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    Aston Chain and Hook

    6 Feb 1952, I was playing marbles with Willie Wilde in front of the Navvy (Navigation pub) when my younger brother came running up - 'Mum says you've got to come home 'cos the King's dead'. Just one of those memories that really sticks. Willie Wilde lived in the new houses in Bromford Lane that...
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    Aston Chain and Hook

    We must have been close neighbours for a short while - I lived at 535 from 1941 to 1 Jan 1955. I recently had the idea of going back to photograph my old haunts (particularly the walk from home to Ryland Road school) and came across this site looking for old photos for comparison. Lots of...
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