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michaeln544

birmingham-uk

age-64--like collecting cameras-coins-electronics

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1984-at workplace -Birmingham-edgbaston -dhss office. - Photographsin Photographs
29 days ago
1987-birmingham-the new moor street station. - Railroadianain Railroadiana
29 days ago
1950s-holiday photos.in the uk seaside towns. - Photographsin Photographs
2 months ago
1791-1967, old british coins - World Coinsin World Coins
2 months ago
1975-the new birmingham-old book from 1976. - Booksin Books
2 months ago
1790-birmingham-hockley-gaming token. - World Coinsin World Coins
2 months ago
1960/1-agfa ambi sillette 35mm rangefinder camera. - Camerasin Cameras
3 months ago
1989-old Birmingham-traction engine rally. - Railroadianain Railroadiana
4 months ago
1988-Birmingham -tyseley railway museum. - Railroadianain Railroadiana
4 months ago
1980/4-old birmingham-city centre. - Photographsin Photographs
4 months ago

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  1. Thanks all for interest.
  2. Thanks both for interest and comments.
  3. Thanks all for interest.
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  5. You put your finger under the front cover of the camera at the top and then lift upwards at the same time pull cover towards you.
  6. Thanks both for your interest.
  7. Thanks all for likes and comments.
  8. Reply -we do not have a train day like Canada -thanks all for interest and comments.
  9. Thank you all for your interest.
  10. Thanks all for interest and comments.
  11. He owned the 4 houses in Stirling road numbers 58, 60, 62, 64 . They were split into flats and bedsitters there were 8 in each house . He maintained the properties well and did all his own repairs inc...
  12. Thanks for your interest vetraio50.
  13. Thanks for interest sean68.
  14. AFC means automatic frequency control and stops an fm station from drifting of its frequency
  15. Thanks Brunswick for comment -my minds not all that sharp now as it was in 1966 as only 19 years old then.
  16. Thanks all for interest I bought an old portable reel to reel tape recorder a few months ago . It takes 5 inch reels , works on mains but not on batteries. It has the original box ----will upload it...
  17. Thanks all for interest. The house was small. It was the one without a hallway. You came from the street into a small garden and straight into the living room. There still was an old air raid shelter ...
  18. Thanks valentin097 for wishes of a good Xmas - the house was demolished in the mid 1990s as was the rest of the estate as they were found to be not secure due to the walls on most of the houses cracki...
  19. Thanks valentin097 for comment, I liked the old library I used to go up on a Saturday morning when shopping in town and return books . I used to get books out on photography , the magazine room I used...
  20. Unusual, never seen one like this before, I bought a few black and white portable TVs back in the late 1970s and 1980s.
  21. Thanks vetraio50 and efesgirl for interest.
  22. Thank you for the seasons greeting , vetraio50 . Currently 15 degrees c and sunny periods in Birmingham uk.
  23. Thanks all for interest and comments -in the background of the 2nd photo at work is the computer made in 1977 which we used to send the new claims to the central office at Newcastle on their computer ...
  24. High vintagefran , bit late in replying !!! - there is nothing on the back to denote a year or period it was made thanks aura again for your interest.
  25. Thank you aura, glad you like it - it's mains and battery , it takes 8 of the d size aa batteries , that's the biggest ones.
  26. Model number is qt-f40e(bk).
  27. Thank you aura and vetraio50 for your interest.
  28. Thanks all for loves and comments- at that time I was working on the post office telephone service as trannie telephone engineer earning £14 a week.
  29. Thanks all for likes and comments.
  30. Hi again kenoyergirl- apparently I also missed a hot summer in the uk as I left in the April and returned end of August and it was there winter in New Zealand which is opposite seasons to us in the uk...
  31. Hi again - well actually I got used to the rough voyage from Southampton to Auckland so I had overcome sea sickness and it never bothered me but I remember that quite a few people were in fact they ha...
  32. Thanks for your comment- see also you tube were I made a slide show of the hurricane that hit the boat just as we left Miami it shows photographs of the waves coming over the the decks see you tube - ...
  33. Thanks all for your interest.
  34. Thanks all for interest and comments.
  35. Thanks Brunswick for interest.
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  37. Thanks caperkid for interest.
  38. Thanks all for your interest, although in the uk, dab radio and Internet radio is taking over the fm , am and long wave bands I can still get 26 fm stations here in Birmingham.
  39. My father had one in the 1960s, he smoked 40 embassy a day, he bought it from new , I think it was in 1966
  40. Thanks for interest fortapache
  41. Thankyou all for your interest
  42. Thanks all for you interest.
  43. Thanks all for likes.
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  45. Thanks vetraio50.
  46. Thanks all for interest and comments, I live in the lady wood part of Birmingham about 3 to 4 miles away from the destruction area, I remember the sky went dark and there was heavy rain and hail with ...
  47. Thanks all for your interest.
  48. Thanks fortapache, I remember these shops in the 1970s and 1980s, one was on the bridge link to the old bull ring shopping centre, they also stocked Tandy trs 80 computers.
  49. Thanks coke 1234, the 7000 came after this in 1968, it was a much better model with separate bass and treble controls a battery/tuning meter and better reception.
  50. Thanks sean68.
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1964 - 1968 The Beatles part 1 Pinback Button's 1916 double feather buffalo nickel SilverPlate Sets - a great buy! Vintage Photo Curtis Helldiver on Carrier Deck Brum Pedal Car Mercedes 300S 12v Child Drivers education vehicle . C. 1960 Radio Sweda Cash Machine Model M Sapphire Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II - Part 3 Ballerina Music Box Alarm Clock Marilyn Artistic Set In Rubber Type Gold and Diamond Geneva Watch C. 192os Bayard Red Ripple Fountain Pen with Silver Dragonfly Clip Panasonic B&W TV & Radio Grundig Radio, Record Player Console. Identify? Repair recommendations?

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1904 Elgin 18s 21j Wyoming Cowboy's Letter in 1907 Vintage TOURNEAU Watch Co. Swiss Chronograph Wrist Watch 2 old Leica cameras with gear The Union Bank Of Canada, Early 1900 Gold Bangle Bracelet With Emeralds J.C Higgins one all original, the other blinged up a little. greatful dead ticket 12-31-1971, and Goldrush poster ,Avalon Ballroom the 1st poster 1983 Free Spirit Banana Seat Bike Yellow 1950 MG-TD Kevins Unrestored 71 Schwinn Heavy Duti Survivor! Univex Twin Flex Camera Kodak Bullet My Fine Jewelry Old black rocking chair xr-2s demo model maybe ???