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    The Kingstanding public house

    The Is So Much Here In Kinstanding If It's A Curry Or Coat A Vet Or Plant Kingstanding Has It All. Parks youths can learn karate at warren farm community hall . A wonderful baths .the kids and the parents of theses kids don't or won't see it . History is not in there heads . My husband here a...
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    Symbols on Lucas Aerospace sculpture - meaning

    As a contractor I went on lone to the maintanence at bw5 held an open day there one weekend. Worker bought the hobbies to show the public Inc steam trains bicycles from history Inc a penny farthing..A full size jet engine was also there .this was in the eirley ninthY's.
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    Lucas Mere Green

    Worked there in the eirley eightys for a contractors (pipework) the training school later became the works engineers .worked there contracting again was there when concord flew from birmingham airport and during the lune eclips
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    Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022

    Just thought , 1400 homes x two adults plus children some of which may be teenagers will soon join the already chock a block aldridge road during rush hour not to think about new traffic lights needed.did I hear the number 5000 somewhere ?
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    Commonwealth Games, Birmingham 2022

    I work at the blood service and go home by way of wheeler st . Turned towards the Barton arms on Friday. Tried to turn left towards perrybar , road solid. Went via aston cross then Witton lane past the Cemmaes to get to kingstanding .cones cones cones.
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    The Kingstanding public house

    There are good people in kingstanding today. The shops fit the needs of the community.the pubs are falling into a bad way with bad behaver , that is the fault of the people using them though and the reluctance of the landlords to intice families with children to enjoy an evening out .not the...
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    The Kingstanding public house

    I live in king I live in kingstanding now at the hawthorne/kingstanding end. The kingstanding pub is now closed down and not to soon. It's the only pub I have ever been thrown into , they kept a pig on the end of the bar as an air fresher. Lots of Un desirables aroud
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    Aston, Lozells & Witton Photos Reposted thanks to Ray Griffiths...

    I went to St Frances in hunters rd, but about 1964 st frances shool had an an ex in will st . This was about the time moh omed Ali then casino clay fought sonny Liston . One frosty morning after arriving at school there someone seid that someone else seid thay saw i witches hat over the old...
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    co op villa road pics

    Sorry lyn , something I often re great on having .the only one I found was of me with a irish hurley stick in the garden of the house and then the back round is of a wall.
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    co op villa road pics

    I think the cat might have visited it.to say hallo to the rats that kept eating the windscreen wiper moter wires on the car.sorry about the editing I am new to this , I don't even have a mobile phone.
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    co op villa road pics

    Hi lyn as a child I remember 2 palour rooms plus celled, large walk in pantry .1 step down from hallway led to what I think was a prep area next a kitchen with a large brick oven and a dip in the top .there was also a chiming above it and a clean out door .the next room had a glass roof with...
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    co op villa road pics

    I can see the house I lived in on your map it was no 8 hall road . There are two houses very closely attached to each other and the gardens ran all the way down to the hampstead rd overlooking Radnor Rd. We used to have water come up in the kitchen many times until the old tiles were re novel...
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    Silver Blades Ice Rink

    Do you remember a lad red coat .a black lad called noel. he and his blond girl friend with long hair organised a trip to Stretham ice rink only the coach driver got lost comming home took from 1100 till 4 or 5 am to get home that night. D
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    Silver Blades Ice Rink

    Matchs often went off in the box while the owner was still had them in there back pocket when thy fell over on the ice burnt bums and rear calf's were common in the first aid room on disco nights
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    Silver Blades Ice Rink

    I remember one of the speed skaters who had red coller length hair ,he was not very tall , think his name was Paul and a small girl who was one if not the fastest skaters I ever saw. long curl ley dark hair always wore Bayer red/blue/white boots.
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    Keith Berry's Photos (bhf Recovered)

    Page 1 photo 48 I agree I think it's the other will it's shop in collage rd .I lived in Devonshire rd for short time in 2000 and saw one of the staff , Barbra there from the long gone old shop on villa road. Ps wonderful photos.
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    Lozells Road, Shops, Pubs, Businesses etc

    Loved the villa cross, 6d in old money.saw Mary pop in there and I remembering asking one Sunday afternoon if I could come in and see the fall of the roman empire . I was under age then . As I was on my own thay agreed to let me in if I sat quite. Great film even at my young age. And o's much...
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    the cedar club

    Went one Tuesday night to the ceder club do asked audience if the fancy ed a joke commpation I went up wither others stayed on for over half an hour I still have the bob marley live album I won that night from er skin t the d j asked to og on again the next week
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    Lozells Road, Shops, Pubs, Businesses etc

    I got run over outside the butchers just down from will it's when I was a kid on April 1st of all days . The house I lived in no8 hall rd is gone now but the back gardens ran all the way down to hampstead rd across from Radnor rd we were able to see all the marching bands going down the...
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