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  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Just spoke to my mom, she is unsure what address my grandad lived at before he came here, but his two brothers lived a road apart, one...
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    No27 reacted to Zerub's post in the thread Kings Norton Grammar School with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Sorting out some old photos from my late father's stuff, I came across this one of the Masters of KNGS 1947. My father was a pupil at...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Hmmmm you know, I don't know much about my moms, dads side other than he was born in tipperary in Ireland, I do have some of his...
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    Donbogen reacted to bootneck42's post in the thread 212-213 Broad Street in the 1980s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks Mike. I used to live in Gooch St and would often walk up Hurst St and then over to Broad St because it was such a busy and...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to MWS's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A little bit of a guess (from your maternal side, Lambe?) ignore if wrong, but here are a couple of houses still standing (neither...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Yes I’m big on nostalgia from the 80s and 90s. I feel it was a simpler time and everyone was happier. Although I really enjoy looking...
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread tennant street.
    Mike Jee is there any way of finding out how long this building in the Tennant Street Thread was demolished please ?
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Iommi family.
    A little bit of a guess (from your maternal side, Lambe?) ignore if wrong, but here are a couple of houses still standing (neither...
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread tennant street.
    Brummy Lad what I had in my eyes for all those years I'll never know , I still cant picture that in my minds eye at all
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread tennant street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi Mac, it was just off the map, this shows it.
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Potter Street, Aston, C1900 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This photo of the junction of Steelhouse Lane and Lancaster Street shows the end of Potter Street in the background. The shop on the...
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad 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...
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread tennant street.
    Hi Mac, it was just off the map, this shows it.
    • tennant street1.jpeg
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    Dionysius//88 replied to the thread Needless Alley.
    What a fantastic story Mike , I had no idea of the history of needless avenue when I used to frequent the Kardomah back in the 69's ...
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    bootneck42 reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread 212-213 Broad Street in the 1980s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Mike if my memory serves me right back in the 60's it was next to the Everyman Stationery Co. The one poster I alway's remember is a...
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