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  • Smudger
    Smudger reacted to AlanM's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Wow Wow.
    I used to pass Grays in Wellington Road every day on my moped on my way to work in Witton and sometimes stopped to look at the various...
  • AlanM
    AlanM replied to the thread Motorcycle Shops.
    I used to pass Grays in Wellington Road every day on my moped on my way to work in Witton and sometimes stopped to look at the various...
  • mikejee
    mikejee reacted to AlanM's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Very belated reply I'm afraid as I've only just found this thread. I bought a Messerschmitt three wheeler in 1962 from Grays in Small...
  • C
    Chezblue replied to the thread Hick Family.
    Yes they go right back and you are correct ‘originally ‘ from pershore if I have it correct on my family tree I have gone back as far as...
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    johnny082 reacted to AlanM's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Very belated reply I'm afraid as I've only just found this thread. I bought a Messerschmitt three wheeler in 1962 from Grays in Small...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to AlanM's post in the thread Motorcycle Shops with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Very belated reply I'm afraid as I've only just found this thread. I bought a Messerschmitt three wheeler in 1962 from Grays in Small...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Pinfolds and Pounds of Birmingham and its suburbs with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Wondered if the pinfold on common land at Pinfold Green, South Yardley, was once marked on a map ? It was located between Stockfield...
  • AlanM
    AlanM replied to the thread Motorcycle Shops.
    Very belated reply I'm afraid as I've only just found this thread. I bought a Messerschmitt three wheeler in 1962 from Grays in Small...
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  • J
    johnny082 reacted to Mark Tooze's post in the thread As Seen From Our Gardens 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    End-to-end eclipse - you can see where the clouds came in:-
  • W
    woolly rambler replied to the thread Hick Family.
    Hi Chezblue. Thanks for that, I suppose we must be cousins of some kind!. I have done some research into family history and have got...
  • C
    Chezblue replied to the thread Hick Family.
    Hi my great grandmother was Alice Hick and great grandfather was Thomas Hick. Their son Thomas Hick is my grandfather (my dads father)...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Pinfolds and Pounds of Birmingham and its suburbs with Appreciate Appreciate.
    The Washwood Heath Pound was just up Common Lane, as seen in 1886, but had disappeared by 1902
  • mikejee
    mikejee replied to the thread Pinfolds and Pounds of Birmingham and its suburbs.
    The Washwood Heath Pound was just up Common Lane, as seen in 1886, but had disappeared by 1902
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  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread heatwaves 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I have been watching hummingbird moths recently, they love my salvia flowers. I tried to sit in the garden today as it is hot and sunny...
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    Donbogen reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread Restaurants In Birmingham 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Every time I see rump steak in the supermarkets I always think about the steaks we used to have at the Berni Inn in Brum centre. I...
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