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diggers newsagents lichfield rd

Astonian

gone but not forgotten
Hi Guys
do any of you recall diggers the news agents nd possible greens on lichfield rd ;aston
and i was wondering whether or not any of you ever bought the old moore alamac predictions of or for the twenty first century
it cost a tanner 6d did ny think come true i think now back to the older generations of yester years what a load of old toggs
i think the victorian,s was very plauseable to beleive any think just like superstitions which also alot of people still beleive in ;
do any of you still beleive in these what a load of garbich best wishes astonian;;;;;
 
LichfieldRd3.jpgHi Astonian, I remember Diggers quite well, Robinson's was 120, Lichfield rd, and Diggers was 122, I don't know if you have seen this photo before but it shows Diggers newsagents.
 
Hi Astonite
Nice to hear from you and i have to say a very big thank you to you for puting up that cracking picture and no i have not seen that one before
its fantasic ; i hope nobody minds i want to down load that pict and put it to my folders
I fel i have just gone back in time in my mine the memorys of that shot just makes me fel like it was yesterday
the bit with the two concrete post standing between robbos and diggers incidently they was very nice people they spoke to tere customers very polite and helpful even to the kids of yester years and old robo he was a little guy in stature and is wife but where the two post stand there was about twnty houses up there
and one was our relatives thanks a million astonite for the pict and the memory lane trip best wishes Astonite
 
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