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Is this the same building in the old picture? Still standing, opposite the end of Friary Road where I used to live so I know it well

I thought it was Alex's too, there was definitely a pie stand there!

I remember Rebecca's well, my friend and I used to go there frequently in the late 60s/early 70s. Great place for meeting up with other friends and good live bands. I seem to recall reading that part of the building was a warehouse originally - possibly for sugar?

I don't know I'm afraid, it was posted on FB with no further information!

I guess the old fashioned term 'feeble minded' could cover a variety of things, people weren't meaning to be rude they just wouldn't know any other words to describe it. The information about various conditions just wasn't available to the general public in years gone by. I remember my Nan would...

Copied from another Forum, I can't read the full article without having subscribed to the New York Times. The certificate says Osbourne died of “(a) Out of hospital cardiac arrest (b) Acute myocardial infarction (c) Coronary artery disease and Parkinson’s disease with autonomic dysfunction...

I wonder! On the map you posted of Station Street in 1887 (post #92) I see there is another hotel further along on the corner with Dudley Street, what would that one have been?

Article on the BBC website here... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pex5yxkdo

I'd like a look in there! I wonder if the old building is still used for anything - storage maybe?

As far as I remember (from the 60s) there has been nothing else built on the site - maybe someone else can confirm?

That's just reminded me that my Mom worked in that department for a while! They were given a template of where the ball should be to place over each entry and I think they then put those very close to one side so someone else would then do a finer check to decide the winners!

That vacant plot at the side of the Crown is where Alex's Pie Stand used to be in the 60s. Yes, it would be interesting to see what was there originally.

Thanks, I can see that in the sign on the old shop now - Frederick's!

There is some writing on the lower part of the building to the left but I can’t quite read it! I guess the position was the corner of John Bright Street at the end of Lower Severn Street, I think the damaged building on the right must have been repaired as it looks very similar to today's view..

For those of us who might have been wondering where Ozzy would be buried, it is at their home in Buckinghamshire - this came up while I was browsing FB, hope you can read ok...

Tolkien Society suggests him for new banknotes.. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgprql222po

A photograph here from a FB post...

Reeve and Stedeford were in Broad Street.. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Reeve_and_Stedeford

Only making a guess here - the clothes look like from the 1940s? Also, it looks like the Market Hall is without the roof and the windows are bricked up so maybe after WW2?