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  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Green parrots in cemetery ? with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The little buggers have been in Sutton Coldfield for a couple of years now - a few at first nested in a tree next to the Newhall Valley...
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    Mark Tooze replied to the thread Green parrots in cemetery ?.
    The little buggers have been in Sutton Coldfield for a couple of years now - a few at first nested in a tree next to the Newhall Valley...
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    johnny082 reacted to A Sparks's post in the thread Green parrots in cemetery ? with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We have loads of them in London! In my area they are so many of them in the trees in the parks and other areas where there are large...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks replied to the thread Black Patch.
    An article about Charlie Chaplin with regard to the Black Patch on the BBC Birmingham news this morning, relating to a film to be shown...
  • M
    Mark Tooze reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Worcester Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Another view of Worcester Street from 1935, showing part of the entrance to the Market Hall
  • M
    Mark Tooze 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"...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks replied to the thread Mary Street Hockley.
    The building looks very nice now that it's been cleaned up!
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Mary Street Hockley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    it could be mike and that is the building i took photos of years ago through the broken windows..below is 2008 street view lyn...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks 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"...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks 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...
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Suffolk Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    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...
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    Mark Tooze 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...
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    Mark Tooze reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Suffolk Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    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...
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    Twizzle#1 reacted to RLeyland's post in the thread Montgomery Street School with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Wow. We came across the fantastic series of We Are Friends books (except missing the last 2 books unfortunately ..!) from a charity shop...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Suffolk Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    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...
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