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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 8

    7. Wholesale Market A night shot through the gates of the old market in Birmingham centre.
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 8

    6. Shut Lane A narrow lane that was next to Moor Street Station, whose track is visible going into the far distance
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 8

    5. Ariel V-Twin on the VMCC run in Newhall Street Another loss to Newhall Street. The Vintage Motor Cycle Club held an annual Tour of Birmingham, where a hundred or more nice old bikes travelled round the Outer Circle, stopping at strategic points ...er pubs, and then lined up for inspection in...
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 8

    4. Steam Rally This was an annual event in Newhall Street when the Science Museum was there. Now that it has been moved to the other side of the city we have nothing like that now.
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 8

    1. Newhall Street Cornwall Buildings is over the road with the first flag pole, and is where on the second floor, in my third job, I worked for three years for New Zealand Distributors (UK) Ltd. as an export merchant's clerk. Very enjoyable job but appalling wages! I worked there for a week for...
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 8

    A selection of his scanned photographs and slides together with his accompanying notes taken between the 1960s and 1990s, in and around Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Smethwick, West Bromwich and Walsall. Old Birmingham Page 8
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    Aston Hall artifacts

    It looks like a church coffer and all dug out from a solid tree trunk.
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    48. Newhall Street
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    47. Canal Bridge 1957
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    45. Gas Street Basin
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    44. Scrap yard 1983 Hockley, Birmingham
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    40. Farmers Lock 1980 On the stretch of canal between The Parade and the "Long Boat" public house. 41. Farmers Lock 1980 Taken from the opposite direction from that of the last photograph. The Post Office Tower is in the distance.
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    37. Newtown puddle 1980s 38. Another Newtown puddle 1980s 39. Newtown swing, and another puddle
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    36. Bonfire Bonfire night in Unett Street, Newtown.
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    35. Newtown 1970s Another building awaits demolition.
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    32. Newtown Row 1979 33. Newtown Row 1979 These buildings were demolished to make room for the Post Office sorting depot following the movement from the MailBox in the City (where Radio WM are now) and the former Cheston Road sorting office near Aston Cross. 34. Newtown Row 1979 The...
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    31. Kids 1970s Newtown Birmingham
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    30. Dumped car A derelict Ford Prefect in one of the old streets in Newtown about to be "redeveloped."
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    The Keith Berry Photo Archive - Old Birmingham Page 7

    29. Newtown 1970s The site of the demolished St George's Church.
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