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  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Ill have a look now, I love looking through old photos. There are a few good videos on YouTube of the city centre back in the day, but...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    sadly suzanne this is the problem most of us have...a reason why i have spent the past 15 years finding and posting thousands of old...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Im on the laptop now so I will check out the map. It seems so far that every single address ive come across is no longer there, its a...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    well i was born and raised around there suzanne and i dont recognise the area now..so many changes...just had another look at that map i...
  • N
    No27 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Canals of Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    BCN around Smethwick and Galton valley…
  • N
    No27 replied to the thread Canals of Birmingham.
    Youve got my other grandparents on here - Fordrough St., just before they knocked it down to expand the rail yard.
  • N
    No27 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Canals of Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Below is a photo of vehicles assembled on Worcester Wharf. I am guessing that the photo may have been taken from about the position of...
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Potter Street, Aston, C1900.
    Difficult to say. But if they were being demolished to build that section of Corporation Street, then they would have been near to...
  • mikejee
    The annual conference on 8th November this year has a Railway theme "After Agenoria: Aspects of the Railway Revolution in the Black...
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Potter Street, Aston, C1900.
    This photo of the junction of Steelhouse Lane and Lancaster Street shows the end of Potter Street in the background. The shop on the...
    • Lancaster Street (Steelhouse Lane junction) (James Burgoyne) c1900.jpg
  • N
    No27 replied to the thread 6/123 Sherbourne Road, Birmingham.
    Hi Mike, You've got my grandparents on there too - just diagonally down from the cursor is 3, Oak Place (3bk26 Sherbourne). I think this...
  • N
    No27 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread 6/123 Sherbourne Road, Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Very easy mistake to make. Below is a map c 1950 showing 6 back Sherbourne Road in blue
  • poker_pete82
    poker_pete82 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Prisoners of War WW2 photos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Prisoners from the Midlands at a German hospital camp. Think this one was 1943. Viv.
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Potter Street, Aston, C1900 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This photo shows a row of old houses in Potter Street. I believe it's one of the series of photos taken by James Burgoyne showing sites...
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Potter Street, Aston, C1900.
    This photo shows a row of old houses in Potter Street. I believe it's one of the series of photos taken by James Burgoyne showing sites...
    • Potter Street (James Burgoyne) 1875.jpg
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