Uplands Avenue Flats-Photo needed pls

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Uplands Avenue Flats-Photo needed pls

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has any one got any piccy of fthe flats that used to be on uplands ave in rowley regis
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The archives at Smethwick might be worth visiting :grin:
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love to but i live 80 miles away
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If you e mail them they will send you a copy if they have one - as long as it's not copyright.

Their e mail address is : archives_service@sandwell.gov.uk
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Do you mean the high rise flats over The Quack ?
Aren't they still there?
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a cpl are mate but 2 have been demolished ridgeacre court was one of them my sister lived in them and my wife lived there when she wasa baby
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whichbury court was the other.funny thing is i have just retired after working in the flats for 26 years
but I dont have one photo of them.
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After 26 years Queeny, you should be able to do as drawing. :lol:

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wonder if the park with the long slide is till there i used to take my wife there wen she was little and i wasa kid
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cakemorebloke wrote:wonder if the park with the long slide is till there i used to take my wife there wen she was little and i wasa kid


Awww Cakemorebloke that is so romantic - childhood sweethearts :-)
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lol not quite but we do go way back met her again wen she was 17 and wen she moved to where i live now in notts
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