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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    This is Hamstead Road Baptist Church, looking across from Hunters Road. Bonner Hall is on the left - Taj and Co on the right, the Burton House pub behind the photographer.
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    Livery Street

    Hi Mike; the last photo was taken about half way down Livery St looking north - just before you get to Gt Charles St Ringway or Queensway or whatever they call it these days. The blue wall was the support for one of the bridges over Gt Charles St which has been removed - the others to the right...
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    Lucas and GEC memories from the Privett family

    In the same envelope there were also some photos of flooding at GEC - presumably on one of the many occasions when the River Tame burst its banks:- And one random photograph of an internal presentation by the looks of it - could be long service or retirement - any thoughts anyone? UPDATE -...
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    Lucas and GEC memories from the Privett family

    Here are the first set of scans from an envelope of B&W photos. There is no information on the photos except what is below - sorry! Firstly, Monty's visit to GEC Witton in 1943 or 1944. Some of these may have been posted before, but the quality of these is good so I am posting all of them - no...
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    At least this one has a happy ending, with the refurbished Holte Pub now part of the Villa Park estate.
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Great Photos! Stand by for lots more photos of Lucas Gt King St courtesy of Graham Privett - I will put these on the Lucas Rifle Club thread
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    Lucas and GEC memories from the Privett family

    All; many thanks to Graham who dropped off a box of photographs, negatives, books and memorabilia to me last night - loads of photos of Lucas and Monty, plus some wonderful old books on Lucas and GEC, and all the rifle club records, plus some badges! There are some absolute gems in this box!!! I...
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    lichfield road/sutherland st

    Camera shop - lead me to it.....:D
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    As Seen From Our Gardens 2026

    If you could pull yourselves away from the footy last night, the planet parade continued in the western sky - this time Venus sitting just above a thin crescent moon:- Nice detail in the twilight:- At one stage you could also see Jupiter as well (bottom right hand corner:- And then, just...
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    When Women Ran The Railways

    See note on another thread possibly about women war workers
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    Hamstead Road Handsworth

    We used to run cubs and scouts back here in the 1980s - in the church (Bonner) hall at the back. Church Parades in here in the winter were really cold.......
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    As Seen From Our Gardens 2026

    A few photos of last nights Jupiter / Venus conjunction - low hazy cloud did not help but I got some:- Venus in close up through hazy cloud:- Same for Jupiter - low elevation and cloud blocked detail on surface and moons:-
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    H B Sale Summer Lane

    CD and DVD I can do as I have a portable read/write device.
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    Insurance man and other collectors

    To explain something to our younger (or richer) viewers:- "on the knock" was when you had something and then someone would knock you door looking for the money owed to them. "To put by" was when you put a deposit on something and it was put by out of sight in the shop until you had paid the...
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    Insurance man and other collectors

    Co Op man, Solly Rose man, Practical man, Provident woman...... your whole life was lived on the knock..... and don't forget the rent man - ours was a big tall old guy with all the money in a big leather satchel - another sight you would not see today!!!
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    H B Sale Summer Lane

    Hi Lyn - what type of disc - 5 1/4 or 3 1/2 inch floppy or a cd or dvd? If it is a cd or dvd I can help. If its a floppy I can check at work if anyone still has ye-olde-desktop computer lying around.
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    Insurance man and other collectors

    Exactly what we did............ think the bloke used to hate us..........
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    As Seen From Our Gardens 2026

    Remember folks - if we have a clear night just after sunset tomorrow (June 9th) - Jupiter and Venus will be virtually next to each other in the twilight western sky - a very rare sight. If you have a really good clear view west, you may also be able to see Mercury as (by coincidence) it will...
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    J Lancaster and Son photographic equipment

    And Lancasters made other things apart from photographic equipment:- Binocular Microscope J Lancaster and Son 1850s
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