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  1. brummie nick

    "Monkey Runs"

    Our 'Monkey Run' started at the junction of Cattell Road & Coventry road and went all the way to Small Heath Park. Nick
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    Motorcycle Shops

    If you go to 'Old Street Pic's' on post #21 you will see a chap riding one. Nick
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    Greenway Street, Small Heath

    I remember your Grandfathers shop, it was a few doors up from Stocktons Pie shop. Nick
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    Old street pics..

    There's a view of the shelters on this clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TiIOXGkAhY Nick
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    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    Quote" Not sure what cows hair was used for, but it obviously had a value" I believe cows hair was used in the plastering trade in those times.
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    Digbeth Cafe

    In the 1968-9 Kellys Number 90 is Olyumpus fish shop, Nick
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    Bordesley Green

    There was a firm that did cellulose reclaiming on the trading estate, Andrews Millward & Co .Perhaps they could have been mistaken for a paint factory I also remember there was a firm that had the top section of a tram has an office up there. Nick
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    Oxo cubes

    Did you ever bump into Jasper. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJCJfY7TIko
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    Old street pics..

    Thanks mike. Nick
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    Old street pics..

    Does anyone know what the tall building in the background is on post #2469? Mick
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    New Statue .

    Looks like its going to cost £100.000 they are asking for donations see link. https://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/programme/current/event/802/a_real_birmingham_family/
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    New Statue .

    It'll be interesting to see what they look like. :courage: Nick
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    Old street pics..

    Read the story here' https://www.westmidlandspolicemuseum.co.uk/wifemurder.htm
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    Old street pics..

    https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_edin_t/0_edinburgh_transport_trams_1907_last_horse_tram_closer.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.edinphoto.org.uk/1_edin_t/1_edinburgh_transport_trams_1907_last_horse_tram_closer.htm&h=368&w=570&sz=51&tbnid=ZR0IM_rvH4qJSM:&tbnh=90&tbnw...
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    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    I think Everybodys was a magazine Nick
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    Old street pics..

    Picture #2392 is looking down Garrison Lane, opposite the 'flats' Nick
  17. brummie nick

    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    It was after the war that they decided to tell us it was all in vane, as the cast-iron was no good for war production. Nick
  18. brummie nick

    Brummie sayings & language

    I think the catchphrase came from a Radio Show, could have been The Clitheroe Kid Nick
  19. brummie nick

    Old street pics..

    I believe its called Artistic or Dramatic license. Nick
  20. brummie nick

    Hawleys bakery

    According to Tom Golding's book {the Brum We Knew} the 'Brewer & Baker' pub was built in 1830, which I think would have proceeding the building of Hawleys bakery . Nick
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