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    Jennings of Parliament St

    looking for information o jennings family parliment street aston birmingham 6
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    R,H Burman Tyburn road Erdington birmingham

    Hi Guys i am researching a company by the above name its directors was A,E Millner, m, millner I have in my possession an invoice dated 1953 i beleive they could have been stock metal holders can anybody tell me if they ever worked there not i would be very much intrested o know what they...
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    Cross Guns,pub And The Marquis Of Lorne

    Hi guys here is a couple of old boozers for you picture number 1 , picture number 2 cross guns on the corner of summer lane and frankfort st And The marqius of Lorne taken in the 1950
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    The V G Stores

    Hi guys what ever happenend to the good old vg stores that was around birmingham in the Fiftys and sixties i asked does anybody recall them there was two in stechford close to each other by the stechford swimming baths And my wife...
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    Mcnabs Ice Creammaker Sellers

    HI GUYS Today i drove down to brum and came over the licky hills and down into West Heath And i got stuck behind an very old Ice cream van playing is tunes And as i followed him going my way of course just before the green he turned off...
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    The Warstone Pub

    H i guys does any body got a photograph of the named above public house called the warstone as it was a very old haunt for me and my old mates and just one of our friday nights local before moving down into the grotto pub in camden street springhill there...
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    Up The Terrace, Down Aston And Lozells By Ronald K Moore

    Well guys and gals If you want a good book to read at bed time may i suggest a book called UP THE TERRACE, DOWN ASTON AND LOZELLS By Ronald K Moore A Fascinating Account of life in the back streets of birmingham, before,during and after the first world war It also as picture of alot of the...
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    Fish And Chip Shop Ickneild Street Springhill Birmingham 18 156z57

    hi mike i am trying to pin point a relative to my mothers family way back in the late fiftys it was a chippie shop very close to the spring hill libary oppersite and next to bullpitts factory by the junction of springhill there was a...
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    H P Sauce Factory

    Hi Guys todays the day of our beloved and lost love and a piece of our long life history of Aston and birmingham is the saddened Anniversary of the big british industry of Hp sauace aston cross ,co,s today it closed for good on this very date 16 april 1916 there is some photos on the pages of...
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    Hill Top Farm Spitfires At The Ready

    Hi Guys Here is an old picture of the spitfires ready for action already in postion on stand bye to go out and protect our lad in the surrounding areas of brum they are in the sheds on hilltop farm , Here is the photograph ,,
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    Bob Wilson’s Fun Fair

    i am looking for information regarding the bob wilsons fun fair can anybody throw some light on this wilsons fair ground when did they ever start this fair Astonian,,
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    Robert Peel Statue Birmingham

    Astatue of robert peel stood in victoria square but removed, after an accident onNovember 11 1926, The driver of a large lorry, whom presumerly failed to keep to keep his eyes peeled, Struck a gas lamp that fell across the statue and hit Peel on the head, The statue toppled onto the carrige way...
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    Clifford Street Aston,

    did you ever live in clifford aston if so here is the declining of clifford street aston 1967 here is a photograph of clifford street aston , have you got memories of clifford street whendid you leave clifford street
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    Bread Factory,s

    Hi Guys I have just mentioined Hawleys bakeries on mosely road and kryick lane and i thought i had a picture of the owners house being collected in a horse and carriage by an employee to bring him to his office at Hawleys, but apparently i have not got one of him it was infact...
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    H V Smiths

    Hi Guys I am enquiring about a cake shop on the flat of lodge road hockley, I drove up past there the other day and as you all know i live in worcester , and also i used to go to ickneild street hockley brook as a kid and living up at spring hill which aint to far away and doing our shopping...
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    Ward End Fire

    Hi guys i have been told that there is a big fire going on in ward end Can anybody confirm this , Some one said its the old exservice club, i had been told years ago it had been sold off, and apparently its not the first time it was set on fire Can anybody confirm it was sold and to whom if...
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    Betting Office run by a Mr williams

    Hi Guys Firstly may i say I opologise if this is in the wrong thread and secondly I am Researching betting shops or in the case of bookie runners of the yester years Before the betting shops became legal in early 1900s I am looking for information ofa Bookie by the name of williams whom I...
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    Hovel Jerry’s Lane Erdington

    Afew years back in time in erdington there was an old hovel and it was sold for 50,000 pounds It is estimated that it would have sold for the equivervalent of two and half pence at the time It was built in andariund 1801 it was last lived in ,in 1992 Best wishes Astonian,,,,,,
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    Birmingham Pubs 1880

    In 1880 Birmingham had an amazing number of pubs Including fifteen red Lions, and three Black Lions, Fouteen white Swans, eleven , and four Swans with two Necks, TwoDogs snd two Dogs and Duck as well as three red cows, four Behives and two Eagles, There was no Partridge in a Pear Tree, But...
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    A Certain Train Of Thought

    Hi spotters Did you know ,the locomotive in the millennium point Gallery, The city of Birmingham, made its last trip under steam on may 19 1966 From crewe to Lawley street, then by road to the old science museum in her twenty five years of service she travelled 1,650,000 miles The equivvalent...
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