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Post by pedro42 on Jan 10, 2017 19:31:31 GMT
A few more pics. Byron road -1920 1934 Cattell Road/Coventry road 1953 Kathleen road 1963 Perks grocers 1940 - Baptist church       BSA Pete |
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Post by pedro42 on Jan 11, 2017 18:13:16 GMT
Mansell Road 1953  Pete |
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Post by pedro42 on Jan 11, 2017 23:35:03 GMT
Adderley Street/Watery Lane junction  Pete |
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Post by Jerry on Jan 15, 2017 23:15:45 GMT
I had a similar experience but i wasn't quite as lucky. I borrowed a bike off a pal and it didn't have any brakes. I had to stop it by sticking my foot on the side of the front wheel. I rode that bike out to the old Elmdon Airport without mishap but coming back, on Hay Mills Hill in the rush hour I ran into the back of a bus and finished up in a heap in the middle of the road, bleeding from the nose I was taken to the police station which is now the Old Bill and Bull pub. They sent for an ambulance and carted me off to the old Accident Hospital where they stitched up my nose, I've still got the scar ( and a few more ) How we ever managed to reach adulthood is still a mystery!  Jerry |
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Post by pedro42 on Jan 17, 2017 15:08:47 GMT
Love this photo of a cricket match on a bomb site in Small Heath. I can't imagine today's fashion conscious youngsters putting up with clothes like these!! I remember the home-made wickets and cricket bat. We made some exactly the same. Looks like the pitch needs the heavy roller though!  Pete |
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Post by pedro42 on Jan 17, 2017 15:31:18 GMT
My Dad rented a Ford Popular for a week in the early 1960's to take us on holiday. Unfortunately when we came to leave, the battery was flat. So Dad, my brother, John, and me ended up pushing it to Mansel Road to bump start it down the hill. Dad then had to drive the car to the garage from which he'd rented it in order to get a new battery.
That was day one of the holiday gone. The rest of the holiday is another story.
Pete
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streetsofbrum
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Post by streetsofbrum on Jan 19, 2017 23:15:06 GMT
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Post by pedro42 on May 14, 2017 19:09:15 GMT
Hi Jerry
Could you jog my memory regarding the name & what goods were manufactured by the small factory opposite Baker street please?
Pete
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Post by pedro42 on May 15, 2017 10:48:50 GMT
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Post by pedro42 on May 15, 2017 11:15:33 GMT
Post cards of Coventry Road-Jenkins Street junction 1915, entrance to Small Heath park and The Mermaid in Sparkbrook
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Post by Jerry on May 15, 2017 11:31:15 GMT
Hi Pete That factory tucked away behind the houses was The Midland Jute Bag Co. and they made...yeah you've guessed it  Jerry |
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Post by pedro42 on May 16, 2017 8:07:32 GMT
Thanks Jerry
Pete
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Post by eva1954 on Jun 4, 2017 19:52:02 GMT
Hi Pete That factory tucked away behind the houses was The Midland Jute Bag Co. and they made...yeah you've guessed it Jerry |
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Post by patb on Jun 7, 2017 8:48:37 GMT
Perks Store,
Is this the grocers on Coventry Rd just past Little Green Lane on the left ?
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Post by Jerry on Jun 7, 2017 20:07:33 GMT
Hi Pat
This is from Kelly#s 1956
306 Pearks Dairies Ltd. provsn. dlrs
This was the third shop past Green Lane going out of town
Jerry
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