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    Pubs Of The Past

    Thanks for that info,i went into a club on the Mosely Road a few times,not sure of the name,i used to go with some of the lads that either came from,or worked in Balsall Heath,at that time i was staying at my grandma's on Edward Road,having moved from Aston.
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    Pubs Of The Past

    Correct sir,i had many a good night in that pub,with many a stopover,in fact the only time i recall it being closed was after normal hours on a Sunday lunch,this was in the mid to late 70's when i used it.
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    Lichfield Road Aston

    Hi once again, It most certainly could be the same chap,tall and wiry would describe him very well,and he was a lovely fellow who always had kind words to say to us children. I,m sure he had a Cairn Terrier for a while,i think it may have been after he had Judy,he (the Tip i knew),bought it off...
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    Lichfield Road Aston

    Hi Deb, I new a chap called tip,and he did indeed work on the construction of the Aston Expressway,and Spagetti Junction,and he alway's had a dog with him,well more often than not.When i knew him he drank in The Albion,and The Avenue. He was a friendly man,and i know for certain that my younger...
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    Great news

    Excellent news,as others have said,grandchildren really are amazing,absolutely priceless,i'm amazed at the extra patience,and energy i have when my own are around,at 57 i feel like a child myself,an awfully lucky one at that.
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    Birmingham Cinemas

    Wow,never thought i would see that again,walked by it umpteen times when i lived in Great Russel Street,and saw a film there once,probably the winter of 1961,or 1962,as i do remember wearing my balaclava to keep the cold out,though sadly i cannot recall the film,thank you for a wonderful...
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    BISF 'Tin Top Houses' In Birmingham

    There are quite a few of those house's,not 5 minutes walk from where i live in Leicester.
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    Items that have faded away

    Bought our liquorice roots from here,lovely,a cracking picture by the way,brings back many many memories.
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    City Centre Photographs

    I too often bought the Mercury from that spot,on my way home of a saturday,good old days.
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    Pawnshops

    Cannot recall the name,but yes,often frequented that one too with my mom,we used to get our schoolshoe's from there,2nd hand of course.
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    Pawnshops

    My parents used that pawnshop often,amongst other's.I was often sent to redeem stuff for them,once the people in the shop got used to me after seeing me with my mom so many time's,happy day's hehe.
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    Crown And Cushion Pubs Perry Barr

    I used both the large,and small,only on match day;s at The Villa though,rarely any other time,used to start at the larger one,then move to the small,then small on the way home,usually attending evening games,loved the smaller one.
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    Traditional Songs we sang at school

    I remember many of those old song's,its sad if they are not sung nowaday's.I also sang at the town hall,was on a friday evening in 1965 i think. Though i remember many of the song's,there is one i cannot recall the name of,but i remember a line about a dark eyed girl,that has alway's stayed with...
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    Shops in parlours

    There were 3 such shops that were often used by myself/family when we lived in Hubert Street,Mr and Mrs Swift in hubert Street itself(Mr Swift worked at the Longbridge),then there was the Laws in Holland road(i went to school with their son),and also another in Aston Brooke Street on the right...
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    various pubs and outdoors

    Never thought i,d see that again,i used to play darts for them,even after i turned 18 too,hehe.Thank you for the picture.
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    Gun Quarter - Proposed Name Change

    Haha,me too,lol.
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    Gun Trade Factories

    Re: gun trade fatories Walked by that factory on Moseley Road many a time in the early to late 70's,if i recall correctly it had a light blue,and white frontage,often wondered if they still made arms there even then.
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    No 48 & No 49 Bus Routes

    I thought the 48 was Station St.
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    Erdington Boys School Slade Road School

    I have just replied in another thread,about Slade Road,and how we moved to a new school called Erdington Boy's,we must have been in the same year,we moved after our first year.
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    Gravelly Hill - Slade Road / The Slade

    You left a couple of years before me,your right about the art teacher,i posted on another thread how he wrote SAMSON on the bottom of a plimsole before dishing out the punisment,good teacher as i recall though. Yes Mr Jones was the English teacher,and the maths teacher was Mr Haden-Jones,i...
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