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  • Janelj7
    Janelj7 replied to the thread Gilbertstone.
    I remember him telling us that as well! Can you remember the names of the teachers at the junior school? Whose class you were in?
  • RobT
    RobT reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Our childhood toys with Appreciate Appreciate.
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Congreve Street.
    Yes. Younare right. missed it on the roof
  • RobT
    RobT replied to the thread Acocks Green.
    Above shots of 1136/8 Warwick Rd are not accurate placings, correct shown below
    • 1138 W.jpg
    • 1136 Warwick Rd.jpg
  • D
    DavidGrain replied to the thread Congreve Street.
    Looking at the relative positions of the two hotels, I can see they could be easily confused. I had not realised the Friday Bridge and...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to MWS's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    George and Mary must have been a couple before he emigrated and I imagine that it was always their intention for Mary to join him once...
  • R
    Richard Dye reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks - that backs up what I thought. So he must have been in Ohio and could organise the marriage.
  • D
    Donbogen reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Birmingham Fire Stations with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That Fire Station looks like it was once a private house?
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Congreve Street.
    Below are three photographs of the same buildings, two from one position and one looking in the opposite direction. They wer eoriginally...
    • Great Charles Street Birmingham - Belle Vue Temperance Hotel on Congreve St - Lithographic Wor...jpg
    • Great Charles Street Belle vue temperance hotel.jpg
    • Great Charles Street Belle vue temperance hotel.2.jpg
    • map 1888 showing Belle Vue and White horse hotels.jpg
  • D
    Donbogen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Aston Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    there is a haunted hall candlelight tour as well but i have to say that aston hall do not seem to be putting many of these tours on...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Passages, Alleyways Gulletts and Snickets of Old Brum with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The route survives as a public footpath. Birmingham City Council’s rights-of-way note for the path “Cromwell to Woodcock” states the...
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    George and Mary must have been a couple before he emigrated and I imagine that it was always their intention for Mary to join him once...
  • MWS
    MWS reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thanks - that backs up what I thought. So he must have been in Ohio and could organise the marriage.
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Fashionz's post in the thread Aston Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I went to one when I was about six or seven (1961- 62) with my Mom and Aunty and baby cousin - the line was very long, couldn't really...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks replied to the thread Birmingham Fire Stations.
    That Fire Station looks like it was once a private house?
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