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    Jankie reacted to solenPath's post in the thread Summer Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Very sorry to hear about your family's story. Hopefully some of the members here may be able to help with information about the area.
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    Jankie replied to the thread Summer Lane.
    Thank you so much this is very helpful
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread Summer Lane.
    This is a link to the BARRA website. https://database.birminghamairraids.co.uk/
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    solenPath replied to the thread Take Me High Film.
    It’s a great time capsule of Birmingham in the early 70s. Amazing how much of the city has changed since then.
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread Summer Lane.
    Hi jankie, such a sad story. I have attached a list of Ashmore family members killed or injured in the bombing, this may help to...
    • barra-list.jpg
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    solenPath replied to the thread Computer help please 2025.
    Those old 0.3MP cameras were everywhere in the early 2000s. If the camera shows up as a USB device you may not need the original...
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    solenPath replied to the thread Summer Lane.
    Very sorry to hear about your family's story. Hopefully some of the members here may be able to help with information about the area.
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    Mark Tooze reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Dean family tailor’s shops in Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Dean's the tailors shown at the junction of New Street and Corporation Street. By the 1950s/1960s it was a Burton's shop, with several...
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    solenPath reacted to Jankie's post in the thread Summer Lane with Sad Sad.
    I have only just joined this forum and just seen the photograph. It’s very interesting. What year would this be please? My family lived...
  • devonjim
    devonjim replied to the thread Hairdressing & barbering.
    I've noticed that "Barber's Poles" have become red, white and blue, surely the traditional red and white poles were linked to the...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Highbury Hall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A group outside Highbury. I think they may have been standing in front of the doorway in the modern colour photo. The proposed plans for...
  • BrummieGeoff
    BrummieGeoff replied to the thread Alfred Cooper merchant tailor Corporation Street (moved from Aston Street).
    Interesting to see these newspaper ads documenting the construction of new shop premises as part of the later stages of the Corporation...
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    Mark Tooze reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread New Street Station From 1854 - 1966 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Platform 4 and the bridge in 1900. Source: British Newspaper Archive
  • Key Hill Brian
    Key Hill Brian reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Summer Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    heres a thought. it may have been the funeral of a long serving member of the unity and the prossession stopped outside the club as a...
  • Key Hill Brian
    Key Hill Brian reacted to gingerjon's post in the thread Summer Lane with Appreciate Appreciate.
    the hearse as wreaths on the top and all the others are coaches also it looks like there is some think in the back of the hearse there...
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