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    Birmingham museum and art gallery.

    I used to go into the museum for the meetings of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society in '50s (butterfly mad at that time). As a 13 year old, I remember seeing Henry Moore's bronze 'Fallen Warrior' and thought it the saddest and most heart wrenching thing I had ever seen...
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    Arnold Road, Shirley.

    My folks rented a pleasant 3-bed semi in Arnold Rd during the war and I remember my ma saying that we could buy it for £525! On my dad's post office wage of about £3 per week, there was more chance of the moon falling out of the sky... Antonym.
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    Arnold Road, Shirley.

    Anyone resident in Arnold Rd in the '40s and '50s. I lived at No 57 through WWII, and can remember milk and bread delivered by horse-drawn cart, the VE day street party and dog-fight con-trails in the sky above. Fortunately, no bombs... Antonym.
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    Childhood Memories

    I was there '48-'54. Robinson was head ( who coshed me once - well deserved!), followed by Gaskin just before I left. I used to go by bike from Shirley and we would burn up the hill close behind one of the buses. Holy Ben, Phil Bullock, Beaky Brampton, Neddy Bacon et al. I went back to the...
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    San Fairy Ann

    I remember my dad using it after returning from France after the war. I always assumed he had heard Frenchmen say 'sans fait rien' - without means nothing. Yer live and learn... Antonym.
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