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Maurice There was no referal to you having said it. Dave.

Maurice. You bring back wonderful memories of the 40s and early 50s in Lower Tower St. Its been a long time since I heard the word miskin. We also had a tin bath, wash house with a copper and a tub and mangle, 3 or 4 chickens (for the eggs), and 1 toilet between 2 families. Also when you...

In the 50s I had a paper round starting from that corner and all I can remember was it being fenced off, so I assume it was bomb damage from the war. Dave

Have just been trawling through the Hospital St thread and saw the Prince of Wales Y C mentioned. My friends & I joined in the early 1950s. Len Hale was the leader & Jimmy Wright & his wife were caretakers (they lived next door). We had a good table tennis team & won more than we lost in the...

Hello Lyn, nice to see map of settlement and surrounding area #575. I was living in Lower Tower St in 1951 and my friend lived at 1/313 Summer Lane which is shown. Dave

Have just noticed the picture of the unity club #462. I think this picture was taken just after the fire, which was in 1947. me and my friend were on our way to the Eye hospital when we came across it. Dave

Hi Beresford, although I didn't live in Gt Russell St a lot of my friends did and I also remember the bonfires. Did you know Alfie Wheeldon or Maurice Millard. Dave.

#93 shows Hamburgers the scrap metal dealers, I met Dick & Randolph Turpin (the boxers) there, when they collected scrap for their business in Leamington Spa. Dave.

Hello Lyn. nice to see another pic of St Nicks, especially from the other side. Dave

Hello Lyn, nice to see another pic of St Nics especialy from the other side, any idea when it was taken. Dave.

Hello Dave89, It had obviously changed hands by then, the window which I now know to be in Suffolk St was mostly taken up with trays of birds eggs of all different sorts from Gulls down to Wrens in the early 1950s Dave.

hello pommie, I lived in Lower Tower St No 44 (#24 2nd pic, lower of the two houses adjoining Southwells). Dave.

It was probably the early 1950s when I used to browse the windows and the shop certainly didn't look like that. Dave.

Thanks for that Phil, great pictures. Dave.

Hello John. I vaguely remember your half brothers but I was 5 or 6 years older than them, but I have been in touch with an old pal from Lower Tower St and he remembers them well. Dave.