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    Dionysius//88 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    ive left this one till last as it has to be a rare shot taken of the back of key hill hockley dated..1967..for some strange reason this...
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread Old street pics...
    I reckon it's early to mid 60's making room for the housing that would include Rickman Drive , I moved away around 69. My mate moved...
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to Richie's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think its a later photo too. The JCB is too modern. With the Cinephone on the right the digger is off-road anyway, preparing the way...
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    poker_pete82 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Canal flood 1901 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    in Spetember 1901 George Jones Ltd (also described as Jones & Co) were engaged in erecting some new buildings for their iron foundry...
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread Old street pics...
    Stitcher I've just noticed this pic I would have said it was clearing the ground to make way for the housing which would include Rickman...
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to Stitcher's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I am reliably informed that this is a photo of the tram tracks being removed on Bristol Street.
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    5 ways from hagley road...dated 1958 love this one...bad weather causes hold ups along corporation st dated 1950 church road...
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    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Canal flood 1901 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    in Spetember 1901 George Jones Ltd (also described as Jones & Co) were engaged in erecting some new buildings for their iron foundry...
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread Old street pics...
    I saw Davy Crockett on here in the year dot.
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to Rob1abb's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Ah memories of Saturday Morning at the Villa Cross Cinema in the 1950s. "We come along on Saturday morning, greeting everybody with a...
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    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Canal flood 1901 with Wow Wow.
    in Spetember 1901 George Jones Ltd (also described as Jones & Co) were engaged in erecting some new buildings for their iron foundry...
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    John L reacted to boilerman's post in the thread Black Sabbaths final concert with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks John,(nice article) apart from the bottom right photo that is. Only joking, football rivalries apart. well done Aston Villa for...
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    mikejee reacted to izzy eckerslike's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Fantastic photo's, I've said it before but these photo's show a lost world where you could walk around and find local shops for...
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    mikejee reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Old street pics.. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    could not agree with you more izzy...i cant remember the last time i went into the city centre...sadly it holds very little historical...
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    John L reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Corporation Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    victoria laws courts 1920s
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