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    Birmingham Cinemas

    As you came out ofNew Street station it was exactly opposite in Station street . Went there many times
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    Birmingham Cinemas

    Remember the Ashted cinema. Threepenny crush Saturday afternoon . Us lads would be making a row and the manager put on the lights to chastise us. We used to sneak in through the back doors and if he saw us he would chase us with a big stick happy days
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    Sweeneys , tv rentals

    I worked for Sweeney radio for 11years. Stratford road then Manager at Yew Tree Nd Chelmsley wood. Company eventually sold up to Radio Rentals who had been after the company for years. Never knew what happened th Robert Sweeney the boss .
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    Fletchers

    Fletcher also had a large yard in Heneage street. We used to crawl under the gate and play in the tanks that were there. Great fun rotating the turrets.
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    Field

    Good thinking ! Hospital would makes sense if George was working .
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    Field

    Don't know how you do it ! Thank again. Odd names people had in those days. I was born 1939 in Windsor street where the family moved to .
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    Field

    Great!, thank you so much My mum was Lilian May. Born 1908 in workhouse she told us .
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    Birmingham Cinemas

    That was the Electric cinema I think. There was also the Tatler in Station street and The News Theatre hitch showed all cartoons
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    Field

    Any info please on George Henry Field. Died 1932 in Birmingham think came from Bromsgrove very grateful if anyone can elp
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    Scribbans Bakery

    I worked saturdays with george besant delivering bread at Scribbans
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    Valor Heating

    Remember joe essex manager
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Remember Taylor Law down opposite the peck. Smiths wire works where they stacked all the coils on the peck and we would use them as dens. My dad worked at Ash and Heaton in Dartmouth street . We lived in Windsor street almost opposite Coleman street . Bersteins the tailors on the corner of...
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Windsor street Just come across mention of Mrs Worralls shop in Windsor street. we lived opposite this and had a load of stuff on Tick from the old dear "till the weekend" i think we would have starved if she had sain no.:D I think the waste ground next door was a bomb peck although i am not so...
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    Sheep st, Gem st and Buck st.

    Kyrle Hall used to go to the boys club at the hall many years ago. had a reputation of being haunted by the ghost of John kyrle who was alleged to have thrown himself off the roof. spooky place when no one else in there though. The Police had a depot in Duke street for years too.
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    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    absolutely right Pete! Bending the nail over was an art (especially with a brick as a hammer) lost count of the number of patches on my trousers after the falls.Lol:D:D
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