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Enjoy your Christmas break!
Thanks for the work you do on sorting through great old photos for us :)
Dec 21, 2025
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Just a quick shout out to all of you for you help. comments and additional information make posting a joy. I am away over Christmas but...
Dec 21, 2025
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It hasn`t worn off here. My wife sprays snow & snowballs on the windows every Christmas.
Dec 21, 2025
Enjoy your Christmas break!
Thanks for the work you do on sorting through great old photos for us :)
Dec 21, 2025
Just a quick shout out to all of you for you help. comments and additional information make posting a joy. I am away over Christmas but...
Dec 21, 2025
Tried it on the windows of my flat in Deal.It took until Easter to remove it.
Never again.
NoddKD
Dec 21, 2025
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Old and new bridges on the old Walsall Road at Hamstead. 1973.
(Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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this is why the photos taken by my brothers friend are so important to see steve...his photos probably date from the 70s onwards and if...
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I found this amongst the old copies of 'Compass' & thought it might be of interest, given the seasonal interest in problem solving. It's...
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another photo to add to this thread of aston manor council house
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I grew up in the 60s and 70s. My dad would always go to Bastianelis which I think was at the top of digbeth near St Martins. So we...
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Hi Graham, the editorial in the 1966 edition suggests that this was the first edition. I have that edition (my first year) plus '67...
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Albert Road Aston .
The 1867 directory lists it as Albert Road
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It hasn`t worn off here. My wife sprays snow & snowballs on the windows every Christmas.
Enjoy your Christmas break! Thanks for the work you do on sorting through great old photos for us :)
NoddKD replied to the thread Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?.Tried it on the windows of my flat in Deal.It took until Easter to remove it. Never again. NoddKD
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