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    Eric Gibson replied to the thread Crown And Cushion Pubs Perry Barr.
    The smaller one opposite was still there in the fifties maybe even the sixties. I remember them both although not a customer Viv.
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    landcrab9 replied to the thread Oscar Deutch/Scrap Metal.
    Is your name Gough?
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    mikejee replied to the thread Ashted Row.
    I would guess someone who transported chocolate around town or around factory
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    MWS reacted to Suzanneiom's post in the thread Iommi family with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Just wanted to share this :) as you’ve all helped me piece together who Alfred was, and that he wasn’t actually a foster but took the...
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    Suzanneiom replied to the thread Iommi family.
    Just wanted to share this :) as you’ve all helped me piece together who Alfred was, and that he wasn’t actually a foster but took the...
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    Nicholas Marsh reacted to willow40's post in the thread The School Board Man with Appreciate Appreciate.
    i remember the school board man, my brother wagged school for ages, when the S B man came round our house i thought he was taking my...
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    Nicholas Marsh reacted to Harvey Barr's post in the thread The School Board Man with Appreciate Appreciate.
    When I was a kid the School Board Man was feared by every child and parent, if you were sick you were not allowed outside during school...
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    paul stacey reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Barrows Stores with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The store had its own challenges during WW1. Staff shortages meant they had to adapt. And a fire did considerable damage to the ground...
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    paul stacey reacted to Gerry Cannell's post in the thread Barrows Stores with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As I mentioned earlier, even in 1956/7 we had to wear a celluloid collar with stud and dicky bow. and I was on the vegetable counter...
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    Smudger reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Aston Villa history with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some history, back to the beginning. Their first official ground - now under Willmore Road. Source: British Newspaper Archive
  • Gerry Cannell
    Gerry Cannell replied to the thread Barrows Stores.
    As I mentioned earlier, even in 1956/7 we had to wear a celluloid collar with stud and dicky bow. and I was on the vegetable counter...
  • Gerry Cannell
    Gerry Cannell reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Barrows Stores with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The store had its own challenges during WW1. Staff shortages meant they had to adapt. And a fire did considerable damage to the ground...
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    brummy-lad reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Ashted Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    When Ashted was a fashionable Birmingham suburb. Source: British Newspaper Archive
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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Crown And Cushion Pubs Perry Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This illustrates how state of the art and well designed new Old C&C building was from its air conditioning and temperature controlled...
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    Donbogen reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Aston Villa history with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some history, back to the beginning. Their first official ground - now under Willmore Road. Source: British Newspaper Archive
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