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  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to superdad3's post in the thread The Evered and Company Ltd. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Richard Evered started the business in 1809 in Charles Street, near Drury Lane in London. In 1860 the firm moved to the Barnet Works...
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread Richard Parkes bargee.
    No problem.
  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad replied to the thread St Paul's Square Hockley.
    An aerial view from 1948, several buildings behind the steeple without a roof, presumably the result of bomb damage.
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  • brummy-lad
    brummy-lad reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread St Paul's Square Hockley with Appreciate Appreciate.
    St Paul's area might almost once have been the Belgravia of Birmingham. It's church when first built, stood in the middle of fields...
  • Keith R
    Keith R reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That’s fantastic Peter. What a lot of memories…. We just need a Time Machine now to go back to those good old days. Apart from the...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    Lots of gulls now, from the tip! Even the old Black back. I like Bertie RobiN!. We call mice Mimi. Billy Bird (Blackbird) Doris Dunnock...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    We have starlings feeding their babies on the mealworm coconuts on our feeder, they do make a mess and a lot of noise! We get seagulls...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    I like a cover if it has a different take on it, if you know what I mean. But not rip offs.
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    My mum liked them she said I love the modern fashions you can wear what you like.
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Didn't know Cadburys Selection boxes were first exclusive to Brum. Although you wouldn't have found a Curly Wirly in your selection box...
  • D
    darkie B replied to the thread Portland Road School Ladywood.
    he left in 59
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
    Me too, no Microwave, no work on a Sunday, Roast dinner . No decking. No patio heater. Partner still darns and mends. Makes attractive...
  • D
    Donbogen replied to the thread Aston Park.
    68/69 at a guess Long time ago but what a great decade to have grown up in
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to lmr3103's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That’s fantastic Peter. What a lot of memories…. We just need a Time Machine now to go back to those good old days. Apart from the...
  • I Am Nico
    I Am Nico reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Lemonella you're the first young lady I've heard complain about the clothes of the 60's
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