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    Annoying Pop up

    Why does the privacy and transparency policy pop up after very few seconds on the forum today?
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    Blitz spirit

    Did anyone manage to catch the programme on BBC2 last night. "Blitz spirit with Lucy Wordsley" it was on at 9pm. Predominantly covers the realities of the Blitz in in London, but also mentions Birmingham. It puts into perspective how bad things were on the homefront. The historian tells the...
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    Cambridge Street car park

    Just read an article in BBC news one of the photos is Birmingham but cannot place where it was. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-66784928
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    Time Balls

    I read an article online today in BBC News about the time-ball being fixed at Hull and now being operational again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-66042808 This piqued my curiosity as I had never heard of them. Found this site that told me more...
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    Mystery of missing Birmingham Boulders

    Interesting article on BBC news website today about the missing Birmingham Glacier Boulders. Any know anything about these Rocks? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-63289734
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    Greenshield

    Does anyone else remember Greenshield Stamps and the Greenshield stamp shop under the Rotunda. I remember this trading incentive vividly as a girl. My Dad was a travelling salesman, so there was never a shortage of stamps to put in the savings book. He gave me and my siblings books each to fill...
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    Spitfire Broach sold by a Birmingham Auctioneers

    A Spitfire Brooch sold at a Fellows Auctioneers Birmingham today for £2169.20. It was expected to fetch between £400 and £600. It belonged to a SGT W H T Farmer an RAF pilot based in Cornwall. I never even new they existed. Apparently they were awarded to pilots who had to eject from their...
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    All Saints Church Shard End

    The First Church in Birmingham to be built after WW2 and paid for by the War Damage commission in 1954 was All Saints Church on Ownall Road in Shard End. In The news today this Church has been issued protected status by The Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to celebrate the...
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    Barrington Patterson Funeral

    A Huge funeral procession and proceedings has just taken place at St Phillips cathedral for Barrington Patterson, Also known as one eye Baz and Blue nose Baz. he died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 56. He was once a Birmingham City Zulu Warrior and turned his life around to become an...
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    BBC News census 1921

    Just read an interesting article on today's BBC news website in which secrets of the 100 year old 1921 census being revealed. Interesting read and pictures. Some pages from the 1921 Census have been made available for the first time these reveal the thoughts and lives of people in England and...
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