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  1. m.humphreys

    The Oliver Cromwell

    Link for steam tours https://www.uksteam.info/tours/trs10.htm
  2. m.humphreys

    The Oliver Cromwell

    Yes, both mainline steam hauled tours and light engine movements are published on the web,timings etc.I thought it may have been a pic of Grahams as Sutton Park is a favourite spot of his and I have seen a few of his pics in the B'ham Mail.I will sort links out for infomation you require.
  3. m.humphreys

    The Oliver Cromwell

    Me too. I intended to see them at Bordesley Junction but I had not reckoned on the traffic along Dartmouth Middleway and then Lawley Street absolutely horrendous and one lane blocked off under the viaducts. Saw the steam as the passed the railway end of St.Andrews. Bet the Sutton Park pic was...
  4. m.humphreys

    Turner Brothers Toolmakers

    I certainly do, I worked with him for a while in G Dept.
  5. m.humphreys

    The Thor Hammer, Any knowledge of the family?

    Its still called Thor Hammer but I recall collecting belting in the 70's from Stephens Belting in the same area as Thor is now.
  6. m.humphreys

    The Thor Hammer, Any knowledge of the family?

    You might find thid link of interest. I have a No.4 Thor in my shed,one side has a hide head the othe a copper head, very usful in the garden. www.thorhammer.com/
  7. m.humphreys

    Turner Brothers Toolmakers

    Graham, another one I remembered from D shop is Derek Lowe, I also found some photo’s, one is of Billy Knight, one of Colin Aspinall and Martin McDonald and one taken by the British Clearing press which has George (Ginger) Evans, Teddy Griffin and Mac bedding a tool in, there is a setter on the...
  8. m.humphreys

    Can someone do something with this please?

    I have had a quick go but will try to improve some more. Print is quite damaged.
  9. m.humphreys

    The Breedon Bar

    If I may butt in, I had been searching P.J.Norton's pics without sucess but that is the Breedon Bar formerly called the Breedon Cross Hotel, so you have the right venue Lyn. Breedon bar is at the top of Breedon Hill on the corner of Pershore Road and Lifford Lane. It situated on the boundary of...
  10. m.humphreys

    Food Office Orange Juice

    I can remember that,Ministry of Food orange juice, always seemed very thick compared to ordinary drinks.
  11. m.humphreys

    Princip Street...Newtown

    You might have seen this site before Lyn but there is a couple of Princip St plus many more. https://www.pbase.com/beppuu/pnicklin
  12. m.humphreys

    Where are these flower sellers

    The building on the right when magnified shows the word BANK above the archway, there is a street sign too but its illegible
  13. m.humphreys

    Stirchley

    That is an interesting map, the road with the truncated name looks like it should be School Rd but now is St Stephens Rd. Also the location of the of the laundry looks like where the factory of Cox and Wilcox eventually was.
  14. m.humphreys

    Dares Brewery

    I think it was in the Highgate area, Belgrave Road way ?
  15. m.humphreys

    Hustle - New Series

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  16. m.humphreys

    Hustle - New Series

    Might be off topic but quite a bit of the city shots in Survivors, (BBC1 Tuesday's 21:30) was shot in the city centre.
  17. m.humphreys

    Birmingham Cinemas

    If my memory serves me correctly that cinema was the Scala before being Odeon Queensway.
  18. m.humphreys

    Name That Club

    Could this be what you are looking for? https://www.erdington.org/mothers/
  19. m.humphreys

    Steam Locos

    I was fortunate to see Duchess of Hamilton on her way from Tyseley to NRM in May 2009. https://michaelsgallery.fpic.co.uk/c1699341.html
  20. m.humphreys

    Lower or Upper Trinity Street

    Perhaps a moderator could merge the two threads?
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