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Humorous And Interesting Newspaper Stories about Birmingham

“BIRMINGHAM people have been curious to know why, for the first time in the history of the force, a few city policemen have recently been seen wearing only two stripes on the arm Until now the only stripes o rank worn by Birminghampolicemen have been those of a sergeant, who wears three stripes. few oficers, recently appointed acting-sergeants, are allowed to wear two stripes to indicate their rank, whereas previously acting-sergeants had no distinctive mark on the uniform.”
(Evening Despatch, August 1940)

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Not a good picture, and not of Birmingham. Did Midland Red run a service to Bridgnorth ?

“The traffic at Bridgnorth does go through this tunnel under the Town Hall, but not traffic as tall as a double decker bus.”
(Nov 1940, Evening Despatch)

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That’s an interesting photo. I am wondering how that bus got onto or how it intended getting off Bridgnorth Hight Street with the low archway at the north end.

Ill take a look at the town hall next time I’m passing
 
A different angle and caption from the Birmingham Mail.

“A crash of falling masonry Bridgnorth at 2 p.m. not caused by Goering's bombers, but was merely forgetful driver of Wolverhampton's new double-decker service, who forgot he was handling a double-decker and tried to take his through Bridgnorth town hall-and it would not go.”

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Scientific Robbery at Birmingham, Wright & Hodgkins.
(Hong Kong Daily Press 1910-10-10.)

[Note The correct name of the Company was Wright and Hadgkiss as pointed out by Superdad 3 under the thread of the mispelt Company]

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“Pansy Montague was a entertainer in the late nineteenth, early twentieth century, in Australia and Great Britain. She developed a music hall act which saw her strip, cover herself in while paint and with a few loose bits of strategically placed drapery, pose as classical statues. A perfect figure and an ability to stand still helped immensely. She was a professional living statue. In her heyday, she earned more than a cabinet minister and at one time performed before a crowd of 50,000 people.”

Pansy at the Birmingham Empire. (Evening Despatch April 1907.)

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