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    Harrison marriage confirmation

    have just done my family tree too and sarah harrison along with an isaac john,charles and so on are all my relatives aswell,think isaac was her dad.....small world isnt it
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    pub book

    bet no one can remember charlie and floss harrison running the crown by peel street and charlie stych in the queens arms heath street.
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    Smethwick

    yes it is willis street,my mom came from unett street and dad from by gkn so all were local,
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    Hockley Port

    we were never sober ha ha
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    Smethwick

    correct,the newsagents was dhillons,and then the little green chemist with the step up into it,the chipshop was great 15p bag with batter bits,the little indian man kept the best chips,major nicholls had to get out as the shop was falling down so he moved to raglan road,who remembers the barrels...
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    guess that makes you a brummie then hee hee
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    Hockley Port

    hockley port city farm......what a great place to work it was brill
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    Rose and crown..hospital/brearley st

    check the exact dates with my dad a c harrison he lived at the pub and as he went to summer lane school 55-59 it would of been those yrs,
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    Rose and crown..hospital/brearley st

    my dad went to summer lane school 55-59 so they may have moved in just after,they also had the oak in aberdeen st,the heath st tavern,aswell as stirchley social club,will try and get the exact yr
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    City window cleaners

    tommy burns then his sons mick and tommy jnr ran commando cleaning,eventually gino cardellie bought it and after reaching dizzy heights sold it off,they lost all the car fax contracts and are now called thyssen group,remember the wagons pulling up by the maypole and a big irish fella saying yes...
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    Shenstone Road "open Air" School

    do you remember the piano in the hall
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    Summer Lane School

    if you google summer lane memories you will find loads of old pics
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    Shenstone Road "open Air" School

    both my nan and mom were cleaners at the school at the top of shenstone rd
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    Rose and crown..hospital/brearley st

    does anyone recall floss and charlie harrison who kept the rose and crown my dad tony was their son and he went to summer lane school,they had a dog that when charlie called time used to clear the pub for em
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    Summer Lane School

    my dad said he went to summer lane school around 1955-1959 he is tony harrison,his parents used to keep pubs,does anyone remember him?
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    The geach arms, summer lane

    i am told an old friend lived in summer lane i was told no.345 the family was tubb
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    Midland Red Early Days

    Unfortunately in 2007 i had the unenvied privillage of being one of the few drivers who drove part of the last mercedes buses out of our bull ring depot before it was all transfered to kidderminster and the brum garage shut for ever,the death knell of midland red west (first group) in birmingham
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    Wheeler Street lozells

    Wheeler street had a family called tubb
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    Smethwick

    smeffik boys like me recall foster bros up cape hill,major nicholls bikes when it was down the grove,the old picture house,cape of good hope dudley arms,engine etc all around cape hill,ionic,mansells,barclays up cape hill on the left by monument rd,the 82 bus to bearwood,when windmill lane had 2...
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    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    is it summer lane,or the town they say...
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