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I agree too, in the 60's the gas lamps were cream and maroon

Hope you make a speedy recovery Richard.

When I was young in the 60’s and when Erdington station was a group of wooden buildings, they won best kept station of the year on several occasions and were runners up on other years. They hung all of the certificates on the ticket office wall on the Lichfield bound side of the station.

Happy birthday Eric, have a super day

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Happy birthday Izzy have a super day

I agree, Eric's painting are a joy to look at.

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Happy birthday Alberta, have a super day

The council did try putting a rule out to state that you needed permission from the relatives to take phots of grave marker in Birmingham. I raised the issue with some of the elected members who quickly quashed it.

Absolutely. I personally quiet like hearing there past narrative story’s, they often give us something to talk about and in reality, we may never really know.

They are quite common on the older churches, the ones that the Victorians didn’t modernise. The have been known as devils claw marks. Some people call then arrow sharpening groves. Edward III’s passed a law in 1363, stating that all able-bodied men aged between 16 and 60 must practice their...

Happy birthday Richard, have an amazing day

Its all gone now with houses built on the site

The original AJ Reeves went into liquidation late 1990’s quite sad really as they were in my opinion a leading specialist in Model Locos etc. The dissolved company was bought up by a guy who owned a car towbar a trailer manufacturing company in Tamworth and relocated it to a site near Appleby...

Pete, am I right in thinking that AJ Reeves the model engineering suppliers and makers of Moseley Road were involved with this club?

Happy birthday, have a super day

I wonder is this is the same group https://www.birminghamsme.co.uk/ Founded in 1936 and still going strong

There wasa guy who worked for the Houseing Department called Stan Crump who used to do lots of fencing arond Kingstanding

I used to work around Kingstanding as an apprentice and recall some of the people around Old Oscott Lane and Darleydale Avenue calling the area Little Russia. It certainly was incredibly cold working outdoor there. I also recall some resident telling me that the 30,000th house was in Greenwood...