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    Nsu Quickley

    mw0njm, Have a look at this website. Len. https://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/nacc/arcindex.htm
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    Moped museum/collection

    geoffpw, Sorry Geoff, you may have been left at the post. Len. https://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/nacc/arcindex.htm
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    JAUNCEY'S GARAGE - Stockfield Road South Yardley.

    PHIL72,Jaunceys Garage was well known, i was at Church Rd school with a Son of one of the brothers can`t remember his name if still with us he is 81yrs old, they had a monkey which they would let us see, at the Silver Jubilee 1935 & the Coronation 1939 when we had street partys Jaunceys lorry...
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    Mystery threesome

    Maria, There are no photos or illustrations showing on your thread. Len.
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    Short Harry

    Re: Harry Short I worked with a Stanley (Stan) Short he is 80yrs old, hope this helps. Len.
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    WWII Barrage Balloon Sites

    I was a 11yrs old when WW2 started and a Battery of 4, 3.7inch calibre Anti Aircraft Guns were sited on Oaklands Recreation Ground, Church Rd, Yardley, the wooden huts i which Gun crews lived were on the r/hand side of the entrance to the Rec, the Gun emplacements were on the Rec as it...
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    WWII Barrage Balloon Sites

    Phil, You will find every thing you want to know on this site. Len. https://worldwar2airfields.fotopic.net/
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    Denton Grove, Stechford

    Is Norton Crescent near to Denton Grove?, i have a friend who lived the Crescent in the 1940`s. Len.
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    Berlin House

    The Minories Building, formerly Lewis`s Department Store, was built above a road way, which still exists, also called The Minories. The road separated the buildings with Berlin House located to the east of it and was incorporated into the Corporation Street development as it was part of the...
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    Alldays & Onions

    1889 Alldays and Onions Pneumatic Engineering Co. of Birmingham, was a company founded in 1889 by the merger of the long established (dating from 1650) and Alldays & Onions (dating from 1720) engineering companies. Like many such companies they turned to bicycle manufacture and sold a range...
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    New TV memories site

    Any one remember this BBC Test page circa 1948?. Len. :D:)
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    P.S.V. Badge

    Lea Hall Garage on closing day, a sad day. Len.
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    Harborne Railway

    Gravelly Hill Station. Len.
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    Kenyon Street police station

    https://www.ybapublications.co.uk/Flyerblog/wordpress/?p=86 Gregory103, Have a look at this website. Len.
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    The Moody Blues

    I saw the Moody Blues circa 1966/7? at Rob Prykes Moat House club, they were billed as "MB", Rob asked me what i thought of them i said i was not impressed Rob said they would make it to the top, he was right, i was wrong!!!. Len.
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    Fischer's watch and clock parts.

    JohnO, Have a look at this website, you can get to Gt Hampton St from Snow Station on the Metro. Len. Guru Enterprises Clock & Watch Repairs & PartsTel: 0121 554795653 Great Hampton Street Birmingham B18 6E
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    Royal Warwickshire Regiment- Help Needed

    Kathryn138, Contact this website, they are very helpful and there is a Free Phone number. Len. https://www.veterans-uk.info/
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    Midland Red Early Days

    A "smoking concert" was a casual dressed audience concert very often held in a pub, at upper class concerts the Ladies & Gentlemen wore formal clothes such as Evening Dress for the Men and the Ladies always wore a Hat and Evening Gown, very posh!!. Len.
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    Pubs

    Mitchells & Butlers to raise £373m through the sale of pubs. With Thanks to the BirminghamMail, Len. Aug 20 2010. Birmingham-based pubs group Mitchells & Butlers has announced the sale of more than 300 pubs as part of its exit from the...
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    Marston Green Hospital

    The Tivoli Cinema, Yardley where some of the Mums-to-be would catch the jokingly called "Blunder Bus" to the M/G Maternity Hospital, our Son was born there 1973. Len
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