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  1. J

    Everton vs Villa 1959 - Sports Argus query

    There is a photo taken outside Lime Street on the top of the front page of The Liverpool Echo (14/2/59) that looks promising.
  2. J

    Everton vs Villa 1959 - Sports Argus query

    Yes, thanks very much for posting it. Here is a photograph of the Villa team of 1958-59 that villafan86's Dad will have travelled to watch that day (from eBay):
  3. J

    Everton vs Villa 1959 - Sports Argus query

    I have had another look on the British Newspaper Archive today and found on the front page of The Birmingham Mail (midday edition 14/2/59) a photograph taken at New Street titled "Cheers for the Villa" showing Miss Margaret Doyle of Shirley and Miss Margaret Downes of Hall Green on their way to...
  4. J

    RIP OZZY OSBOURNE

    Ozzy's daughter Kelly also gave a tremendous shout out to the city and Aston Villa to the audience at the recent Brit Awards in Manchester:
  5. J

    time for a clean up

    Yes, I had thought about that when I was writing it, you are 100% correct. It is a place to avoid at night and in the early morning, I would guess.
  6. J

    St. John's Approved School

    This is what the entry to the site looked like recently (1) and underneath (2) is the building that had formerly been St John's School, pictured in 2013:
  7. J

    time for a clean up

    The best, safest and cleanest way to get to Moor Street Station from New Street Station (Grand Central) imo, is crossing over Smallbrook Queensway at the crossing near TK Maxx and then going through the Bull Ring Shopping Centre turning left once inside it and going down to the lowest level...
  8. J

    Highcroft Hall Highcroft Hospital Aston Union Workhouse Erdington House

    I have often wondered what became of the memorial stone at Highcroft too. There was a second foundation stone near what was once the Nurses quarters on Fentham Road, near to where Hunton Road is on the other side of the road. Were these "conserved" when the buildings were demolished or are they...
  9. J

    Costermonger pub

    I wonder whether they will actually care, I doubt those born this century will care as much, but hope I'm wrong.
  10. J

    Costermonger pub

    I know the feeling Lyn, it's not very welcoming is it? It really needs to be made so that it feels safer for everyone, particularly at night.
  11. J

    Costermonger pub

    The Cabin was where a lot of friends met up after getting off their buses, if we hadn't decided the previous night we had all gone out, it was easy to say that we'd meet in the Cabin at say 7pm (not everyone had phones back then). We used to always head downstairs and decide where to go on from...
  12. J

    The Crown Inn and Brewery. Broad Street

    The Crown pictured later than the previous ones @ #28, #33 & #51, but still with the brewery behind it, I would guess this may have been taken in the late 70s/early 80's, it's how I remember it when we had our wedding reception there.
  13. J

    Smithfield Fruit & Veg W/sale Market 1883

    I wondered where those "ornate iron gates were removed by conservationists" and did a quick search and found another thread, that provided the answer (thank you posters) titled: Market Hall gates (Smithfield Market, Birmingham) from which, I copied the press cutting below (provided by...
  14. J

    happy birthday Jonob

  15. J

    Pubs Of The Past

    "The White Swan Victoria and Whitehead Road" is mentioned in #5 from 2006, (see my previous post above) and this is The White Swan, Victoria Road, Aston:
  16. J

    Pubs Of The Past

    If you do a search @ the top right, you will find a previous thread from 2006 titled: any pictures of the white swan aston? Post #5 on there, from our late postie refers to The White Swan, Whitehead Road.
  17. J

    Aston Villa history

    The above post shows that AI can be put to really good use. Thanks for posting it Martyn.
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