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michaeln544

michaeln544

birmingham-uk

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

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Farewell to steam , 4th August 1968. UK trains. - Advertisingin Advertising
12 days ago
The great train robbery-8th August 1963. - Paperin Paper
21 days ago
1962-birmingham-ward end hall secondary modern mixed school. - Paperin Paper
4 months ago
1950s gyroscope toy - Toysin Toys
5 months ago
1954-Birmingham-school class - Photographsin Photographs
6 months ago
1960-on holiday in Cornwall. - Photographsin Photographs
6 months ago
1964-on holiday at Weston super mare. - Photographsin Photographs
6 months ago
1950-birmingham-ward end park. - Photographsin Photographs
6 months ago
1953- Birmingham-coronation day. - Photographsin Photographs
6 months ago
1947-british coin set-year I was born. - World Coinsin World Coins
6 months ago

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  1. Thanks all for your interest, occurred just after my 16th birthday.
  2. Thanks all for your interest.
  3. Thanks all it was the 1960s that was the best decade for me. Plenty of jobs , you could leave one job and walk into another like going into a supermarket. I had 4 different jobs in 1966. I got one job...
  4. Thanks all for your interest.
  5. Thanks for all your comments .
  6. Thanks for all your comments. I had a coronation crown money box given to me on the same day, but now long gone and Lost.
  7. Than you vetraio50 , same to you!
  8. Thank you all for interest , for some reason the 3rd photo appears upside down , it took quite a while to upload so could be a computer error. The old bull ring back then has all gone -never be the sa...
  9. Thanks all for interest.
  10. Thanks both for interest and comments.
  11. Thanks all for interest.
  12. Thanks all for comments and interest.
  13. 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.
  14. Thanks both for your interest.
  15. Thanks all for likes and comments.
  16. Reply -we do not have a train day like Canada -thanks all for interest and comments.
  17. Thank you all for your interest.
  18. Thanks all for interest and comments.
  19. 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...
  20. Thanks for your interest vetraio50.
  21. Thanks for interest sean68.
  22. AFC means automatic frequency control and stops an fm station from drifting of its frequency
  23. Thanks Brunswick for comment -my minds not all that sharp now as it was in 1966 as only 19 years old then.
  24. 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...
  25. 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 ...
  26. 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...
  27. 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...
  28. Unusual, never seen one like this before, I bought a few black and white portable TVs back in the late 1970s and 1980s.
  29. Thanks vetraio50 and efesgirl for interest.
  30. Thank you for the seasons greeting , vetraio50 . Currently 15 degrees c and sunny periods in Birmingham uk.
  31. 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 ...
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. Model number is qt-f40e(bk).
  35. Thank you aura and vetraio50 for your interest.
  36. 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.
  37. Thanks all for likes and comments.
  38. 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...
  39. 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...
  40. 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 - ...
  41. Thanks all for your interest.
  42. Thanks all for interest and comments.
  43. Thanks Brunswick for interest.
  44. Thanks for interest and comments.
  45. Thanks caperkid for interest.
  46. 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.
  47. My father had one in the 1960s, he smoked 40 embassy a day, he bought it from new , I think it was in 1966
  48. Thanks for interest fortapache
  49. Thankyou all for your interest
  50. Thanks all for you interest.
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1964 - 1968 The Beatles part 1 Pinback Button's 1916 double feather buffalo nickel 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? Beautiful 1956 Stomberg Carlson Trans-Oceanic Radio model AWP-8

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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 ???