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Never buy anyone gloves for a present it’s bad luck! If you bought a purse for some one you had to put silver coin in it.

Re the above cottages, Enock Mason, shown in photo below, was the lock keeper on stretch of lock 10 -13, by College Road Bridge. He also worked the pumping station in Deakin Avenue, Witton. The next door neighbour, who also worked for BW, as a builder, was Mr. Mrs Lindop. The right hand side of...

Sorry it was Josie who I knew better that lives quite close to me. I think Judy was older.

OMG yes, I know all, infact I think Judy, lives not to far from me now. I have spoken to her when I recognised her in a shop, couple of years ago. I lived just the other side of the ‘green’ In Freasley. My mom and Mrs Cross knew one another well. The children were always dressed nicely and...

Hi, I was at Hillstone in 1953, what is your grandads name? Did he live close to the school? If no one has a photo, I can take a present one, I don’t live too far away. But it would be after Xmas. Or you could open google maps and take a picture from that. Cheers.

My dad was in XXA and stalag 383, I will put the couple of photos I have on here when I sort them out. Thank you for taking the trouble to post these really interesting.

Some kind person posted newspaper clips of returning prisioners of WW2. There were many including Stalag 383 and XX1. I lost page and cannot find it anywhere. Looked in history, cannot remember how I got into it.

I was also one of the first pupils to Hillstone School in 1953. Prior to this, we first kids in Shard End went by coach to various schools around the area. I was coached to Birches Green School, along with the others in this photo, until Hillstone was built. The photo is the 1953 Coronation...

My name is Janet Lane. I worked as a receiptionist in Ashold Farm Road, for the above section. I remember all of the people mentioned. I then worked as a Secretary for Ted Solly and Norman Shuck. I worked there between 1968 to 1972 when I left to have my Son. I am still friends and...