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    Lewis & Randall Ltd - Architectural & Industrial Photographers- later John Whybrow Ltd

    I used to print the popular shots of New St, Victoria Square, Snow Hill Station etc but I guess there were perhaps a few hundred glass plates in total depicting buildings and streets. I popped into 200 Stratford Rd in 1999 or 2000 and the same cleaning lady who started in 1971 was still there...
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    Lewis & Randall Ltd - Architectural & Industrial Photographers- later John Whybrow Ltd

    I started work at Lewis & Randall in 1969 as a 15 yr old. It became John Whybrow Ltd in 1970. I worked there until 1972 mainly doing b&w darkroom stuff, processing films, printing, glazing, mounting etc. The old glass plate negatives were kept in the attic accessible by a tiny, narrow, steep...
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    Clay Lane Yardley

    Hello all, I have a couple of questions regarding Clay Lane prior to the 'new' houses being built opposite the Journey's End. Was the immigration office located there, on or near the site of the current driving test centre? Was the driving test centre built for it's current purpose or was it...
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