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    King Edwards Grammar School Five Ways Bartley Green 1960-1975 appx

    I wonder if there is a real historic link to King Edward. Was he the king who founded a lot of shools?
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    Yardley Road School - Cottesbrook Road School, Junior and Infant schools, Acocks Green, Birmingham

    My sister's, my mother's and my aunt's primary school. I joined in 1952ish at the age of 4. Wonderful headmistresses, Miss Pritchard taught me that squirrels lived in a drey. Later, Miss Onions took over near the end of my stay. Imagine the nicknames. Mr Friar and Mr Collins were my main...
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    King Edwards Grammar School Five Ways Bartley Green 1960-1975 appx

    Thanks Viv (Vivienne14). Indeed, my uncle, I was told, attended a KEG school in Birmingham. That was probably why I fetched up in a KEG school. I think there may have been KEG girls school but I'm not sure. Kentish Brummie! How? There must have been language difficulties?
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    King Edwards Grammar School Five Ways Bartley Green 1960-1975 appx

    Just looking for old friends and enemies. It's been a lifetime! A few fellow pupils' names I remember - R.L. Brown, P.H.G Smith, K.Cole, 2 more Smiths, Jones, Skelsey, Teague (Still thinking. We used surnames mainly) Teachers I remember - F Gadd (English), Scott?, Whitehouse? (Sports, Rugby)...
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