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    aggie2347 replied to the thread Birmingham Fire Stations.
    The combined service in operation following a severe fire with casualties. The ambulance was always on stand-by at 5 pump fires or more...
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    A Sparks reacted to aggie2347's post in the thread Birmingham Fire Stations with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lingard Street Fire Station AI enabled from a poor B&W image. The station mascot usually a dog always seems to be present in this type...
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    1299 reacted to RobT's post in the thread Comics with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Who remembers Rupert Annual, this one from 1955
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    ChrisM replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Yes, Janice, Caroline was George Snook's daughter. She married into a local bulding family. Which explains George's arrival a little...
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    aggie2347 replied to the thread Birmingham Fire Stations.
    Lingard Street Fire Station AI enabled from a poor B&W image. The station mascot usually a dog always seems to be present in this type...
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    A Sparks reacted to aggie2347's post in the thread Birmingham Fire Stations with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Birmingham Fire & Ambulance Service. From !947 until 1972 accident/emergency Ambulances where stationed at various Fire Stations...
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    aggie2347 replied to the thread Birmingham Fire Stations.
    Birmingham Fire & Ambulance Service. From !947 until 1972 accident/emergency Ambulances where stationed at various Fire Stations...
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    superdad3 replied to the thread GW Pearce & Son 158 Chester Street Aston.
    Another great Birmingham company. These may be of interest. Taken over by Samuel Groves in 1995 - another old established Birmingham...
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    paul stacey reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Comics with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don’t think I was although I did read the comic for a while until I started to prefer the teenage mood of the Jackie!
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    Eric Gibson replied to the thread Kingstanding.
    From Peckham Road school we used to be marched down Finchley Road and through to the lower half of the recreation ground by our PT teacher.
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    Donbogen reacted to JoeF712's post in the thread Botanical Gardens with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I used to think that if you had been to the Botanics you had seen them. How wrong I was. I discovered a few years ago that if you go...
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    A Sparks reacted to JoeF712's post in the thread Botanical Gardens with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I used to think that if you had been to the Botanics you had seen them. How wrong I was. I discovered a few years ago that if you go...
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    A Sparks reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Comics with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don’t think I was although I did read the comic for a while until I started to prefer the teenage mood of the Jackie!
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    JoeF712 replied to the thread Botanical Gardens.
    I used to think that if you had been to the Botanics you had seen them. How wrong I was. I discovered a few years ago that if you go...
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    Donbogen reacted to Astoness's post in the thread what number bus with Appreciate Appreciate.
    i bet someone will know lyn
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