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  • poker_pete82
    poker_pete82 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Childhood Memories with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi rosie you mean like this home made go cart..my brother and sister taken in the back yard in villa st lyn
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Kingstanding Odeon.
    A bit more difficult for "someone" to try and burn down, leading to a bare site than was the Crooked House
  • G G Jean
    G G Jean reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Severn Valley Railway. with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Back in the 1970s we used to often fish at Highley on the Severn. One day we heard a commotion nearby on the Railway embankment which...
  • RobT
    RobT replied to the thread Pax Motorcycles/Pax Engineering.
    The only other thing I found was a cycle & engineering Co in the 1915 Kelly's
    • pax3.jpg
  • RobT
    RobT reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Pax Motorcycles/Pax Engineering with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The only other thing of note is from 1921 census. Alfred Betteridge at number 46
  • JackiePritchatt
    JackiePritchatt reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Childhood Memories with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I recall most of the prefabs had a small shed/coal bunker made of corrugated iron like yours. The council supplied one like this
  • JackiePritchatt
    JackiePritchatt reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Childhood Memories with Appreciate Appreciate.
    hi rosie you mean like this home made go cart..my brother and sister taken in the back yard in villa st lyn
  • A Sparks
    A Sparks reacted to John L's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Sad Sad.
    I see the old cinema was subject to "suspected arson" in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday 11 August, emergency services were...
  • J
    John L replied to the thread Kingstanding Odeon.
    I see the old cinema was subject to "suspected arson" in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday 11 August, emergency services were...
  • J
    John L reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This was an important addition to the new Kingstanding community in the 1930s, there being few other places of entertainment or...
  • J
    John L reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    this is very sad news indeed....i was allowed upstairs a few years ago now and all the original seating was still intact... lyn
  • J
    John L reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    recently closed as a bingo hall this building is now under threat..there is a petition on facebook to sign its a wonderful building and...
  • J
    John L reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    This link takes you direct to the petition . Useful if you don't use Facebook...
  • J
    John L reacted to pjmburns's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I can't see any planning applications in - yet. It is listed for sale...
  • J
    John L reacted to SteveBhx's post in the thread Kingstanding Odeon with Appreciate Appreciate.
    That reminds me - in the 1970's there used to be a regular Army careers event, tanks, armoured vehicle and guns - it used to park all...
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