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    South Road Hockley

    Hi Lyn I just read your thread on south rd , hockley,could U be more specific who u knew from south rd please and how u knew some ppl named Richard ,Steve, Robert
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    South Road Hockley

    My happy times were when I lived in South road hockley ,most of my family ,mom & dad Nigely brother at 77 then my aunty n uncle at 101 then my nan and grandad at 125 ,lived there up until we moved to gt Barr,but I will always remember my friends from there gill Tracy Jill Hopkins late John...
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    CW Cheney, Factory Road in Hockley

    Hi Karen I remember my dad mention the name Sid burrows there was a lot of different shops in Cheney's so there would be a few foremen or fore women ,did burrows was one of the then there were Arthur Hatton ,bill trueman of the warehouse ,,and Vic hipkiss,Harry bird was my dads foreman Ronald...
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    Alleyne Road Erdington

    Hi wumbly I didn't live there in alleyne rd ,but my nan carpenter was a member of alleyne church and my GT aunt Ethel,they would bring me and my brother eagle wings every wed and I could write bible stories to win a certificate to reward us for our hard bible story work the vicar of the church...
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    The Pleck, Park Road, Hockley

    Hi just up from railway bridge on park road was a small terraced road just a walk through with ought a road but about 10 houses each side it was called the pleck ,then there were houses and a sweet shop up from the pleck sweet shop called the carbys Debbie carby was my friend at Benson rd...
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