..wheeler street

    Excellent photographs, Lyn!
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    Bogarts

    I started going here in 1974. I don't know when this photograph was taken.
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    Pubs Of The Past

    This photograph may be elsewhere in the forum but just in case it's not... The Queens Head pub Aberdeen St, Winson Green, Birmingham 1955.
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    the acorn..wheeler street

    This ring any bells, Lyn?
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    Memories : Essence Of The 50s And 60s

    They had all these in Finchley Park in Kingstanding!
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    Centenary Square development 2017-18

    The Alpha Tower in 1979.
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