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  1. Stevehanson

    School servicing Latimer Street in 1900-1910s?

    Hi, I lived in Pigott street for ten years, where Latimer street joined Pigott street there was a school for up eleven year olds called Pigott Street school. If you search on this Forum you will find it.
  2. Stevehanson

    St Thomas C Of E School Granville Street

    The rooftop playground was for girls, i think.
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    St Thomas C Of E School Granville Street

    Yes, i went to St Thomas's in 1958/59 they had a great pottery class room.
  4. Stevehanson

    Ansells fluffy squirrell

    Yes spot on, my brother has one of the brass squirrels that were fitted to the front of 1970s Dray. I have quite a few Ansells Argosy. ( a magazine that was given to the workforce every now and then) in the 1970s.
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    Hanson family from Kings Heath

    Yes my great great grandad was Joseph and my great great grandmother was Hannah Mobley. I'm sure our name is Hanson because I have had my DNA tested and a man contacted me from Denmark claiming we share the same ancestors, He is a Hanson. I have a photo of Joseph's son Richard who is my great...
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    indian restaurants

    Does anyone remember the Curry Centre, at the bottom of the Bristol Road almost next door to the Scala picture house. It was one of the first Curry Houses in Birmingham.
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    Royal Coronations : Birmingham response

    Trying to find a family called Wall, who lived at 25 or 27 Pigott street in the 50s.
  8. Stevehanson

    Royal Coronations : Birmingham response

    My mom, me Steve and my brother John, who was born at 3/21 Pigott street, Edgbaston Birmingham 15. Which was our official address. PS. we also had another brother called Terry.
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    Royal Coronations : Birmingham response

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    Royal Coronations : Birmingham response

    I was picked by the headmaster at Pigott street school along with one other to attend the Lord Mayors party at the Town Hall. Does anyone remember me or the party?
  11. Stevehanson

    Piggot Street

    My mom, me and brother John also my dad, my grandad, and my great grandad and last of all me.
  12. Stevehanson

    Piggot Street

    Hi Elaine, a few years ago when we were living in Spain I got a message on SKYPE and it was from Susan McKenzie, she went on to tell me how well her and husband were doing living in Australia, I think she said he was a builder, I remembered her because she had long blonde gingerish hair, one day...
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    Piggot Street

    Hi, Elaine I don't remember you being in my class along with some of the other names you mentioned, it seems a very long time ago but when you think it is. Roy was my best mate, Sue and Janet and John Freeman I remember but the rest are vague. My photo was taken last year in Spain so I wouldn't...
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    Ansells Brewery

    I started at My Cellar in 1969 as a driver, I transferred to Aldridge Depot when it opened in 1972/73 my back man was John Welch until the strike in 1981, I returned after the strike and my new back man was Danny Baker. We then moved on to Gravelly park where we worked until 1998. I had a few...
  15. Stevehanson

    Ansells Brewery

    Hi Len I don't remember you but I remember Bunny, from the bottles at Park road.
  16. Stevehanson

    Ansells Brewery

    Yes I remember Smithy, how is he these days also Vic Perrins, and Albert the checker.
  17. Stevehanson

    Ansells Brewery

    Just spotted this photo and noticed the sign.
  18. Stevehanson

    Bertram Thomas Williams Royal Warks..

    This is a photo of my dad Kenneth Herbert Hanson age 19, posted from Alberta Canada to the jungles of Malaya and Java.
  19. Stevehanson

    Davenports

    Yes, when I was a kid we used to live opposite Davenports, when the trams were scrapped and they were tearing up the tracks our mom used to send us kids up onto Bath row to get a cart full of tar blocks for our fire. We used to come home with our hands plastered in tar.
  20. Stevehanson

    The Yard Behind Number 21 Pigott Street Off Bath Row.

    Thanks, good photo, just how I remember it, pity I can't contact any of our friends and neighbors.
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