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Like most of us this age the memory is not so good The plus is we are still here , i wonder just how many of that year at Locco are still left .After Vince left the army cadets we became the R.E.M.E being the barracks that's where attached to Washwood Heath became the Royal Signals keep safe and...

Hi, sometime ago i was asked to post this photo by a member of the Randel family who lived in Dolman St near Gills the chemists its a Loxton St class in 1902 one of the pupils is there Gt, Gt , Gt grandfather

I remember this photo it was published in a magazine It was described looking like a prison ,in a way it was but that's all that we new

Hi Rob ,to answer your question is as follows Entry Granny Haynes (Gary's Nan ) Whittingtons / Pughs / Lynch / Katy Vickers Moss Duffield died end of 2003 age 60 Barry Taylor just heard died about 3years ago age 69 / 70 Garry Lynch died 2009 age 62 Sorry for bad information Regards Leo

Rob Pearce I doubt that you will remember me I'm one of the Whittingtons we lived opposite Oak Cottages in Erskine St, I m Older than your brother Brian but knew him well he was a mechanic at the Co-op I was a driver there, you may remember my bro Terry or Garry Lynch they went to locco regards Leo

Garden Gerald,sorry had to move here otherwise Phill would have told us off. Unfortunately the names don't ring any bells The head Mr Haydyn Jones then a Mr Tom Parker his deputy Mr Drew . I did enjoy the inter house swimming gala's at Woodcocks Street baths I was not a strong swimmer myself...

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The results of a trough days work

Three tower blocks behind Locco #2263 Phil's photo's I don't know if any had been completed Mr Harold Martin took our class to the site after explaining to us that there was deep clay there quite an experience being on site H&S nowadays . We came back to school with big square lumps of clay...

.. Phil, maybe this could be part of the grey area ,rebuilt closer to the old Junction pub its new information for me

Hi MWS , when you say it was rebuilt do you mean that it was demolished & rebuilt or extended if so do you know approx when this happened Leo

Hi MWS ,thanks I actually new where it was ,but not the actual location regarding it being further away from Duddeston Mill Rd than I remembered thanks once again Leo

Phil ,have been able to look at an AtoZ published in 2000 & it shows Duddeston Manor before Pitney St on the right therefore closer to the Junction pub than i thought .I hope I have not created to much of a problem ,cheers Leo

Hi in the first year @ Locco 1954 we went to Windsor St School for metal work lessons i remember a Mr Groves was the teacher he left in july 55 it never opened again ,one of the things i made in copper was a tea caddy spoon a rather shallow spoon which we had to plannish ,after some time at...