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    W.H. Price Ltd Tool Hire

    Hi Lyn It is strange, I remember more about the UJG than things much more recent. I was only 16 when I started there so have clear early memories; Harry Timings was the Works Manager, he was in his sixties and lived on the Walsall Road opposite the Alexander Stadium... Harry Reynolds was a...
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    W.H. Price Ltd Tool Hire

    Hi Lyn I worked for the UJG from 1978-82. I was only a lad back then. So you would remember. Doug Stewart, Harry Timings, Harry Reynolds and all the unsung workers..?
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    Handsworth Technical School

    I am about your sisters age; I went to Handsworth Tech/ Hamstead Hall from 1973 and one of the few teachers I remember was Drake, he as I recall was one to keep clear of. Actually, I also remember many more teachers who were decent... ironically, I left in 1975 to go to Great Barr Comp. And that...
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    Great Barr Schools - Aldridge Road And Great Barr Comprehensive

    I went to Great Barr, leaving in 1978. I have very mixed memories about the place... A lot of the teachers there were decent and more to the point with hindsight not bad teachers, others however were awful bullies who by todays standards would be investigated. I remember them well with nothing...
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