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Till 1937 I lived in Perry Common Rd opposite Buxton Rd and our garden backed onto the allotments which in turn backed on to Witton Lakes. After a spell living in Kingstanding we moved to Abingdon Rd in 1939. I was still in Hastings Rd Infants when just at the start of the war a rumour went...

95 Abingdon Rd 1939 Note the gateposts and steps painted white to be seen in the blackout H L M

This is me with my mother at 89 Courtney Rd in 1938. When most people only had box brownies strolling photographers used to go round the estates to take photos. If you paid more they would come at night and take flash photos of the children posed with their toys. In 1939 we moved to Abingdon Rd...

I was five years old when we moved to Courtney Rd in 1938 or 1939. It was just built and cost £300 and £10 deposit. By the time war broke out we had moved to Abingdon Rd and I moved school to Hastings Rd. When I moved to the juniors in Hawthorn Rd in 1942 I was in the same class as Peter Walker...

Hi, My first job was at Atkinsons Brewery nursery in Langley, this was in March 1947. We used to maintain the bowling greens and window boxes etc. H L M