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    Picture re-touch

    What a beautiful picture
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    Picture re-touch

    Thanks Jukebox I didn't think you would be able to do it but it's great. I will put it with my other memorabilia thanks very much.
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    Picture re-touch

    This is a picture of Arthur Terrace Hay Mills. I lived in the terrace till I was 13 from 1947 – 1958. I had a very good childhood and have many good memories of my time there. I have just found this picture of the terrace but it is spoiled by the washing on the line, in my memory there was never...
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    Picture re-touch

    Very Good very clever people on here.
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    Picture re-touch

    jukebox very good job the picture looks great
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    Receipts

    We never leave a shop without a receipt, its proof of purchase for one thing and has Rosie said you can check if your being over charged.
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    Receipts

    In the day receipts we automatically given when making a purchaser but now every where you shop you are asked if you want one does anyone know why?
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    Picture re-touch

    It's a lovely photo there is no need to change it.
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    Book Search

    Hi Janet I have ordered this book and it's on it's way thanks
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    Book Search

    Thanks Very Much Both. I will certainly look at these books.
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    Book Search

    Hi it's a long shot but would anybody no of a history book concerning the development of Hay Mills, Small Heath, Yardley, Acocks Green, and Tyseley. Thanks In Advance
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    Bread and Dripping

    In My Teens I worked at a garage in Marston Green There was a small cafe across the road that sold dripping toast that was my every day breakfast.
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    Small Heath Park shops Coventry Road

    Brilliant Photo's made my day.
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    Small Heath Tram Depot Coventry Road

    Brilliant Photo's made my day.
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    The Circus Comes to Sparkbrook.

    Hi I spent many a happy time in the fair ground in the early 50s. We would go there open or shut to help or to hinder but loved the whole thing. I haven't been to a fair since but can still remember the excitement.
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    The Circus Comes to Sparkbrook.

    In the 50s 2 circuses used the Heybarnes recreation ground Bertram Mills and Chipperfields. The fair ground was on the other side of the river Cole.
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    Wilmot Breeden Limited

    Hi Glenys my dad worked in K block starting in the late 30s he worked there for 30 years. My mother worked in A block through the war and they got married in 1943. Like you I went to all the Christmas parties and spent a lot of time at the sports ground. I was at the sports ground when they...
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    Coventry Road Hay Mills

    Hi I lived in Hay Mills till I was thirteen, I remember the police station and the bulls head but I can't place Forest road.
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    Hay Mills area

    Was the Government surplus place called Wooten's I seem to remember this place being on the corner of Hay road and Cov road.
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    Hay Mills area

    I went to Redhill school from 1950 -1955 played football and cricket for the school and yes played in the playground when we could.
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