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    Graf Zeppelin over Birmingham U.K

    Hi all I have been checking up on the Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg. I recall seeing the Graf Zeppelin around about 1937. It must have been the Graf as I recall seing people on in the gondola.From what I gather the Hindenburg did not have a gondola I came across a reference to the Graf...
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    First Motorbike

    Hi Trevor This message came up on my compter I did not know you Dad at all . I usewd to be in the Boxing at BSA but that was all
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    BSA Factory 1940s Onwards

    Hi Ashley Was a mad tester at BSA Have sent you my current email address erc in Aussie Cheers Joe brown Did you look at Lou Dalbys Pics on Flickr yet ?????????
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    Piggot Street

    I lived for a short while in Piggot st and went to school there for about 3 mths The war put paid to that though Cheers Old Brummy
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    Meyrick Walk Off Waterworks Rd Ladywood

    Hi all I was using Show My Street to look at my old home in Norwood Villas Waterwoks rd and I find that a wee terrace which was just before coming up to Norwood Villas has disapeared and there is now a place called Meyrick Walk/ I am communicating with a lady who lives in an 8 storey...
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    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    Have sent in reply re the numbereing of Norwood Villas in Waterworks Rd and it will probably show up somwhere Old Brummy
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    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    Somewhere in the cuttings from the B,Ham Poast is a reference to houses being numbered up to 6 or 8 and then starting again This may not be the place to put in my Twopennyth and I think I did raise thequestion some yeras ag. I lived in a block of houses called Norwood Villas and the numbers...
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    BSA Factory 1940s Onwards

    John Crump Yes the 500 Twin was just one of many models in existence then. The grooves in the road wser caused by the footrext digging in . The rubbers were not fittted till after the bike were cleaned in the finishing shop. The 250 cc C 10 and C11 model were the worst for digging in. At the...
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    BSA Factory 1940s Onwards

    Hi Jihn Crump Yes I was one of those mad devils There were 16 of us altogether. They were great times If you want to see some pics there are some on some of the Flickr picture sites . I would have to check out exactly where they are but you could try ............Armoury Rd on Flickr and...
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    BSA Factory 1940s Onwards

    I left BSA In January 1957 so I would have missed this model . I will see if I can find the one I had in my shop ans see if it had a Rocket on.. Where is this bike of yours at the moment ?
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    BSA Factory 1940s Onwards

    Hi There I was a road Tester at BSA untill 1957. At that time the Road Rockets had a model rocket on the fron mudguard and tanks were silver >The must have changed to style just after I left. I have a pic somwhere of the Rocket I had here in Australia. Must see if I can find it andas I...
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    Bsa Factory 1900s - 1930s

    Hi Tin 123 It may be that your Grandfateher while working at BSa may have been involved in the making of the Lewis guns and was shoved off into the the MGC to instruct in the repair and that sort of thing to the chaps that would be using these guns In that case he would have been shown...
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    BSA Bikes Birmingham

    hat you Ian.? I presume so as you are a Shropshire lad.. I dont know about parts in the Uk at all . There is afirm in Brum that does real good buisness with Bantam parts Cnt think of the name right now but will later I suppose and will let you know. They were in buisness when I worked at BSA...
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    Evacuee from Burbury St School

    Hello all Just up a bit earlier and having gone around the usual Compter rounds etc have found time to browse thru the BHF. I was evacuated onFriday the 1st of September. I was 12 years old at the time and do remember some parts of it very well. We assembled at the school and had name tags...
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    First person in Birmingham to own a Rolls Royce, or a Ferrari?

    Hi folks Phil I just have to go find my Birmingham Map book for 1954 and have a shufti where Weatheroak rd is ...The name rings a bell. Also see that Chris has spoken about photos of the old Singleton and Cole Rolls van . May have to send a message to the Bham Library to the Ask a...
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    First person in Birmingham to own a Rolls Royce, or a Ferrari?

    Hello to all Just got up a bit earlier this morning and found I had mail from the Forum saying that a reply had been sent in from someone following the thread re the First Rolls Royce in Brum. I had time so I went back to the start and read all of the posts since the thread started . What...
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    BSA Bikes Birmingham

    Yes A lot of truth but it is easy to be knowledgable after the event
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    BSA Bikes Birmingham

    Thanks for putting the pic up Lou. Dont know who was under the coat but was most likely Reg Griffiths Perhpas best leave it at this point as we are getting of the Dandy thread Cheers
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    BSA Bikes Birmingham

    R e Bill Morgan . Bill lived up somewhere on the way up to Kings heath Area . I cannot pin point just where . I dont think anyone knew a lot about him exceptmaybe Jimmy pointer It is obviuos that he os not the same man that oisin was writing about though as the dates and location are wrong...
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    BSA Bikes Birmingham

    I did not hear of anything about that accident. One of the tesers Bill Morgan was killed while on the way home on his Go Home .test bike in the early evening . He was Bill Morgan A very quiet man who was agoof friend though of Jimmy Pointer. I think Bill had worked on the test Pre war along...
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