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    oldroddy reacted to Joseline's post in the thread High Street Deritend with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Hello everyone, I am looking for the locations of the following photos to make a past present video. I hope you can help me find them...
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    oldroddy reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread Windermere Rd Park/ground Saved with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I regularly played and watched football and cricket on Windermere Rec in the 1960's. Here are a couple of old photos of the rec, the...
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    oldroddy reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread midland red travel bureau digbeth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This earlier aerial photo dated 17 October 1931 shows the building (just right of St Martin's spire) covered in signs .... "MIDLAND RED...
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    oldroddy reacted to BrummieGeoff's post in the thread midland red travel bureau digbeth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This building was in the lower part of the Bull Ring .... shown here in the background.
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    oldroddy reacted to Astoness's post in the thread midland red travel bureau digbeth with Appreciate Appreciate.
    interesting photo dated 1938..i wonder if this would have been where the coach station is now..looks like it says the building to the...
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    oldroddy reacted to John L's post in the thread Costermonger pub with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Cabin was where a lot of friends met up after getting off their buses, if we hadn't decided the previous night we had all gone out...
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    oldroddy reacted to Dinger's post in the thread Costermonger pub with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Is that photo really of Priory Square? It looks more like the Cabin that used to be near the "carbunkle" Library - or was that "the...
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    John L replied to the thread Costermonger pub.
    I wonder whether they will actually care, I doubt those born this century will care as much, but hope I'm wrong.
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    mikejee replied to the thread High Street Deritend.
    I think (please correct if wrong) that the first steam tramway that would have gone down Deritend would have been after 1884 , though I...
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    John L reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Costermonger pub with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi lynn in 60 years time(in my opinion the shelf life of todays modern buildings) the youngsters of today will be asking the same...
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    John L reacted to Time Traveller 66's post in the thread Costermonger pub with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Great post . Used to go in the Costermonger on Saturday lunchtime after shopping in the mid 70s like you say seemed it was a lot better...
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    DaveHaw reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Longbridge Factory with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Have now carried out a bit more research on line and yes Crusader tanks were made at Longbridge although as Godber mentioned the main...
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    Donbogen reacted to Dinger's post in the thread time for a clean up with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Peter Plisner posted a video on this very subject on his YouTube channel a couple of months ago - along with discussions of a solution...
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    Morturn reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Windermere Rd Park/ground Saved with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Walked along our Woodland Walk earlier in the sunshine. Over the weekend the daffodils have opened and so have more of the crocuses...
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    Morturn reacted to superdad3's post in the thread Longbridge Factory with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Have now carried out a bit more research on line and yes Crusader tanks were made at Longbridge although as Godber mentioned the main...
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