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    Broad Street

    Isn't that place was where the first episodes on The BBC, of the Archer's was broadcast from?
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    John Baskerville

    When I was a student, I spilled a whole case /tray of 10 point ( which is quite small) metal type on the floor. Of course I had to pick it all up and put it in the correct box on the tray. All type is reversed and difficult to read, especially the lower case B's P's Q's and D's. The type face...
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    Brasshouse Broad Street

    Just a couple of hundred yard down the road towards the Crown Hotel/Pub is St.Peter and St. Martins Place. Odd having two saints in close proximity, But the church was called St.Peters.
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    Harborne

    My school went to Metchley lane for a sports day, it was the cricket season and after a huge downpour, and the terrific smell of cut grass, I took my first ever wicket from a long hop.
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    Harborne

    I do remember it, on a Sunday my father would visit his father and brother who lived in Harbourne and have a drink in the Junction, my sister and I would have to stay outside, with a packet of crisps and a bottle Vimto
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    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    On Christmas Eve, my father got a turkey and my job was to get it home. The shop was Hickmans on King Edwards Road.
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    King Edward's Road Ladywood

    King Edwards Road, the next is Anderton Street, followed by Alexandra Street
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    Birmingham Central Library. What do you think?

    Birmingham has a tendency to demolish beautiful buildings. Do you remember those Georgian Houses on the Hagley Road between Five Ways and Monument Road? I remember the GPO in Victoria Square buzzing with activity, in touch with every part of the world. Just to go in and buy a stamp.
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    Birmingham Central Library Ratcliff Place 1882 - 1974

    I thought the old Victorian Central Library a wonderful place most of all on a rainy day. It's where I first met Horatio Hornblower.
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    Portland Road School Ladywood

    Thanks for your help. Can you remember what Mrs. Maddison taught?
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    Portland Road School Ladywood

    Do you remeber the female teacher for geography?
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    Portland Road School Ladywood

    Mr. Goodenough sport.
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    Cannon Hill Park

    I remember the sounds of woodpeckers in Warley Woods
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    St Peters R C School Broad Street

    St. Peters Chapel from St. Peters School playground.
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    Portland Road School Ladywood

    Do yolu remember the name of the art teacher, Miss?
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