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    Days long gone

    My husband lived in Bradley Road, the family moved there when the houses were newly built, about 1951, he lived at no. 39. His parents lived there until around 1990.
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    Crawford street Saltley

    Sadly, she died a couple of years ago. She was 99.
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    Crawford street Saltley

    I'm Lynda Stretton
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    Crawford street Saltley

    Jackie Henman, I'm Lynda Stretton, was good freiends with Denise.
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    Crawford street Saltley

    Crown Mission Sunday School day trip. There's a few faces on here I don't recognise, I think they are from Nechells Sunday School, they joined us for a few weeks, while they were looking for somewhere new to hold their meetings. I recognise - Racheal, Edward and Steven and I think that might be...
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    Posting Photos

    I just drag and drop
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    Crawford street Saltley

    My Aunties and Uncle 11/50 (I think) Crawford St, 1924'ish.
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    Crawford street Saltley

    On the steps of Crown Mission with my cousin.
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    Thornley & Knight Ltd Bordesley Green Rd

    Are these people from Thornley & Knight. I only recognize the ladynon the left, but, I don't remember her name.
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    Another pub fire

    I think I saw something about that on the news last night. What's going on with these old pubs? I'm suspicious.
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    Thornley & Knight Ltd Bordesley Green Rd

    Mom at Thornley & Knight
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    Crawford street Saltley

    Two of my Aunties were Sunday School teachers - both Mrs Stretton.
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    Crawford street Saltley

    Steven?
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    Crawford street Saltley

    Yes, that was my Aunty.
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    Park Lane...Aston

    Sorry, if this has been said before - I found this in Showell's Dictionary:- Park Lane.—From Aston Cross Tavern to the Birchfield Road, originally being the road outside the wall of Aston Park. The first lots of land for building that were sold were those fronting Church Lane, and they fetched...
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    Birmingham buses

    This is at the bottom of Ash Road, turning on to Adderley Road. That shop you can see, used to be the barbers, then the post office, then my Aunty Gwen and Uncle Arthur's house (hidden by the bus)
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    Birmingham buses

    Me, too. I lived in Ash Road, when I was little, lying in bed at bedtime, and used to listen to the buses struggling up the hill, changing gears as it got to our house.
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    I bet you called at our house, sure we used to get 'the man form the pru', we lived at 44 Ash Road.
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