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  • Qu.Be
    Qu.Be reacted to Barr_Beacon's post in the thread Victoria Road Aston with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Junction of Victoria Rd, Witton Rd and Six Ways (1960s?)
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    Whiteworks reacted to captainh's post in the thread Birmingham Battery & Metal Co Selly Oak with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Worked at Battery 1976-1988 in offices. Started by walking round mills and collecting clock cards. Place was old fashioned, badly...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Five Ways with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The old Proprietary School, Five Ways, Edgbaston, Birmingham creator: W.S. Horton. 1895. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to MWS's post in the thread Paradise Development 2022 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Statues of Joseph Priestley and James Watt to return... https://www.paradisebirmingham.co.uk/2026/04/21/statues-to-return/
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    A Sparks reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread King Edward's School, New Street 1838 - 1936 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    King Edward VI Grammar School for Boys, New Street, Birmingham. creator: J.E. Hall. 1935. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Five Ways with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The old Proprietary School, Five Ways, Edgbaston, Birmingham creator: W.S. Horton. 1895. (Birmingham Archives and Collections)
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    Donbogen reacted to rosie's post in the thread Birmingham buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I left my new doll on the 252 but the bus went before we realised. I think it was a single deck blue bus then.
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    DaveHaw reacted to oldMohawk's post in the thread Five Ways with Appreciate Appreciate.
    It's twenty minutes past four at Five Ways but date unknown. A small one seat car drives across. A similar view today.
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    johnny082 reacted to MWS's post in the thread Paradise Development 2022 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    With just single picture from inside, and that probably a show flat, a bit of a mis-named article on the BBC...
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    johnny082 reacted to MWS's post in the thread Paradise Development 2022 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Statues of Joseph Priestley and James Watt to return... https://www.paradisebirmingham.co.uk/2026/04/21/statues-to-return/
  • MWS
    MWS replied to the thread Paradise Development 2022.
    Statues of Joseph Priestley and James Watt to return... https://www.paradisebirmingham.co.uk/2026/04/21/statues-to-return/
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Billesley Police Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Spot on. Had I driven past in the other direction I would have seen the name of the road going round the back. So we have: Theresa Way...
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    oldroddy reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Bradford Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some more details of early Bradford Street. It was home to The Apollo riverside gardens and Ryan's Circus. The Circus became a Baptist...
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    Donbogen reacted to Lloyd's post in the thread Birmingham buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    As said above, on the north side of Hagley Road near the Strathallen Hotel (is it still called that?) The bus route actually continued...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Ladywood with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Changing times. Ladywood was, in the 1600s, the site of a pest ground, no traces remain of this. Ladywood House has also disappeared...
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