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Recent content by Jules72

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    Lewis's Department Store

    Loved Lewis's. Every Christmas it was like walking into a dream when you were a kid.
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    Unett Street Newtown

    I've got a photo some where of Richard Moriarty and I sitting on the tree trunk when we were very young. I'll have to see if I can find it. I think his late dad took it.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    Yes that's her.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    For anyone who went to St. Francis and remember Miss (Eileen) Harte. She passed away on September 4th. I don't know what happened to her as I got the news second hand.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    I came off it 6yrs ago. Didn't like the way it had gone.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    I only ever saw him once many years later when I was an adult. I was so tempted to confront him but decided not to give him the satisfaction. I just blanked him.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    Yes. He was another psycho. Took many beatings from him.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    Miss Hilton. My cousin got taught gymnastics by her. Yes the nuns. My worst nightmare. Horrible all of them.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    Probably. She used to get loads of grown ups coming up to her saying "Remember Me Miss" She'd have needed a superb memory to have remembered them all. What teachers did you have?
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    Sister Bernard. She was head for a few years before she retired. My brother knew Canon Emery. Father /Monsineur Fallon was the priest I knew. My late mum was the lollipop lady at the school from the 60's into the 90's.
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    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Handsworth

    I went there. 1976-83.
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    Barton's Arms High Street Aston

    Mr. Walsh was the teacher with the moustache. I liked him although I heard a few tales about him after I left.
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    69 Bus Route

    If I remember right originally the betting shop and hairdressers were next to each other by Dots because I remember going upstairs in it once with my dad. The couple who ran Dots and the Lloyds family were lovely. I remember the lovely smell in Dots of polish and fresh laundry and the sawdust on...
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    The Gothic - Great Hampton Street

    Does anyone remember Christina Island who lived there while her mum and dad were the landlords?
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    69 Bus Route

    Hi Mark. Our families lived in the same block on Unett Street. Knew your mum Maureen and your dad Brian very well and your brothers. My late mum and dad lived upstairs from you guys. Sheila and Tom Callaghan. This picture of the shops bring back so many great memories especially the outdoor that...
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