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  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Finally got back to Snow Hill Station a week ago - parked up in the Jewelry Quarter and took the train in (what a novel idea!!!). Again...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just a little piece of rhetorical information: the fact that they left the Black Country and settled in Ohio and Pennsylvania , two...
  • Smudger
    Smudger reacted to TerryD147's post in the thread Davis with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It's good to see that this thread (which I knew nothing of) has re-activated. My own ancestors, greatgrandparents George & Elizabeth...
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    62 you say, hopefully i have all of those on my tree. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a Fredrick Iommi, would be interesting to see...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Needless Alley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Weren’t they/are they still messey!
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks replied to the thread Hamstead Road Handsworth.
    Ah...now you mention it, I think I remember that too.
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Hamstead Road Handsworth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That shop used to be a standard UK butcher’s shop, can’t remember the name.
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks replied to the thread Snow Hill Station.
    Again - great set of photos! It's surprising the amount of spare ground that we can't normally see around the area, another world really.
  • Suzanneiom
    Suzanneiom reacted to MWS's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    From their arrival up until 1995 there appears to be 62 Iommi birth registrations (in one form or another) in England. I think I've...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As a contrast - this is what the station (including the bridge supports) looked like from photos I took in the late 70's - early 80's -...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    And finally - underneath what is left of the Gt Charles St bridges (each end span has been "removed", but the middle spans are still...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Best remaining parts are the old door portals under Gt Charles St bridges:- Top of drainpipe:- I wonder if any of...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Station was busy - and views from it are still excellent:- However - Mr Percy Pigeon, esq. has found a nice quiet bit to chill...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Excellent photos! Every time I look at photos from an engineering perspective, I marvel at the level of effort it took to build and...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Snow Hill Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A part of the "new" Snow Hill Station is already redundant of course - the original Midland Metro stop on what was originally platform...
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