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    oldroddy reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Colmore Row with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This is a nice account of the history of Colmore Row, helpfully covering several name changes of parts and all of the street over time...
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    paul stacey reacted to Ladywood 2's post in the thread Harborne with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My school went to Metchley lane for a sports day, it was the cricket season and after a huge downpour, and the terrific smell of cut...
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    pam m replied to the thread Harborne.
    Do you know if they do old copies of say 1979?
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    pam m replied to the thread Harborne.
    Hello have you a map around 1900 of Gordon Road Harborne where there’s Severn three story houses near the bottom just before the shops i...
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    And what used to be the La Dolce Vita on the ground floor in the 60's
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    Dionysius//88 reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Next we have Western house on Smallbrook Queensway 1970, corner of Hurst street, slope down to the dingy underpass and note traffic...
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    pam m replied to the thread Harborne.
    What year is this map please?
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    pam m replied to the thread Harborne.
    Have you the extension to this map where it shows Gordon Road Harborne i need to see the terrace houses that are near to the bottom just...
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    brummy-lad reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We are now in River Street ( 28/29?) a back street unit offereing televisions ( to the trade!!) a close look above street level shows a...
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    brummy-lad reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As an aside put this picture into an app that produces pencil sketches from pictures. Obviously an interpretation.
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    brummy-lad reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Next picture is included as it may mean something to someone, looking boarded and bricked up on the ground floor but still surviving...
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    brummy-lad reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This may or may not be correct - my rather vague list states building in Fazeley Street, but no mention of it been a former Church -...
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    brummy-lad reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A quick return to the corner of the road for a close up look at the Crown Inn, looking slightly worse for wear with windows boarded and...
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    brummy-lad reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The next image is pretty similar however as its a slightly wider shot and shows how the houses are almost underneath the viaduct. Only...
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    brummy-lad reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread OLD AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Turning around and we have this old terrace of houses - still in Heath Mill Road , clinging on with only a few doors boarded up and no...
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