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  • Morturn
    Morturn replied to the thread Steam Locos.
    John, no apologies needed the project has undergone a number of changes and U turn over it lifetime. I spoke to a guy a while back who...
  • Morturn
    Morturn reacted to John L's post in the thread Steam Locos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Sorry Morturn you are 100% correct. Old Oak Common will be the first London HS2 station to open in 10-13 years time and work is now...
  • J
    John L replied to the thread Steam Locos.
    Sorry Morturn you are 100% correct. Old Oak Common will be the first London HS2 station to open in 10-13 years time and work is now...
  • J
    John L reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Steam Locos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I thought the original plan to Euston was scrapped by the previous government, but was then reinstated. The tunnels from Old Oak Common...
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    Stokkie reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread For those interested in Black country History with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Banks’s History to be preserved… https://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/news/iconic-bankss-brewery-history-be-preserved
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    dib44 reacted to ellbrown's post in the thread The Great Stone Northfield with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Got the plaque photos a few weekends ago. and The Village Pound. Behind this gate on Church Road in Northfield. Easy to miss...
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    dib44 reacted to Neil M's post in the thread The Great Stone Northfield with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Birmingham Civic Society presented a plan for the conservation and road redevelopment of Northfield Village in 1920 and produced a...
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    dib44 reacted to Morturn's post in the thread Steam Locos with Appreciate Appreciate.
    I thought the original plan to Euston was scrapped by the previous government, but was then reinstated. The tunnels from Old Oak Common...
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    johnny082 reacted to Astoness's post in the thread Galloways Chemist with Appreciate Appreciate.
    corner of victoria square and colmore row..some nice inside shots lyn
  • J
    johnny082 reacted to Pedrocut's post in the thread Humorous And Interesting Newspaper Stories about Birmingham with Appreciate Appreciate.
    April 1900 in Hill Street… “On Monday afternoon, the 9th inst., there slowly emerged from the mouth of an underground pipe in...
  • J
    johnny082 reacted to Vivienne14's post in the thread Birmingham Hippodrome with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Same view (?) in 2025. At this time, there was talk of it being renamed the Hammond Theatre (named after Alison Hammond). Did that happen ?
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    johnny082 reacted to mikejee's post in the thread Birmingham Hippodrome with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Here is a view looking outside from the Birmingham Hippodrome during the extension of the stage in 1981. A big task, as the extension...
  • J
    johnny082 replied to the thread forgotten memories of the 1960s.
    Agree with all Mike has said.Th 1/3 pint milk bottles of milk we had at school always came with cardboard tops but I can't remember any...
  • devonjim
    devonjim replied to the thread forgotten memories of the 1960s.
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  • AlanM
    AlanM replied to the thread Hockley Hill.
    If they remove the flyover, will it be as it used to be, with a policeman controlling the traffic? For some reason, I particularly...
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