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    Does anyone remember the organ grinder and his monkey

    I remember Randalls, it was on the Lichfield road, Aston Cross, My Aunt worked there for about Forty years as a Binder.
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    Does anyone remember the organ grinder and his monkey

    Yes I'm sure I remember an organ grinder in The Bullring, just seeing your post jogged my memory !
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    Witton Road

    I think it was Albert Road Christopher.
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    Witton Road

    I remember that chemists shop, it was taken over by a lady pharmacist some time in the fifties. Her name was Elizabeth Hudson, Her mother used to help her in the shop. I also remember that the road just on the corner of Lodge road and Witton Road was where the bonfire was held to celebrate the...
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    LEST WE FORGET

    Can I add to the list. Able Seaman Sydney George Bromfield . MPK March 1942.
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    The cane at school

    Oh yes, we had a couple of quite sadistic female teachers. One of them had a particularly nasty habit of walking up and down the aisles between the desks and hitting any miscreants on the back of the hand with the edge of a ruler. I was on the receiving end a couple of times, usually for talking.
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    Grand Hotel Colmore Row

    My Father worked as a waiter there in the 20s,so thanks for all the info about it. I will steal some of the pics for my Family History records.:cupcake:
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    Witton Road

    Does anyone out there remember the Co Op on Witton Road? I recall as a kid being fascinated by the container for the money.THe cash was placed in the container,then the assistant would screw the lid on give the cord a yank it would go sailing across the shop to a cashier perched in a glass...
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    HMS Vortigern

    Hi Golfer, you can obtain info at this web address https://www.navyphotos.co.uk/vrtgrn1b.jpeg also uboat.net for the details about the sinking, date, place, etc. Hope this helps. Mollie.
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    Sydney George Bromfield

    Hi Golfer, glad to hear that your Grandad survived.My poor Uncle wasn't so fortunate.He had survived another sinking two months previously.
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    HMS Vortigern

    As an addtion to my 2009 post re HMS Vortigern, thanks to this wonderful site I was contacted some time ago by another relative of Sydney George Bromfield who has supplied me with lots of info and photos of Sydney. The best of all was he was able to send me a DVD taken from an old newsreel of...
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    HMS Vortigern

    Hi Karenza, I got a heads up re your posting about HMS Vortigern.I see your queries have been answered already. I do hope you will be able to find all the info you require. If I can be of any further help, please post me. Regards, Mollie Cross
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    Fairgrounds

    I so remember The Onion Fair on The Serpentine.It was one of the highlights of my childhood.I think it used to be in October or November.I lived on Witton Road at the time. droves of people would be making their way down the road,on their way back they would be carrying large stuffed toys which...
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    Witton Road

    Hi Jean, I remember a family of Martins, don't know if they are the same ones, it's not an uncommon name. there was a Billy , Jean, Joyce, Janet, & Jimmy. Their house was about midway between Lodge Road and Trinity road.
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    Witton Road

    Hi Bumbellini, did you know the Bunce Family? They lived about opposite Lodge Road. I lived further down, just a few houses up from Billy Hill's Newsagent, but I left to get Married in 58 so I was gone from there before you arrived.
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    Witton Road

    Hi Big Gee, I remember that model shop, there was also a newsagent, next door I think, there was a parrot on a perch in the shop, it used to shout ETHEL when you went in. Better than a bell on the door. trouble was us kids used to try to find excuses to go in, just to hear the parrot!
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    Wilton Steet, Aston & Andover Place, Cowper Street U.D.

    You could try the CWGC site , if you have the army number and name.
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    Sacred Heart Catholic School Witton Road

    Hi Gord, I used to go to the dances at the Sacred Heart, don't remember too many fights though, maybe I have a selective memory , and just remember the good times we had.Myself and my pal used to do the cloakroom, and help out with refreshments. My Husbands brothers' band used to play there.
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    Sacred Heart Catholic School Witton Road

    Hi Gord, mollie is my "nom de plume" as it were, I think you were a couple of years ahead of me. I started there in 1945. I vaguely remember miss Duck, Mr Mayall was my favourite teacher, he managed to maintain disipline with his personality,without recourse to the ruler and the cane , so...
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    Sacred Heart Catholic School Witton Road

    Hi Gord, yes I'm still around. I had a visit from some old school friends a couple of weeks ago, they told me that the school had been demolished, I was shocked. I havn't been back there for many years, so had no idea. The friends that I mentioned havn't got round to using a computer but I will...
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