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    williamjukes reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Fake Photos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It is hard to assess images on screen. Mike's #1 seems to have very contrasty horses and bus compared to the soft pub background on the...
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    Donbogen reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread Fake Photos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Pedrocut, Here are the comparison images: First the original image, taken from the negative, unadjusted: Second, the original image...
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    williamjukes reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Fake Photos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I do not like colourised photos, a swe cannot be sure colours are right, and the definition is usually decreased by the colourization...
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    suemcp reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread find a property in hockley (family tree related ) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    She is on the 1911 - I think with parents. Not a servant. Astoness found that one. I meant between 1911 and 1921 - some maids only 11...
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    ChrisM replied to the thread Fake Photos.
    Pedrocut, Here are the comparison images: First the original image, taken from the negative, unadjusted: Second, the original image...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2025.
    Madams front garden trust to be no butterflies about when i took took this picture when i got home from work this morning we get alot as...
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    daimlerman replied to the thread Kingstanding.
    Yep, I remember it well during the 50's and 60's. But that pic was taken in 1939. I thought the brook was routed there during...
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    ChrisM reacted to PaulH's post in the thread Memories of Streetly with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Chris, One final point which results from some further research. Your memories regarding the names of your near neighbours has been...
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    ChrisM reacted to John L's post in the thread Memories of Streetly with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As another Streetly lad, who has lived in Streetly and on the Chester Road, more often than not since 1957, could I suggest that Google...
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    Napofearth replied to the thread SUNBAC Sutton & North Birmingham Automobile Club.
    I’ve only just sen this. I was a sidecar passenger for Barry Kefford who lived in Sutton (BKS Sidecars) We did many trial, sprints and...
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    John L replied to the thread Birmingham Weekender Free Cultural Festival 23rd - 25th August 2025.
    Sadly, I can't see any Morris Dancing going on. :(
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    John L replied to the thread Memories of Streetly.
    As another Streetly lad, who has lived in Streetly and on the Chester Road, more often than not since 1957, could I suggest that Google...
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    Stokkie reacted to Eric Gibson's post in the thread Rivers : Forgotten Streams or Brooks of Birmingham with Sad Sad.
    Splasshed about in there many times as a kid, my brother in law Paddy Cox who I never met drowned in the pool.
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    John L reacted to ChrisM's post in the thread Memories of Streetly with Appreciate Appreciate.
    STREETLY MEMORIES Anyone who knows Streetly will almost certainly know that part of the Chester Road which stretches from the Parson &...
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    John L reacted to PaulH's post in the thread Memories of Streetly with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Chris, Thanks for the prompt response. I still have cause to visit Streetly occasionally and have driven up Chester Road from the...
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