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Shows how little traffic there was in 1930's to off load passengers in the middle of a traffic island. Apart from the trams that were discontinued in 1937 this view is as I remember it the mid-1940's. Notice the bus behind the tram, No1 to Moseley.
It might come as a surprise that the school cook had to submit her week's recipes to "the office" and each day's menus had to show a balanced content, carbs, greens etc.
Can't really remember her dates but I think just before your time, I think around 1952 at Blakenhale and 1958 at Central before moving on to Oldknow Rd.
I recall making arrangements for a young lady with special needs to be taken to this unit from N Devon. This would have been around 2008 when I was working for South West Ambulance.
Thank you so much for the reply, in all honesty I don't remember. The classes were at Stone Hall in Acocks Green, he introduced us to the work of Ansel Adams, and to the value of sheet of black paper when glass or silver needs to be photographed!
Way back in 1970's I went to a lecture. "O" Level photography, by an industrial photographer amongst many other subjects he showed a series of shots of the construction of those windows of the rep I was impressed with the steel structure which was then encased in concrete, almost a work of art...
Even getting quite a few bees now, mid September, flowers on ivy proving particularly attractive. Mahonia will usually keep them interested later in the year.
Despite going backwards and forwards along the 11 route for many years school then work, bus, cycling then driving I never realised that Southam Rd went left AND right of Colebank Rd.
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Commentary on Constable's painting of Malvern Hall
A quote from April 16th.'25. Pond level up at this level again today for the first time since April. Shows what a prolonged spell of dry weather we have enjoyed.
The story in my wife's family is that her maternal grand father, Arthur Bliss was a drinking colleague of Arthur Doyle. We shall never know, but time and place were right. Both had a reputation for liking "a drop of pop"