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    Time Traveller 66 replied to the thread Broad Street.
    It's a either a Ford Cortina or Granada Estate could be an R reg which would be 1976/77.
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    Time Traveller 66 reacted to Donbogen's post in the thread Broad Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I kept going back to photo trying to work out date Peter Foreman was in that shop 1972/3
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    Time Traveller 66 reacted to mw0njm.'s post in the thread Varna Road with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Varna Road caused moral panic in 1960s Britain. But Janet Mendelsohn set out to tell the truth about the red light district’s pimps...
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    superdad3 replied to the thread faulkner Bros Moseley.
    A long time ago but..................... Another gem from EBay. I still find it amazing how much you can find on EBay which...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Broad Street.
    I kept going back to photo trying to work out date Peter Foreman was in that shop 1972/3
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    Donbogen reacted to Time Traveller 66's post in the thread Broad Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Sorry please don't call me too observant but this picture must be mid to late 1970s as the Ford bottom left as not built until the 1970s.
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    Time Traveller 66 replied to the thread Broad Street.
    Sorry please don't call me too observant but this picture must be mid to late 1970s as the Ford bottom left as not built until the 1970s.
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    Time Traveller 66 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Broad Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    broad st 1960...showing number 270 lyn
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    superdad3 reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Sarehole Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Saw used the word “leats” which I have no familiarity with. I did Google for clarification. Learned something today! Do you have any...
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    A Sparks reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Hingeston Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hingeston street at the junction with clissold st...sorry no date lyn
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    A Sparks reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Broad Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    broad st 1960...showing number 270 lyn
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    A Sparks reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Sarehole Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Whoops!! Apols only just read this. It was a facinating talk by Jim Andrew [ex Science Museum}. Not at all what I expected and explained...
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    Richard Dye replied to the thread Sarehole Mill.
    Thank you Mike, that insight much appreciated! I find that we can learn so much from the origin of words. At least from my perspective…
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    Richard Dye reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Sarehole Mill with Appreciate Appreciate.
    According to the OED, the earliest use of the word was in Middle English in 1279. It probably comes from the Old English word gelǣt...
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    Donbogen replied to the thread Broad Street.
    Adrian Foreman i have one of his books he published on Medals
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