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    Hockley

    What a great pic Carolina. My first job on leaving school in 1951 was at John Rabones, the large building at the bottom right of Ford St, very happy memories, thank you.
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    Park Road Hockley

    Thank you so much for the pics, I grew up in Park Rd, and the pics brought back many happy memories...so sad to see it on Google earth nowadays.
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    National Service

    Hi Eddie 14, Sorry to hear that your brother passed on.    I guess he was in Kenya at the worst possible time, as by the time i went, 2 years later, things had died down a lot.   Jomo Kenyatta the leader of the uprising, was arrested about 3 months of me being there.   After...
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    National Service

    Hi All, I was called up for NS in 1954-1956. It was a great 2 years that i had,in the Royal Signals, once basic training was over? I spent about 6 weeks at Catterick, Yorkshire,for basic training, then training for about 6 weeks at Ripon,Yorkshire, as a Despatch Rider. We were each given a...
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