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    Back to Back addresses

    14 families in the court behind my home - courts could be quite large
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    THINKING OF SOSPIRI (maurice)

    Thinking of you Maurice
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    Computer help

    The apps might not have gone, their links may just have disappeared of the desktop, etc.,
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    Grammar schools and comprehensives in Birmingham in the 50s and 60s.

    I went to Birmingham Art School with Rodney Bedall, we remained good friends, living in London. Rodney now lives in Amsterdam after a successful acting career
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    My Lozells Family, ordinary lives, extraordinary people

    Arrived today. I am 3/4 of the way through; a great read. I went to Burbury Street School and lived in Guildford Street. There was a pawn shop on the corner of Guildford Street which had a regular queue on Monday morning. My sister worked at Lucas, including during the war. Down the road from...
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    ITS SOSPIRI'S ( MAURICE) BIRTHDAY TODAY

    Happy Birthday Maurice, all the best
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    Radio

    The Archers kicked out Dick Barton - can't forgive that
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    69 Bus Route

    My dad drove the 69 in the 40s and 50s
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    Burbury street school

    I was there something like 45 to 50 so we,probably overlapped
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    Lichfield Street, Birmingham

    The only photos that I have of Lichfield Street are on this thread. A lot of the information given should be quite useful. This link might help https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/birmingham-workhouse-peter-walker.47028/#post-713513
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    Lichfield Street, Birmingham

    You just said that you have hovered your cursor over the icons????? This is an example of one (it is no good clicking over this one here though as it is only an example)
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    Lichfield Street, Birmingham

    The image icons
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    Lichfield Street, Birmingham

    Have you clicked on them?
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    Handsworth Grammar School 1950--1960 and beyond

    There is an old boys Facebook page9
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    Write it down

    My mom died in her mid 80s and had Alzheimers. In her last good years I lived in London, she still lived in Birmingham of course. During that time when I came home to visit her I can only describe what I did was interrogate her about her life. I learned a lot about her and my family. Even so...
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