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    Donbogen reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Clifton Road Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Clifton Road, Aston, c/o Upper Sutton Street, Birmingham.1969. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Donbogen reacted to Jayell's post in the thread Clifton Road Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Agree Mike. Not that I ever saw Gothic Terrace as it had all been demolished by the time I knew about it. I had family living in...
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    Donbogen reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread The Railways with Appreciate Appreciate.
    British railways had a very high accident rate, especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In fact, for many decades railways were...
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    Donbogen reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread The Railways with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lloyd, I must respectfully disagree with your comment regarding HS2 & leave it at that !
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    Donbogen reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread The Railways with Appreciate Appreciate.
    And that is a very good thing!
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    Morturn reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Springfield Area with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Springfield became the terminus for the Sparkhill steam tram service on 5 May 1899, when the service was extended down the Stratford...
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    Donbogen reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread The Railways with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Could not agree more!
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    Dave P replied to the thread Hamstead Colliery.
    Stokkie, any idea what year they demolished the old coal board houses in I think it was Bradford St / AB Row off old Walsall Rd? I...
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    paul stacey replied to the thread Hamstead Colliery.
    I visited in 1961, Richard, for a coal board apprenticed career, we went underground , it seemed a very long way to me, they also told...
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    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Springfield Area.
    Springfield became the terminus for the Sparkhill steam tram service on 5 May 1899, when the service was extended down the Stratford...
    • Springfield Stratford Road Steam Tram Terminus (last day of steam trams) 31 December1906.jpg
    • Springfield Stratford Road Steam Tram Depot 1.jpg
    • 1903 Sprinfield Tram Depot a.jpg
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    paul stacey reacted to Richard Dye's post in the thread Hamstead Colliery with Appreciate Appreciate.
    How long did the Hamstead colliery operate?
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    paul stacey reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread Hamstead Colliery with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Until 1965, Richard. The coal was very deep and it was said to be uneconomic to mine further...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread Hamstead Colliery.
    Until 1965, Richard. The coal was very deep and it was said to be uneconomic to mine further...
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    ChrisM replied to the thread BANNISTER, Mary and Martha.
    Great, thank you, Janice. My brother quoted it as "Back 74, Main Street, Aston (actually Sparkbrook)". By the date of the tragedy, 20th...
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    Richard Dye reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Pickett Alfred & Laura Handsworth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This may be interest to family researchers. Source: British Newspaper Archive
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