Friday Photo by Karen Strunks

22 May 2009
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Foyle Bridge, Derry, N.Ireland by Karen Strunks

 
This week’s Birmingham photo is brought to you from….Londonderry, N.Ireland!  That’s where I am staying this week, visiting relatives.
 
My dad mentioned that Birmingham and Derry had a history together. A company called Birmingham Sound Reproducers from Perry Park Road, Birmingham set up a factory in Derry many years ago. It produced turntables and decks used in record players and was one of the worlds leading suppliers of these. As well as a factory in Birmingham which employed about 14,000 at it’s peak, it was one of the biggest employers in Derry in the 50′s and 60′s.
 
Hope you like my not-Birmingham photo this week! See you next Friday.
 
 
 
 

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  • christopher

    The photo is of Craigavon Bridge which spans the river Foyle, it is a twin decked bridge the lower deck used to carry trains across the river before Beeching dismantled the line. There is another bridge called the Foyle Bridge which is the other end of Derry.

  • Bernard

    Shouldn’t this be on the Shit – It’s nor Birmingham site?

  • Bernard

    Shouldn’t this be on the Shit – It’s nor Birmingham site?

  • Bernard

    Shouldn’t this be on the ‘Shit – It’s not Birmingham’ site?

  • Bernard

    Shouldn’t this be on the ‘Shit – It’s not Birmingham’ site?

  • Bernard

    Shouldn't this be on the Shit – It's nor Birmingham site?

  • Bernard

    Shouldn't this be on the 'Shit – It's not Birmingham' site?

  • Neighbour2008

    Hello my name is sarah angela doherty. I am the daughter of elizabeth strunks and david doherty from creggan derry. I was brought up in derry but left when iwas 17 do u think we could be related? My granny lived in limewood terace
    I am face book. My married name is ageros , angela ageros

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