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  • Lady Penelope
    My cousin, who lives in Leicester and I regularly have a video chat and this time it was about a day trip to Gt Yarmouth he'd made. He...
  • W
    Westwitch replied to the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr.
    Thanks so much for such a quick responses. I lived close by in a flat in a 3story converted Victorian house that was on the opposite...
  • Lady Penelope
    Lady Penelope reacted to Neil M's post in the thread Archaeology: Digbeth - Jacobite Arsenal with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Viv there might be a couple of alternative options to solving this problem. In 1745 German blades were imported in large numbers from...
  • W
    Westwitch reacted to brummy-lad's post in the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr with Appreciate Appreciate.
    He was at No. 145.
  • anthea
    anthea 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
  • anthea
    anthea 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...
  • anthea
    anthea reacted to Lloyd's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Arnold Gourevitch Former consultant surgeon Birmingham (b Paris 1914; q London 1936; FRCS), died from pneumonia on 5 February 2004...
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    anthea reacted to waverlee's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Attending an appointment I found that my doctor for many years had moved to another surgery.I was seen by a locum who referred me to the...
  • anthea
    anthea reacted to paul stacey's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    So true Smudger mate, The village Vicar, always about cycling in his patched cassock, tending to people who needed him, the village...
  • anthea
    anthea reacted to RobinCanada's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Your reply Johnny brought back a memory of both Drs Butler and an associate Dr 'Con' and the story of my boil on my stomach. In 1954 I...
  • anthea
    anthea reacted to chascox78's post in the thread Doctors with Appreciate Appreciate.
    Yea. As a youngster I remember Dr Ezzat's and all the shuffling along the chairs. He was our main doctor from the early 1960s when we...
  • Smudger
    Smudger reacted to superdad3's post in the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026 with Appreciate Appreciate.
    A Mast Year: We have a huge old weeping beech tree in our back garden. Every year we have to sweep up some beech nuts followed by a...
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    superdad3 replied to the thread IN OUR GARDENS 2026.
    A Mast Year: We have a huge old weeping beech tree in our back garden. Every year we have to sweep up some beech nuts followed by a...
  • edcartermo
    Chamberlain's cortege on The Parade, 6 July 1914, as it is about to turn right up Camden Street on its way to Key Hill cemetery. The...
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  • AlanM
    AlanM replied to the thread Birchfield Road Perry Barr.
    I was surprised to see that 145 Birchfield Road is classed as Handsworth . I expected it to be Lozells or Aston. It must be right on...
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