This association was going up until the early fifty,s and some still got a letter from the police informing them they have been chosen
For a clothing grant a.long with a Birmingham mail fund which combined contributions and in the case of Birmingham
You would go to digbeth police station in the back entrance where you would be kitted out with boots shoes and gray patteren socks and
Trousers and a wholly pull over with a patteren the patteren was all the as colour
I am surprised our older members would have replyed to this thread as I know ten years ago this was mentioned on here
And by holy there was a lot of responds from our older members. But I I believe most of them are not here any more
One or two have passed away sadly other wise there would be a big responds
We was one family whom got it in the fortys we went there five of us we got the contact by police first and confirmed by the chief of police
Steel house lane when we got there there was dozens of family all in this big room waiting for our names to be called
And got the boots and clothing but when you went back to school the posh ones or the middle class kids
Would start ribbing the kids I was at upper Thomas street Aston. And believe me there was a lot of lids at that school whom got the gear
And all at upper Thomas street. Astonian,,,,