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  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Happy Birtday NoddKD.
    Enjoy your day, what is left of it after my reply
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread change to accessing WW2 records.
    I note it says that the fees are for "access to open and closed records." But surely closed records cannot be accessed?
  • BrummieGeoff
    I believe this photo shows the cottages on Alcester Road South .... just past the Horse Shoe Inn and canal, as you travel away from...
    • Kings Heath Alcester Road South Millpool Hill 2.jpg
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    Stokkie reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't know about you but we still have elephants ears in the snow, flowering hyssop trailing in the pot, and a geranium blooming in a...
  • paul stacey
    paul stacey replied to the thread Car registration numbers.
    I think I have said before, my famous number was ROD 90, on a Wolsey!! I imagine it would be worth a pretty penny now, In the 1970's , I...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Moor End Lane, Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Old barn near Moors House, Moor End Lane, Erdington creator: John Benjamin Stone. 1895. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    A Sparks reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Coventry Road Hay Mills with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hay Barn Farm, Coventry Road, Hay Mills, Birmingham. 1925. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Donbogen reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't know about you but we still have elephants ears in the snow, flowering hyssop trailing in the pot, and a geranium blooming in a...
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    cba reacted to I Am Nico's post in the thread Lahai-roi The Grange 42 Park Hill Moseley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hello Matt I consulted my Irish friends of whom one is an adoptee. They told me you can ask at the libraries there. They went to their...
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    cba reacted to Stokkie's post in the thread D.N.A. TESTING with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Thank you for sharing your personal story with us cba, I'm glad that you were able to make contact with your half brother and his...
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    Stokkie replied to the thread D.N.A. TESTING.
    Thank you for sharing your personal story with us cba, I'm glad that you were able to make contact with your half brother and his...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    I don't know about you but we still have elephants ears in the snow, flowering hyssop trailing in the pot, and a geranium blooming in a...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread As Seen From Our Gardens 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Also managed to get some photos of Jupiter and all 4 of its Galilean satellites in the last few weeks. Photographing Jupiter is a bit of...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Moor End Lane, Erdington with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Old barn near Moors House, Moor End Lane, Erdington creator: John Benjamin Stone. 1895. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to bootneck42's post in the thread Bull Ring 1930s - 1950s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hi John, the car at centre front looks like a Wolsley of 1950s vintage. The van, partially hidden on the left looks like a Bantam...
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