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    Origins of the Brummie accent

    Changes in accent are normally effected by the young.A good example I'm told is the origin of the Aussie accent.It wasn't directly related to any accent,but was a mix of all the newcomers came over with.They talk about Shakespeare having a Brummie accent,but the accent that way was normally...
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    Great Hampton Row

    Was an important pub years ago,sad to see its decline. Thanks for the photo.
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    Brum and Telly Savalas

    'The uploader has not made this video available in your country.' Seems it doesn't like Spain?
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    Roy Holder Brummie Actor

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqeFp-ChxTs As I first remembered Roy as a child.
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    Great Hampton Row

    Found this on the net.
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    Britannia, Warwick Road now Closed

    Seems to now be some kind of car showroom!
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    A couple of years ago here in Margate I got talking to one of the local 'alkies'. Man in his early 60s with a strong Birmingham accent.On asking him if he was a 'brummy' he looked at me with indignity,Can of special brew in hand he proceeded to explain to me he was from the 'Royal borough of...
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    Items that havent faded away and still in use

    Old spice
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    Worst car of the 1960's

    Due to my age I don't really remember the 60s so well.But can remember from the 70s on. Anything that came out of BL,even a new Morris Marina from 1977 was useless.Add to that a new Hillman Hunter in 1974,useless again. Wasn't until we got Vauxhalls in the 1980s did things improve.Every time I...
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    Lord Clifden Great Hampton Street

    More likely the early 80s looking at the Ford escort Lynn.
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    Britannia, Warwick Road now Closed

    Seems to be signs of life there today! Drove past,didn't stop so didn't see much,but building work inside it,and lots of cars at the back. Anyone have more info please?
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    White Horse Cellers Constitution Hill

    Went past it this morning,my family founded the tyre firm across the road,so grew up around this place. Now an outdoor,Midland Tyres is about to become a Pizza Hut!
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    Ye Old Green Man/The Lad in the Lane

    Went past there this morning,how it's changed!
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    Various street pics

    Looks like The Gothic pub on the end of thread 10. My family founded 'Midland Tyres' just over the road from there,on the corner of Livery Street.Some great memories growing up there. Really good pics,thanks again:)
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    Various street pics

    Progress gave us a McDonalds:(
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    Key Hill Cemetery

    Well done Brian,really nice to see this. Have to bring some more wine lol,you'll be thirsty after all this work.
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    I spend half my life in Margate,and in the summer I walked past a tramp with a strong Birmingham accent. Are you a Brummy asked I? How dare you said the tramp,I was born in the 'Royal Borough of Sutton Coldfield'
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    Pauper Memorial in West Bromwich Cemetery

    Indeed a touching memorial to those families scarred by the evil workhouse system.
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    Origins of the Brummie accent

    I believe like the Liverpool accent Brummie is a newer mixture of the influences it has absorbed. Birmingham is in the center of where the southern and northern accents meet.Add to this the influence of the Welsh who came with their animals to sell,and you have the basics of the west midland...
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    Holidays spent in Wales as a child.

    Fairborne on a day trip every year.My mother used to go there for her annual holidays until she met my father.He however coming from Falmouth had different ideas on the annual pilgrimage.
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