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Thanks for this Gary m8,, good & nostalgic viewing,

also links to other places of interest,, Useful to myself
(researching Family "Links" in Rushden, N,hants ) Cheers Gary,,johnY
 
Thanx for that link gary M8.... If as it says those pic's were shot from the tower of St A's church, then that was my playground from when I was three to when I was ten years old.
...St Alban's church tower in Highgate, Birmingham.
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My Brother was an Alter Boy and one of the head Choir boys at the church, he sang at all the local weddings from around 1950 till 1957.

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Here's a pic' of the church...

Pom
 
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great find gary.
there is some really interesting films
the tanker drivers i remember the parking
charges a shilling all day, unheard of now
can,t park for an hour for that sort of money.
happy days regards dereklcg.
 
Great video Gary.

The women with the pram could be my older sister, she lived in Communication row
 
gary, can you help me,i am NOT very good on the P,C, i tryed to see the film of gooch st slum,s [1956] i press the arrow on the picture & only the voice come,s over, i know nothing about [ADOBE-FLASH-PLAYER] PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN, i lived by gooch,st loved to see some film footage, many thank,s christy
 
hi gary, back again there was a film made in ST, MARTIN,S FLAT,S[1977-8] ONE OF THEM PLAY,S THEY DID BACK THEN[LIKE PLAY FOR TODAY] OR THE WENDESDAY PLAY, HAVE YOU GOT ANY IDEA,S, MANY THANK,S AGAIN ,,christy
 
hi,MAND please help,, i am trying to watch THE SLUM,S OF GOOCH ST, when i press the picture only the voice come,s on,please help DO I NEED TO PRESS THE[ADOPE FLASH PLAYER, OR PRESS THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON, TO VIEW IT] HELPPPPPPPP, MANY-THANK,S, CHRISTY
 
Hi Christy,
sorry not too good on computers, I have got Adobe, but when I clicked on the link, I just pressed on the 'play' arrow at the bottom of the screen and it played straight away....it sometimes stops to carry on loading.
Sory can't be more help.
Mand
 
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