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  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Birmingham Railway Carriage Co with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a photo of the Birmingham Carriage Works dolled out for the coronation of Elizabeth. The wish for a long reign was certainly...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Mary Street Hockley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    At first I was dubious as to the attribution of this photo, which was labelled "Rear of gun making workshop at 31 Mary Street 1966"...
  • L
    Hi David - do you have anymore photos of the Farcroft or with Jim Murphy? He was my great grandfather.
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Suffolk Street.
    A number of photos of the street have been lost, and this may have been one of them, but do not think I have seen this really nice one...
    • Suffolk Street navigation st to right.jpg
  • T
    Twizzle#1 replied to the thread Montgomery Street School.
    Mr Brazier's office was at the opposite end of the hall from the stage, I think the sweets people remember were Dolly Mixtures. Outside...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Birmingham Railway Carriage Co.
    Middlemore Road, Smethwick
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Inkerman St Vauxhall.
    Judging by the cars probably the 1960s
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Birmingham Railway Carriage Co.
    Here is a photo of the Birmingham Carriage Works dolled out for the coronation of Elizabeth. The wish for a long reign was certainly...
    • Queen Elizabeth II Coronation, Birmingham Carriage Works in Middlemore Road, Smethwick.jpg
  • AmandaJ
    AmandaJ replied to the thread Inkerman St Vauxhall.
    Hi Phil What year were the photographs taken in?
  • AmandaJ
    AmandaJ reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Inkerman St Vauxhall with Appreciate Appreciate.
    If you look back at earlier posts, then there are a number of photos
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Mary Street Hockley.
    Looking at directories, from at least 1962 to 1966 31,32 are occupied by firms described as doing heat treatment. I suppose this could...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Price Street.
    It looked individually like 5h, which I would normally take to mean house 5 in a court. BUT if you look at the page a sa whole the one...
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Inkerman St Vauxhall.
    If you look back at earlier posts, then there are a number of photos
  • mikejee
    At first I was dubious as to the attribution of this photo, which was labelled "Rear of gun making workshop at 31 Mary Street 1966"...
    • map 1950s showing 31 Mary street.jpg
    • rear of a gun-making workshop on 31, Mary Street 1966.jpg
    • 29 Mary St.JPG
  • AmandaJ
    AmandaJ replied to the thread Inkerman St Vauxhall.
    Does anyone have any photos of the area of the 1920s? It would be great to see where my grandfather grew up and my great aunts and uncles.
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