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  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    Hi Lyn, I've just heard back from a pal who now lives in France. He, and his family lived in Hurlingham Road. His mother lived there...
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    JohnCCD replied to the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr.
    That's great Lyn. Thanks. I can't see the cottages in that map so they may well have been built later by him, hence the name.
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    JohnCCD reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi john i think you could well be correct...here is a map showing meadowside which looks to be on the newton road..you can move the...
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    My sister just told me she asked the question to Professor Carl Chinn. She heard it was a ww2 ammo dump but Carl didn't find any evidence.
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    Donbogen reacted to daimlerman's post in the thread The pimple (again) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Sorry Lynn I didn't realise it had Bern posted there. Jeff
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    Donbogen replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    When i lived in Norbiton Rd i could see the Pimple from my bedroom
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman replied to the thread The pimple (again).
    Sorry Lynn I didn't realise it had Bern posted there. Jeff
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    Donbogen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread The pimple (again) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    yes so would i....i can see the pimple from my bedroom window...i am moving this thread from carl chinns brum mags thread to place...
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    Donbogen reacted to daimlerman's post in the thread The pimple (again) with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi y'all Yet again I raise a question about The pimple aka Kingstanding beacon, or Brunston Hill. Lots of people have posted memories of...
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    Stokkie reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Birmingham horse drawn buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A photo of the Birmingham General Omnibus depot in Taunton Road, Balsall Heath .... dated 1903. It shows a Stratford Road omnibus, and...
  • daimlerman
    daimlerman posted the thread The pimple (again) in Place related enquiries.
    Hi y'all Yet again I raise a question about The pimple aka Kingstanding beacon, or Brunston Hill. Lots of people have posted memories of...
  • J
    JohnCCD replied to the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr.
    Also- one of the other Scott Arms forums here refers to there being regular actions in the Scott Arms. Thomas Day was an auctioneer so...
  • J
    JohnCCD replied to the thread Scott Arms, Great Barr.
    Thanks Keith and Lyn, I think this might be right. My great grandfather, also called Thomas Day, lived in a house called Meadowside...
  • R
    Richard Dye replied to the thread Soho Road Handsworth.
    And the store next door is the right was a greengrocer shop!
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    Richard Dye reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Soho Road Handsworth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    looks like richards butchers shop is still there at no 264..its now europe supermarket...
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