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    oldroddy reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A good early view of Hill Street from the Navigation Street junction that I haven't seen posted before. It's tagged as 1879. It shows...
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    oldroddy reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hill Street/Station Street, 3rd November 1953. (From Birmingham at Work)
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    oldroddy reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some years ago the site was hacked, and we lost all our images. Many have been replaced, but not all. I am certain (from date that I...
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    B16girl reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Ghost signs of Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This has to be one of Birmingham's finest surviving ghost icons Nico. The Pelican Works on Great Hampton Street. Viv.
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    brummy-lad reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Lawton ltd with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The firm are listed at 30 - 33 Harford Street
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    brummy-lad replied to the thread Lawton ltd.
    Here is a 1950s map and Kelly's directory
    • harford-street-map.jpg
    • harford-street-1921.jpg
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    Martin Reed replied to the thread Lawton ltd.
    Great! Thank you very much. Can you tell me the source for this information?
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    Martin Reed reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Lawton ltd with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The firm are listed at 30 - 33 Harford Street
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    paul stacey reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I can't remember what building was at this junction of Hill Street, Navigation Street, and John Bright Street before the current one...
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    paul stacey reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Did you mean this corner?
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    paul stacey reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I'm just not sure! The article has confused me. Another possibility, maybe it was where the Casino now stands. Or it's possible that...
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    paul stacey reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Hill Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think you are right in saying it is where the Casino is. The maps surveyed 1954 have it as blank with a "ruin" at the tip, but the map...
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    brummy-lad reacted to MWS's post in the thread Small Heath Streets with Appreciate Appreciate.
    At the junction with Watery Lane perhaps from St Andrews Road. Map below (1950) seems to match the photo with the first building a...
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    brummy-lad reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Small Heath Streets with Appreciate Appreciate.
    An interesting description : 'the mouth of St Andrews Road'. But where exactly ? Obviously a (key?) junction of St Andrews Road with...
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    Martin Reed replied to the thread Lawton ltd.
    Good evening! Whilst researching the 1921 Census, I have found an ancestor who was a "Plater and Polisher" at a business called...
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