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    Small Heath Tram Depot Coventry Road

    Some more photos of the Arthur Street/Coventry Road bus/tram depot and its environs
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    What Search - Got Main Events But What Else Can I Search ?

    If you are lucky enough to find where your ancestors are buried, gravestones sometimes yield information that you were not aware of. Adjacent gravestones can also be of help I would recommend that you do not trust other peoples' trees on Ancestry, or Find My Past. even though they may contain...
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    Duddeston Mill Road

    More photos of Duddeston Mill Road
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    Adderley Street

    Here's another photo of the same Adderley street location..and a coloured version Pete
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    295, Charles road, Aston

    Two more photos of Charles Road ......
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    Blake Lane, Bordesley Green

    Blake Lane photos
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    A gas turbine car

    The ultimate (lunacy??) in jet cars....
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    A gas turbine car

    Noel Penny was instrumental in the design of the gas turbine engine used in Jet 1. He lived in Coventry and died in 2013, see attached article https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-turbine-pioneer-dies-aged-4288252
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    Acocks Green

    Acocks Green - Warwick Road. Red Lion is on the LHS, and the Picture Playhouse is in the distance on the corner of Station Road
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    Acocks Green

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    Oldknow Road Small Heath

    I don't recall those names. Does anyone remember any Nixons, Bruces, Potters or Kettles from the 1960's?
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    70's and 80's pubs and clubs
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    Small heath 1950s/60s

    Also this link lists a number of books for old Small Heath - https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/small-heath-books-and-photographs.21646/
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    Small heath 1950s/60s

    This link will take you to a page about the shops in Muntz Street together with photos on ;page 5 https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/shops-muntz-st-the-cov.22837/page-5
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    Mary Street Balsall Heath

    Mary Street, date unknown
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    EH Smith Presence in Small Heath

    1922 EH Smith is founded by Mr E.H. Smith, transforming a business supplying jute sacks and bulk bagged cement from a railway sidings in Small Heath, Birmingham, into a builder’s merchants operation https://www.ehsmith.co.uk/our-history/1922...
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    Screw Sorter

    GKN Woodscrews was in Heath Street on the Winson Green/Smethwick border. See more at ... https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/nettlefolds-limited.9730/
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    Screw Sorter

    GKN Woodscrews was in Heath Street on the Winson Green/Smethwick border. See more at .. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/nettlefolds-limited.9730/
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    Birmingham Light Festival 2025

    Looks to be exciting.. 19-22 Feb https://www.birminghamlightfestival.co.uk/
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    Bromsgrove Street

    I'm not certain what date the first combo photo is but the other two are Bromsgrove street dated 1951 and 1964
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