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  1. Steve Maybury

    Frank Allen

    It might have been even after that as I went there in those years before I left school and do not remember a crash.
  2. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    It was Laurie Reading, I was a pal and classmate 57-64. We were cross country team mates.
  3. Steve Maybury

    Rookery Road School (william Murdoch School)

    Hi Jim, I just found this thread and wondered if you remember me from Rookery Road Junior school. I was there from1955-57. We are the same age and am sure we were friends at that time before I left and went to George Dixon grammar school. I emigrated to Canada in 1967 and still live here. I am...
  4. Steve Maybury

    Soho Road Handsworth

    Hi Judy, I used to go to the Nineveh Dance Studio every Friday night to learn how to dance in the early 60's. When did you go?
  5. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    Thanks, not my cousin, so he must have been in another year.
  6. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    You are correct. I was there 57-64. From 58 on, all at Five Ways.
  7. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    I saw you list, was the Mills, Robert? He is my cousin and was there at that time
  8. Steve Maybury

    Rookery Road School (william Murdoch School)

    Hi Judy, just read your question. If she went to the junior school as I did, you are not wrong. It was mixed. The only person I remember was a blonde Susan White. That was because when they did the attendance, we had to say our surname first and White Susan stuck in my memory!!
  9. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    Amazing, The book was created by a classmate Laurence Reading> we were in the same "A" class from !958-64 at Five Ways. If anyone knows him, have him Contact me by using the "start Conversation" option.
  10. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    You must have been in my class, Contact me by using the "start Conversation" option. I always regretted having to spend 58-64 at 5 Ways. Could never understand why our "A" level class was banished! Yes we had the grocery shop at the end of Rookery road in Handsworth. I emigrated to Canada in 67...
  11. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    I remember Mr Winson. A favorite trick was to pick out someone acting up and go and lift the culprit from his seat by his ear.
  12. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    Where are you in Canada? I was at 5 ways 58-64. I am living in Kingston, Ontario, contact me by "starting a conversation"
  13. Steve Maybury

    Rookery Road School (william Murdoch School)

    I was at Rookery road from 1955-57. took my 11+ there and went to George Dixon GS. T remember playing soccer in the playground and going over it to get the ball. I was accosted by an old man and the cops came to check it out. Fond memories of soccer and cricket, walking up Rookery rd to go to...
  14. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    you are right, we had the grocery shop at the end of Rookery rd, next to the greengrocery shop. Do you remember us collecting money for Oxfam, standing at the front door of the school out front at Five Ways? We collected a lot of money from all the folk on the way to work in the mornings. Did...
  15. Steve Maybury

    George Dixons Grammar School

    Hi Graham, I was at Five Ways until 1964, only spent the first year at City Rd. I could never understand why the "A" form had to go there, but enjoyed all the soccer and cricket in the yard. Remember having to climb over the wall to get the ball back from time to time. I certainly remember...
  16. Steve Maybury

    Camden Street Primary & George Dixons Grammar

    Hi, I was a Saxon too, from 57 to 64. "A" form was banished to Five Ways in 58. Loved playing soccer and cricket in the yard, was amember of the great cross sounty team that won every race in 63/64, but sadly I got a bad case of flu in the Spring and missed out chance to win the big race in...
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