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    re-photographs

    all correct barrie, great stuff.
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    re-photographs

    thanks barrie, his name was harold piper. i've a vague memory of being told his brother died at ypres.
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    re-photographs

    thanks for that bit of info paul.
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    re-photographs

    hello barrie, have no info whatsoever, and would not know where to start. i have my dads number from his service in the coldstreams, 39/47.
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    re-photographs

    yes barrie, they certainly do. by the way he lived for most of his life in avenue rd, aston. and died in 1945, while his son, my dad, was serving in north africa. regards paul.
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    pub on firs estate

    so near, yet so far away again moss, i bow to your superior knowledge of public houses.
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    re-photographs

    hope this is ok
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    re-photographs

    here's a foto of my grandfather,far right with left leg raised,seated in wheelchair. i have no information on him, but i was told by my grandmother he was wounded on the somme. can't make out the year on the foto. most seem to be wearing same uniform as in previous post.
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    pub on firs estate

    was it the waggon and horses?.or maybe coach and horses.
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    Drunkerds

    24 beers in case, 24 hours in a day. coincidence. i'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal labotamy.
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    Drunkerds

    when i read about the evils of drinking, i gave up reading.
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    it opens on mine max
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    membership card 1967
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    The stags head briearly st

    hello lizzy, i vaguely remember one of the old characters in the lane being knocked down, i cant remember his name but i think he had the nickname 'SAUSAGE'. REGARDS PAUL.
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    Where is This? Pubs # 9

    is it the shakespeare dudley rd?
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    Where in Birmingham was this taken ??

    bottom of high st aston.
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    Where in Birmingham was this taken ??

    could be turning into bus garage hockley hill.
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    Where is This ? #187

    scott arms.
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    College Arms College Road Kingstanding

    i think it was later called the opera house, an old orleans pub.
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    Birmingham Factory Football Teams

    there were a number of ex professional footballers, i had the good fortune to play in the same team with, DEREK KEVAN, (ALBION), JIMMY MCEWAN, (VILLA),KENNY BURNS, BOBBY MCDONALD, TOMMY GRAHAM, BROTHER OF GEORGE, MALCOLM BEARD, ROGER DAVIES, (derby), to name a few. PETER ALDIS, the former villa...
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