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  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread H E Jordan Station Hotel Market Hotel Station Street Dudley Street.
    I think this is a (later) view of the Station Street passenger entrance .... to the station, and the bridge that went over the platforms...
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  • D
    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread Albany Hotel.
    Wasn’t there a story Noelle Gordon occupied one of those flats in one of the blocks
  • D
    Dionysius//88 reacted to John L's post in the thread Albany Hotel with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think it's Cleveland Tower on the right Viv. I always thought those two huge residential towers, looked out of place on Holloway Head...
  • K
    KeithE replied to the thread Give us yer donny.
    Yes, my grandparents used 'donny'. Background West Bromwich, ended up in Hall Green (upwardly mobile hey...) My Nan also said 'biddin'...
  • R
    Richard Dye replied to the thread Give us yer donny.
    Both may parents both from Aston used Donny. As my aunts and uncles from Aston. My be an Aston thing!
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to COMPRESSORMAN's post in the thread Give us yer donny with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My Mum was born in 1909 Aston, so was Dad, she picked it up from her parents, so its either a Brummie word as our family dates back to...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to COMPRESSORMAN's post in the thread Give us yer donny with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Only word I heard in the house was Bleedin' from my father...Mom? ...NEVER A WORD! What with tv allowing all the Words now, we can only...
  • R
    Richard Dye replied to the thread Rail 200.
    Good pice of history Heartland! However as you know steam engines were/are an evolutionary process, regardless if they were...
  • J
    John L reacted to COMPRESSORMAN's post in the thread Give us yer donny with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Only word I heard in the house was Bleedin' from my father...Mom? ...NEVER A WORD! What with tv allowing all the Words now, we can only...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Handsworth Dairies with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't know I'm afraid, it was posted on FB with no further information!
  • Barr_Beacon
    Barr_Beacon reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Albany Hotel with Appreciate Appreciate.
    They did a great sunday carvery.bet Clint enjoyed it:grinning: Clint Eastwood at the Albany Hotel on Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, 1967.
  • A
    Alan614 replied to the thread Monument Lane Station/Shed.
    Hi, just a query…..would that be the Tony Higgs who lived in Sheepcote Lane? If so, how could I contact him - I was a neighbour good...
  • COMPRESSORMAN
    COMPRESSORMAN replied to the thread Give us yer donny.
    Only word I heard in the house was Bleedin' from my father...Mom? ...NEVER A WORD! What with tv allowing all the Words now, we can only...
  • Heartland
    Heartland posted the thread Rail 200 in The Railways.
    As the opening of the Stockton and Darlington is approached in September, Network Rail has been busy in promoting the 200th anniversary...
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  • J
    John L replied to the thread Give us yer donny.
    Funny enough I used "potty mouth" myself this week, I must have delved deep into my memory banks to find that, my Nan used to use it, as...
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