Lady Penelope
master brummie
Post #1362 - According to my boss, Boldmere Girls School was in Cofield Road, off Boldmere Road. He went there but it had become a mixed school in later years.
This is a 1930s Allday Ltd. map of Sutton Park. On the face of it, nothing too unusual about it especially as most of the features are unchanged to this day.
But what is of interest (well, to me anyway!) is the fact that it was owned during WW2 by a corporal in the local Home Guard who clearly used it as an aid when carrying out his duties in the Park. These would have included nightly patrols over four-and-a-half years, observation, the preparation of defensive positions and so on.
If anyone wants to have a closer look at it, and the mysterious marks which Corporal Rudge has added all over the map, I have uploaded a higher definition version, together with some comments, here.
Chris
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I wonder how many people today would now rush to volunteer for something like this, not many I fear, the PC brigade would probably find some reason to discourage it.View attachment 115922 View attachment 115923 View attachment 115924 View attachment 115925
Can't see it on thread, so produced here.