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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread Payne family.
      Our science teacher at Peckham Road school in the late forties was Frank H Payne, he lived somewhere near Banners Gate, rode a motorbike...
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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread Kingstanding.
      I remember them, I suspect the modern day kids would turn their noses up at such 'delicacies'
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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread Kingstanding.
      Talking about characters, before the influx of W Indians when all locals were white we had two coloured gents an Indian GP and a door to...
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      Towards the top end on the left Sam opposite Carshalton Road, there are three blocks in an arc, I think it was one of those and rebuilt...
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      Not sure if you can get this but here's my Terrys. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/33117733/person/432681155032/facts
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      Some Terrys in my tree but further back I think, I'll have a look tomorrow.
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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread ARP named First Aid workers.
      My dad was in the Civil defense during the war, I don't know what part he actually played, I know he had a St Johns book about treating...
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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread Johnson.
      Probably no relation but our neighbours in the 1930/40s at No 80 Hurlingham Road, were Johnsons Mr Johnson used to repair bicycles in...
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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread Austin A40 Farina.
      Had me screaming at the screen "Check the bleedn timing and put the plug leads on right." After first shouting "Put some rope down the...
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      When we were kids in Hurlingham Road we had a policeman living across the road, playing football or cricket in the road stopped suddenly...
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      Myself and my two younger brothers were born in Hurlingham Road.
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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread Hamstead Road Handsworth.
      I wonder if the man with the horse and car was demolishing those buildings. If that's bricks on the cart sorry for the poor horse.
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      Eric Gibson replied to the thread Hamstead Road Handsworth.
      This is in my memory, when I was 13 I worked Saturdays on a Bradford's bread round, I recall taking a loaf to the top floor for a blind...
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