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    Shoes

    I'm not sure I had those exact ones, but lots of people did. You see them worn by children in in Ladybird books, too.
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    Ice lollies without a stick

    The penny tray! I think it was called.
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    Ice lollies without a stick

    Is that a black one on the end?? Licquorice?
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    Ice lollies without a stick

    Thank you - Tip Top sounds right!
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    Ice lollies without a stick

    I mentioned these to my husband yesterday and neither of us could remember the name. They came in a long thin plastic tube and I can remember a blue one - what could have been in it?!
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    Looking for Photographs and Films of Birmingham in 30s-70s for a Short Film

    I have memories of MAC's dance classes in the 1980s. There was a wonderful teacher who later went to work at the university (she was doing an MA there while teaching us). I have never found a better teacher. During one of her classes, Wayne Sleep, who was appearing in something at the...
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    Herbalist, Three Shires Oak Rd, Bearwood

    I can't see that ever happening.
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    Herbalist, Three Shires Oak Rd, Bearwood

    It seems quite popular these days.
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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.
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    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.
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    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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