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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Directly opposite the Dolphin pub.
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    Old street pics..

    I had many a good pint in there in the early 60s
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    Rag and Bone Men

    Good memories just as I remember, us all looking for stuff so we could get a goldfish.
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    Acocks Green

    Where in Acocks Green was this ?
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    Hay Mills Cottages.

    Hi the area at the side of Arthur terrace was owned by a family called Gopsil ( don't know the spelling) In the 40s and early 50s they had a number of horse and carts they would leave in the morning and return at night, what they did through the day I don't know. The horse and carts disappeared...
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    Acocks Green

    Was Married in St Mary's Church 1966
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    Hay Mills Cottages.

    On the right was Arthur terrace on the left was Redhill terrace 1to 15 both side. The houses at the end were the back off house on the Cov road
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    Hay Mills Cottages.

    The clay pit was the thing when I was a kid me and the gang would go through the fence every chance we got and every time we got caught our parents went mad. Did you ever see them blasting the clay it was a fantastic sight we loved it, when they blasted the whole house would shake we spent a...
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    Hay Mills Cottages.

    Hi Michael, I lived in Arthur Terrace I knew the Parkers Jimmy was a couple of years older than me can't remember the rest of the family but there was quite a few. I can't remember the Sargant's but I am older than you. Can you remember the clay pit before it was filled in? I was told that when...
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    Hay Mills Cottages.

    Hi I lived in Arthur RD off Redhill RD from 1946 till 1957 I new the cottages well I used the shop Youngs regulary in the winter fetching paraffin for our heaters. I did a paper round for the shop on the corner of Deakins RD and the Cov RD which included Gladys, flora, Geraldine Katherine and...
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    Acocks Green

    Lovely Picture.
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    Rednal

    Hi regular visitor in the forties and fifties dad and me on a Sunday morning. A tram ride from town a very beautiful part of the Midlands I havent been for years but will. Go and have a look very soon now.
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    Trolley buses

    My first experience of busses where Trolley busses. We lived in Hay Mills and we used the Trolley busses on the cov road. When the diesel busses came along the noise they made frightened the life out of me. In comparison they were loud and uncomfortable. When I told my Son in law about Trolley...
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    BAB,when are you too old to be 'Bab'

    The girls came today I asked the question and they said that they love it when I call them Bab and always have.
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    BAB,when are you too old to be 'Bab'

    I have never thought about this till I saw this post. I have called my daughters Bab since they were born, they are both in there fifties now and I still call them Bab. I don't know how they feel about this but they are coming to visit today so I will ask them.
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    OLDEST AND YOUNGEST BHF MEMBERS

    Same hear, love reading the comments clock on every morning without a miss.
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    Trams

    Great Photos loved them.
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    OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS

    Brilliant love this keep them coming.
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    Picture re-touch

    Love this, really good work, can't wait for your next project.
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    Yardley Ex Service Mans Club

    Hi if my memory serves me right the club was on the Yardley road. I used the club a number of times in the 60's
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