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    Brewers store

    I Remember Brewers army stores on Lichfield rd just before the Aston station across from the Britannia pub Freddie Brewer had a Car breakers yard also in station rd Erdington my dad used work as a mechanic for Freddie I lived in Victoria rd in the forties /fifties I went there a lot with dad...
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    Chip shops in witton rd

    Hi Jean I was born in the forties in Victoria rd and remember the chip shop by the police station think the name was gibbons not sure but love the bag of scratching she gave us free with the chips but you had to ask sometimes they bits of fish in them happy memories
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    Pub Nicknames.

    The monkey house was the new inns in wainwright street aston my dads local in the forties fifties
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    Pub Nicknames.

    The only pub I know that had the nickname the monkey house was the new inns in wainwright street aston my dadsl local
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    Halfords Fire

    Hi Peter just spotted a pic of halfords the date is wrong I was twelve when halfords Burned down in 1955 my dad worked at a drop forgers opposite I used to take his lunch he was working night shift when it went up in flames he allways said it was the sparkes from the furnaces that could have...
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