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Gamp...!
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Wendy
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Pom would you believe Michael still refers to his brolly as his gamp!
gamp
hi moma p
it goes to prove you learn somthink every day on this forum
i,ve heard of alot ofthings in my life
but i never heard of or the expression of a brolly
nor of the person whom made them , its totally amazing
by the way i notice your name of intrest
was a family of caldicoft
i was a great friend of a family whom was that
they was a big family of them
i knew of this family going back to the 50,s
my mate was michael and they lived in the abbey rd hockley
just off the lodge rd two roads from the old scribona bakery
is father worked in a factory by the old lucas,s factory
in great king st.
the last time i seen micky in the 6o,s 70,s
he was a senior forman working for solihull roofing company
they was doing the old b,ham council urban renewal across
brum
carol was a local girl carol fisher lived in park rd hockley
just on the corner by the cafe and across from charles harris
the bakelite moulders on the flat at lodge rd
my old dad worked there ,right up until he died in march 1959 .
i thought i would mention it to you
have a nice day astonian
hi moma p
it goes to prove you learn somthink every day on this forum
i,ve heard of alot ofthings in my life
but i never heard of or the expression of a brolly
nor of the person whom made them , its totally amazing
by the way i notice your name of intrest
was a family of caldicoft
i was a great friend of a family whom was that
they was a big family of them
i knew of this family going back to the 50,s
my mate was michael and they lived in the abbey rd hockley
just off the lodge rd two roads from the old scribona bakery
is father worked in a factory by the old lucas,s factory
in great king st.
the last time i seen micky in the 6o,s 70,s
he was a senior forman working for solihull roofing company
they was doing the old b,ham council urban renewal across
brum
carol was a local girl carol fisher lived in park rd hockley
just on the corner by the cafe and across from charles harris
the bakelite moulders on the flat at lodge rd
my old dad worked there ,right up until he died in march 1959 .
i thought i would mention it to you
have a nice day astonian
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Wendy
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Hello Astonian, My Caldecott's (with an E) originated in Cheshire my grandfather came to West Bromwich in about 1910 he was a butcher and had a shop in Handsworth as well as West Brom. I know where the family were so the family you mention were not mine. Thanks anyway Astonian.
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O.C.
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The Dram Loving old nurse Mrs Sarah Gamp and her bulging umbrella
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Beryl M
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Brollie is a common expression for umberella - 'Gamp' she was an untidy character in one of Charles Dickens novels-
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O.C.
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Collins Modern English Dictionary dated 1988
GAMP Brit...an umbrella
GAMP Brit...an umbrella
