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  1. RobT

    The Grand Picture Palace Soho Rd

    Info from here http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/37667
  2. RobT

    The Grand Picture Palace Soho Rd

    I think it was 263 Soho Road show here on the right 'Soho Mini Market', building on left looks similar with '1912' heading on top. Cinema was opened 27th September 1911. From 1915 Kelly's It re-opened in the late-1970’s as an Asian cinema, known as the Grand Palace Cinema screening East Indian...
  3. RobT

    Motorcycle Shops

    Aston Road
  4. RobT

    Acocks Green

    Photo here of Wrensons (earlier than 1965) And from the 1967/8 Kelly's Directory
  5. RobT

    Ritz Dance Hall Kings Heath.

    Good photo but much better live at the time
  6. RobT

    Ritz Dance Hall Kings Heath.

    photo rumoured to be taken at the Ritz Kings Heath I didn't see the Beatles here, but I did see them at the Plaza Rookery Road (where they appeared twice)
  7. RobT

    2166 Coventry Road Sheldon

    Coventry Building Society is listed as 2166 Coventry Road Marie Curie is listed as 2166A Coventry Road Under the same postcode B26 3JB is also 2166B 2166C 2166D
  8. RobT

    Toy and Model Shops City Centre

    This was from the 1956 Kelly's
  9. RobT

    Toy and Model Shops City Centre

    McGauleys 1940s
  10. RobT

    2166 Coventry Road Sheldon

    Coventry Building Society is listed as 2166 Coventry Road Marie Curie is listed as 2166A Coventry Road PDSA is 2168 Coventry Road Glad & Glam 2168A Halifax 2170
  11. RobT

    2166 Coventry Road Sheldon

    This is supposed to be 2148-2170 Coventry Road, last year, built in 1967.
  12. RobT

    2166 Coventry Road Sheldon

    In the 1967/8 Kelly's 2166 Coventry rd was not listed as a business
  13. RobT

    Where is this? What does it look like now?

    I think it's going to be a shop (not Bournville) Clue: Over 50 years ago it was next to a cinema!
  14. RobT

    Where is this? What does it look like now?

    Can you now place it, if I show you a photo of the old lavatory as it is now (taken yesterday)?
  15. RobT

    Tidy up

    Could anyone improve this photo please? Three of my friends all now sadly deceased.
  16. RobT

    Where is this? What does it look like now?

    This was originally a gents public lavatory, many years ago Seen here in 2019 Where is this? What does it look like today?
  17. RobT

    Newsagents on Aston high street - trying to find my grandmother's shop.

    Which shows as this one, (I think)
  18. RobT

    Corner Shops

    This ones from April 2021
  19. RobT

    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    This is how it looked in 2020
  20. RobT

    Memories of a Birmingham Musician (Drummer)!

    The 1955 Kelly's (taken in 1954) says H & G Spencer ran ballroom dancing.
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