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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      I rebelled just before I left during exam time. I came in late, not on purpose but had to walk the proverbial the plank in my black and...
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      The pettiness of it all. Some girls had polo mint hair slides, the senior mistress jokily told the girls to pop them in their mouth and...
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      I Am Nico reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Yes I can see the pitfalls of the coloured bra ,mass hysteria no doubt
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      Sorry the Mac keeps changing things when I send stuff. Second word school should read shoes. We stood out but we never won anything ...
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      I Am Nico reacted to Dionysius//88's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Nico this is black polished shoes I'm guessing and not make up ?
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      Me ex Hong Kong colleague was a very poor child, they were many, they loved their school shoes and uniform bt they all came off and they...
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      I Am Nico reacted to Time Traveller 66's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Ex Army no wonder they look like new.
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      I was I the school choir we had to wear black polished school when we performed, and the girls had to white ankle socks, the big girls...
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      The butcher thought I was a girl. I had a balaclava on.
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      I Am Nico reacted to Time Traveller 66's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Don't forget trying to put a deep voice to try and convince the doorman who already had you sussed but as long as you looked okay you...
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      I Am Nico reacted to Lemonella's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
      My Nan always made a thing of keeping shoes polished, she said people will always look at your shoes, especially from the back, rather...
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      Well I wear them. I need to I have the air circling, see kilt post
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      We got chucked out of Tiffanys and the Bali Hai suite in the 70s. with its plastic leaves because a mate had button eyes sown on to a...
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      I Am Nico replied to the thread Birmingham in 1960s.
      Do you remember queuing up in your kipper tie and bell bottoms, bum fluff moustache trying to look 18? I do. One of the reps on hard...
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      I Am Nico reacted to Time Traveller 66's post in the thread Birmingham in 1960s with Appreciate Appreciate.
      Used to press my trousers and polish my shoes if going into Brum sometimes a suit liked to feel smart and also you couldn't wear jeans...
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