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    johnny082 reacted to Keith R's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Keep seeing this chap(ess) any time of day or night....
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Erdington postmen heroes remembered with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Great news Lyn !
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    Morturn reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Erdington postmen heroes remembered with Appreciate Appreciate.
    many of you will know the history of this postal memorial plaque...it had been sited at the NMA for 10 years but was removed a couple of...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to poker_pete82's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I came across this lovely pic that shows The Anchor public house.. it's taken from Bradford street but shows a little of Rea street in...
  • Smudger
    Smudger reacted to Keith R's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Keep seeing this chap(ess) any time of day or night....
  • Roboz_8
    Roboz_8 replied to the thread Rea Street.
    A parade perhaps. Are the windows of the pub boarded up to protect them?
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    Roboz_8 reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Brilliant photos again!!
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    Roboz_8 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    where would we be without these old photos mark...i still look at all the ones you took which are fantastic lyn
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    Roboz_8 reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I love 2 things about these very old photos:- 1) As the very old ones are mainly from large format glass plate negatives the level of...
  • Roboz_8
    Roboz_8 reacted to farmerdave's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Taking the bus into town in the 1950s-60s and near the Digbeth Bus Station you could see the name "Purkis" on a building in Rea Street...
  • Roboz_8
    Roboz_8 reacted to poker_pete82's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I came across this lovely pic that shows The Anchor public house.. it's taken from Bradford street but shows a little of Rea street in...
  • poker_pete82
    poker_pete82 replied to the thread Rea Street.
    I came across this lovely pic that shows The Anchor public house.. it's taken from Bradford street but shows a little of Rea street in...
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    poker_pete82 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Erdington postmen heroes remembered with Appreciate Appreciate.
    many of you will know the history of this postal memorial plaque...it had been sited at the NMA for 10 years but was removed a couple of...
  • Roboz_8
    Roboz_8 replied to the thread Rea Street.
    In 1861 census, Joseph Edmonds lived at 46 Rea St, St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Occupation cabinet brass founder. I...
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  • Roboz_8
    Roboz_8 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Rea Street with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here, for completeness, we have the front and back of 54,55 Rea St, probably around the time of the 1880s map. The photos even show the...
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