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    Mark Tooze reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Spaghetti Junction with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Have not seen this one before, . View across Salford Park during the construction of the junction.
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Spaghetti Junction.
    Have not seen this one before, . View across Salford Park during the construction of the junction.
    • Salford Park, Aston, with the Gravelly Hill Interchange under construction oct.1970.jpg
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    Morturn reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Billesley Police Station with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The 29 properties are to rent and are a mix. Apologies this is a bit blurred - will try to replace at a later date.
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread The name Brummagem with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Some say the term “Brummagem” has been used since the Middle Ages,
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    Mark Tooze reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Bromsgrove Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is an interesting photo of Bromsgrove Street soon after bombing in 1941, The entry to the right has the occupant of one of the...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Ladywoodite's post in the thread The name Brummagem with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I don't know if this has been covered before, but I have a theory as to why Birmingham is called Brummagem. Nothing to do with the...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread The name Brummagem with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think the term Brummagem ware came about because, at that time, though not later, the town had a reputation for cheap goods and...
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    Mark Tooze reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Cope Street Ladywood with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Cope street looking down from Monument Road from about the position shown by the red arrow
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    Maria Magenta posted the thread John Drinkwater in Film, TV, Theatre.
    I'm putting this here because of his connection with the Rep. The latest journal of the Friends of the Dymock Poets has a very long...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Scams via telephone, email 2026.
    My mother had whistle that she did use on occasion down the phone to those who should not have rung. There seems to be some doubt as to...
  • Morturn
    Morturn replied to the thread The name Brummagem.
    The historian Bill Dargue gives what I think is a fair and reasonable explanation of the origins of the name here...
  • mikejee
    mikejee reacted to Morturn's post in the thread properties to be desposed of by BCC with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Well I am glad to see that people are coming together to help and support this.
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread The name Brummagem.
    I think the term Brummagem ware came about because, at that time, though not later, the town had a reputation for cheap goods and...
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    Mark Tooze 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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    Mark Tooze 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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