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    We have a thread here… https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birmingham-twinned-with-chicago.29792/
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    Wow thanks a lot!
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    We have a thread here… https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birmingham-twinned-with-chicago.29792/
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    I was brought up in the 60s As a child I posihed my one and only pair of shoes God help me if I came home with scratched dirty shoes...
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    My Nan always made a thing of keeping shoes polished, she said people will always look at your shoes, especially from the back, rather...
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    We have a thread here… https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birmingham-twinned-with-chicago.29792/
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    The first television we had took sixpences through a slot in the back. When we had none Mom somehow found out that the farthings she’d...
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    I was brought up in the 60s As a child I posihed my one and only pair of shoes God help me if I came home with scratched dirty shoes...
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    We have a thread here… https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birmingham-twinned-with-chicago.29792/
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    Hi there from Chicago! Hope you all doing well. I came across this forum while researching Birmingham's history and connections to...
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    Morturn replied to the thread Help to find a record of my parents buying their house in 1968.
    Hi and welcome to BHF. I imagine in 1968 estate agents were using paper records then, so even if you can identify the name of the estate...
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    building still there...
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    A few photos of last nights Jupiter / Venus conjunction - low hazy cloud did not help but I got some:- Venus in close up through hazy...
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    Morturn reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Little Park Street Coventry Robinson Butcher with Appreciate Appreciate.
    James Robinson butcher of 62 Little Park Street Coventry was killed in an accident in 1914. He lived in Saltley. Newspaper reports to...
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    Hi there from Chicago! Hope you all doing well. I came across this forum while researching Birmingham's history and connections to...
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