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  1. dek carr

    A B row Aston-Birmingham

    :)A.B.Row whats in a name?When i as a nipper i was told at school that A.B. Row was a victorian quirk with the meeting of Ashted Row coming up from Duddeston and Belmont Row coming up from Vauxhall, both meeting Prospect Row. As i remember it 50 odd years ago there was a wedge of land with a...
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    What a Way to Treat a MCW Metrobus

    This has how 2 fully preserved MCW Metrobuses SDA832S and NOA461X that had a huge amount of money spent on putting them into as new condition (1979 & 1982). It's mad how the owner a.k.a. Mad Ron sent these buses in for it they could of been destroyed & 1 of them is a very rare protoype...
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    Birmingham Buses in the Snow in Febuary 2009

    Birmingham Buses in the Snow in Feb 2009 as I type this the sun is slpitting the flag stones, (not really but it is nice and warm so it may be of interest to see what the weather was like in Febuary 2009 YouTube - Birmingham Buses in the Snow in Feb 2009
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    Possibly the Last Traffic Roadway Detector for Traffic Lights in Birmingham

    Many years ago as you approached a set of traffic lights in a vehicle the wheels of a bus/car/another would drive over a short stretch of rubber and steel, this device would in turn activate the traffic lights to go to red or green, in many of the the streets of the U.K. they are now rare as...
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    Midland Red Buses in Birmingham in the Early 1980,s

    I have put a short film of the Midland Red Buses in Birmingham in the Early 1980,s on to YouTube YouTube - Midland Red Buses in Birmingham in the Early 1980,s
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    Birmingham Buses on Film

    This is a good film it has only been on YouTube for a short time well worth a visit I think YouTube - West Midlands Bus Archiv
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    Films About The Bull Ring

    Bull Ring on Film! i take it we all know about the regular feature the Evening Mail is doing on its website about the history of the Bull Ring? And the videos on-line? 4 of 'em?? The link is a million miles long so this is how you do it: www.birminghammail.net Go to the "Video and Pics"...
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    Midland Transport Museum Wythall

    If you would like to see a number of vehicles that are not normally seen by the public they include B.C.T. and Midland Red I shot the film yeasterday Saturday 6/Dec/2008 then please go to YouTube - Midland Transport Museum Wythall Vehicle Movements
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