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Hello Trevor - Thank you. It's good to have gaps in one's knowledge filled in. And I realise that my partial recollections may not always make sense to other people. You are correct about Baileys: the shop and frontage was always crowded, packed with almost everything. Next door, the little...

Nice to hear other people's recollections. Does anyone remember the lovely aubern hair Mrs Cottrell, secretary to headmaster Mr Smith? I recall her as kind, patient, quietly supportive to everyone. A few girls I remember around 1953-4 were the reserved Pamela Lunn and Jean Hogan, and...

re Farm Street school: I attended the junior department from maybe 1951 until 1954, and remember the head, Mr C. Smith (ex-RAF, a small fella, lived in Halesown area). Teachers: a Ms Dugarde, a Mr JT Owen from north Wales, a Mr Harley and Mr Peglar (both Welsh), a Mr Mills (very kind, his wife...

Hi St Saviour's Mr Bartle was not Oliver. He was CHD Bartle, sometimes called Charles/Charlie; or Henny by Mrs Bartle. He was not an ordained vicar/priest but a Missioner-in-Charge, a salaried lay preacher with administrative duties. CHD Bartle lived in Wretham Road, Handsworth B19, up Hunter's...