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6 days ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
With the bin workers continuing their campaign of action we take a look back to some of the other strikes across the regionDerek Robinson from British Leyland, 'Red Robbo', at Cofton Park at a mass meeting of strikers on voting to return to work in 1979. (Image: mirrorpix)As Birmingham bin workers continue their strike with mountains of rubbish piling up on street corners and rats running wild in the city.
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6 days ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A 'beautiful, modern house' on one of Solihull's most popular roads is on the market for £575,00 but only up to the foundation level. Houses in Broad Oaks Road regularly sell for over £1,000,000, and they are located close to the town centre and railway station. The five-bedroom site, which comes with approved plans and foundations with mains gas and partial drainage, is on the market with AP Morgan, Shirley.
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1 week ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
The ABC Studios in Aston had massive pop stars of their day performingThe Beatles on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' at Alpha Television Studios in Aston, on 20th October 1963. (Image: Redferns)'Thank Your Lucky Stars' was once the Top of the Pops of its day.
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1 week ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A half finished house with bare bricks up for saleThe house on Lime Road. (Image: Taylors Estate Agents, Sedgley)A half-finished house with bare bricks and an extension with no roof is on the market. The two-bedroom house on Lime Road in Dudley is on the market with Taylors Estate Agents, Sedgley, with a guide price of £110,000. The property is for sale using the Modern Method of Auction, and the pictures show bare bricks and timber throughout the house.
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1 week ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A look back at some of the demolished buildings of Birmingham and the region over the yearsBirmingham Central Library was demolished making way for the new Paradise complex. 24th May 2016. (Image: Birmingham Mail)Many massive buildings that played a huge part in our way of life and culture are now just nostalgic pictures or piles of rubble confined to history books. The Longbridge works at MG Rover, which was once a thriving industry selling cars around the globe.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
Perry Hill Tavern in Oldbury is on the market (Image: WTS Property Consultants)The Perry Hill Tavern in Oldbury is up for sale on Perry Hill Road. Listed with the agents as, 'offers invited', with the best and final bid deadline for Thursday, April 17, at midday.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
The three bed house is located on the Grand Union CanalA three-bedroomed house located right at the top of Knowle Locks is up for sale. Situated just off the Kenilworth Road in Knowle, the only access to the house is along a narrow roadway on the towpath that leads to a small parking area. The home is on the market with DM & Co. Homes, Solihull, and is marked as requesting offers over £675,000. Described by the agents as 'rare' the home is perfect for canal lovers.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
Pit closures, new motorways and massive redevelopment in the city, a look in pictures at 1962Women waiting in a bus queue outside a shop in Corporation Street, Birmingham. February, 1962. (Image: Getty Images)The closure of Cannock No 8 pit in 1962 marked the beginning of the end of mining in the Midlands. Hamstead Colliery, on the edge of Birmingham, would continue mining for another few years but eventually close in January 1965.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
A three-bedroom house in Walsall that vandals have trashed is on the market. The Moorland Road-based property has a guide price of £29,000 and is being marketed by agents Under The Hammer, Birmingham, The end-terrace property has one bathroom, an entrance porch, a lounge, a kitchen and a downstairs toilet. Upstairs, there are three bedrooms and a bathroom. Outside, there is a rear patio garden and a small turfed area at the front.
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2 weeks ago | 
birminghammail.co.uk | Marcus Queenborough
Priory Square, which includes The Oasis, B&M and The Grey Lantern pub, will be closed indefinitelyOasis Market General Manager in 2009, Paul Lewis. (Image: BPM)Priory Square is to be shut "indefinitely" after the announcement made this week for the iconic shopping centre in the city centre, including Oasis Market. The shopping centre which includes B&M and The Grey Lantern pub, closed suddenly last week due to a "high fire safety risk", after letters were sent to traders.
