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    Tea on a saucer

    We,my brothers and I, always wanted to copy Dad and drink tea from a saucer.Mom absolutely forbade us as she considered it common and rude. To this day I can't bring myself to drink from a saucer. NoddKD.
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    Shaftmoor Lane

    Either could be correct. It depends on which side the flag pole is and the wind direction. NoddKD.
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    Remembrance Day 2025

    We will Remember Them.
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    Happy Birthday Astoness (Lyn)

    Happy Birthday Lyn. Hope you have a great one. NoddKD
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    Do You Still Carry Scars

    Hi Lyn, I think we spoke about this just after I joined the Forum.The girl I was chasing was Sandra Rose. We were both in the same class.I think my time in the school was from January 63 to July 64 when I went off to Icknield St boys. Do you remember a bus that was parked in a road behind the...
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    Do You Still Carry Scars

    Chasing a girl across a bomb peck en route from the annexe back to Farm Street School I caught my left thigh on a piece of corrugated iron.Hardly noticed it until I got into the playground and heard girls screaming and pointing at the large hole in my leg. Four stitches later and an afternoon...
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    19 Lode Lane - Solihull Cottage Hospital

    I was born in Nether woods Hospital in 1953;I don't remember much about it though I do know that a nurse/midwife prompted my mother to give me a Christian name that I have hated my whole life. NoddKD
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    Linotype operator

    Is letterpress printing in use or has that died out? NoddKD. Briefly a machine minder apprentice.
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    So many great nights in there. NoddKD
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    Sparkhill in the 70's

    What a strange thread. NoddKD,confused.
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    Sad News

    RIP postie. You leave a great legacy. Thank You. NoddKD
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Places in Birmingham that I still recognise.
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    fish and chip shops

    Washed down with Iron Bru,nothing better.:yum:yum
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