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    Where is This? Garages #10

    Stratford Rd. near Showell Green Lane?
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    The Bull Loveday street

    What's Templar holding? Templar do you have any connections with the Knight Templars?
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    I think maybe it might be between Cranby St. and The Gate.
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    Mot

    I live in the states and we used to have to have our cars inspected (the equivalent to MOT) every six months.
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    Groups We Have Seen Live

    Roxy Music and ELO (if that counts co's my husband is a friend) Roy Wood/Wizzard (if that counts co's my husband is a friend) Blondie Shawaddywaddy Magnum Trickster Mott the Hoople Rockin' Berries
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    Flower Sellers

    I remember the flower seller, I always wished my mum would buy some. Later, when I got a job in Albert st. I would buy flowers for her from here.
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    Pope Visit to Birmingham September19th 2010

    The coverage of the Pope's visit to Birmingham has been very low. I was hoping to see more TV Coverage.
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    My husband used to do the sound and lights at Abigails.
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    Anyone Tidy up a 1930s photo

    I find it amazing, when looking at old pictures, that some of the adults (in the epic) could walk down the street today and not get a second look. They do say that fashions come round every 30 years.
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    Alum Rock Rd - Ward End area

    Re: Birmingham 8 My mom used to live in Crawford St, then they got 'posh' and moved to Ash Rd. A bigger house I suppose, there were nine kids and my mom tells me they used to sleep one, one way, and the next one would have there feet in your face (if you see what I mean). Do you remember Crown...
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    Gilbertstone Avenue South Yardley

    Mah, Can you remember any of the Christian names of the Strettons?
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    what did you get in your stocking in the 40"s

    I used to get that stuff in my stocking, and I was born in 1955. We still put apples, oranges, nuts, chocolates in our son's stocking.
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    Old + New Pictures

    'Goodnight Sweetheart' is one of my son's favourite programmes. He wasn't about when it was on TV, he's watching our videos.
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    Bombing of Ash Road Saltley

    My mom has lived in Ash Road, for 70yrs. And she told me that the houses next to 6 Ash Road were bombed.
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    Crawford street Saltley

    I used to go to 'Crown Mission" and I had a few friends from Crawford St, this would have been late 50s early 60s - Henman. Peacock. Edwards Morris. And as my mum used to live there as a child, she also knew many of their parents.
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    Temples of Relief

    I don't know if it's still there, but, there was one in Crawford Street, opposite our Sunday School 'Crown Mission'.
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    Three As pub Ash Road

    My cousins used to live across the road from the 3A's. And there was a tunnel leading from their cellar to the pub. We were never allowed to explore it. The one time I did go down into their cellar, I remember seeing a 'Johnnie Walker' Statuette. And the door to the tunnell was of the frosted...
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    Alum Rock Road Shops

    Yes, how did you know?
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    My husband used to play at the Chesterfield Club
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