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  • Lady Penelope
    Lady Penelope replied to the thread Metro- lack of progress.
    I had a reply from the tram company but not very helpful I'm afraid because I couldn't supply the tram number (!!) or the exact time we...
  • Lloyd
    Lloyd reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread Some Birmingham Buses with Appreciate Appreciate.
    So here we go - ABC Birmingham City Transport Trams and Trolleybuses pt 1 from 1950. All this for half a crown! Enjoy...
  • Lloyd
    Lloyd reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Kings Norton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Her is a corner shop in Camp Lane, Kings Norton. The street name around corner is indistinct, but is almost certainly Station Road.
  • Lloyd
    Lloyd reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Kings Norton with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I think this is the building Seems to have become a house in about 2016
  • notinmybackyard
    notinmybackyard replied to the thread Dog and Partridge Market Tavern Moseley Street Birchall Street.
    Grade II listed building and will be the only building standing when either side of it is pulled down in the near future.
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  • A Sparks
    A Sparks replied to the thread heatwaves 2026.
    An article from the BBC Birmingham website today... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge3gge10zo
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Smithfield Fruit & Veg W/sale Market 1883 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a photo of the Weighing house in the Smithfield market while in use
  • C
    chascox78 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    maybe we should combine this thread with the below one which makes interesting reading and gives my memories of our family doctors lyn...
  • Roboz_8
    Roboz_8 reacted to chascox78's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yes. Dr Ezzat was a lovely doctor and I always felt very comfortable when he had to check things out. I guess I went there from about...
  • Roboz_8
    Roboz_8 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi roboz what a lovely description of visiting your doctor..gone are the days when we could just turn up and wait our turn...its nice to...
  • V
    Vivienne B replied to the thread Sky Blue Pink.
    I have been searching for the origins and lyrics of this song for years! So pleased I’ve landed here. My mother used to sing this as her...
  • C
    chascox78 reacted to BrumBum's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This thread opens up lots of possibilities. Our GP when I was young was Dr Ezzat. His practice was a fairly large but poorly adapted...
  • C
    chascox78 reacted to Roboz_8's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    My 1960-70s memory of Dr Ezzat. My blind trust in the UK’s National Health Service was forged during childhood, built on the back of my...
  • C
    chascox78 reacted to Roboz_8's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Dr Ezzat’s practise is now Bright Horizons Court Oak Day Nursery and Preschool
  • C
    chascox78 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi roboz what a lovely description of visiting your doctor..gone are the days when we could just turn up and wait our turn...its nice to...
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