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    ANDERTON STREET LADYWOOD

    Oh you beautiful person you! Thank you so much (even though I'm snivelling) so many memories. Thank you so much! x
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    Girl With Hoop

    errrr when I said the girl at the back I didn't mean the one far back slightly out of focus I was referring to the girl attached to the group but the tallest1 (bet I've made it more confusing now. x
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    Ladywood clearance

    Mmmmm am I interested YES PLEASE, hi that sounds really good thank you. We lived at 4/114 Anderton St & thank you. x
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    Bob Moore Birmingham Photographs From 60/ 70s

    That photo (just spoke to my sister) was she insists taken in 1964 but I think she is getting mixed up with the photographer Ingmar Lindahl from Sweden who did take a few pics of us & our moms marching lol, so it must be 1968??? but I'm sure the Mckeowns had been rehoused by then anyway I can...
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    Girl With Hoop

    Thi was defo Ladywood. x
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    Girl With Hoop

    The girl at the back (tallest) is the twin to 'Ballerina Girl' Ballerina Girl was Lorraine & her twin at the back of pic was called Wendy, When I said two I was thinking of the twin ha ha no hope for me, If poss i'd like to put up some more pics (if I can manage it) taken the same time 1964.
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    Ladywood clearance

    I lived in Ladywood all through the 60's & vaguely remember them starting to demolish from the bottom of Monument Rd (near the library) My mom refused to move from one slum to another & although it's a bit of a stretch it's not to far from the truth that ours was the only house left standing in...
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    Irving Street

    I was born in Irving St in 1953 but sadly know nothing about it, family name was HAY.
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    Where did you live

    Born in July 1953 at home in Irving St Deritend, b,Ham.
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    Spring Hill

    Oh my word I spent a larg part of my childhood playing/hiding round there, wow thanks for the memory.
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    Steelhouse lane

    I ran away from home a lot during the 60's & usually ended up at Steelhouse Lane waiting for my parents to collect me :(
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    ladywood

    You have helped me remember some good times & kind times. Thank you.
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    ladywood

    Awww bless I didn't know his name (or I'd forgotten) but I have to tell you that he was a lovely kind man who genuinely took good care of me, I was one of sixteen children & to be fair I was a bugger as a kid, I wouldn't go to School & I kept running away from home, I usually ended up at...
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    ladywood

    & the other girl is Maureen Smith with her mom, they lived in St Marks St. Hi Malvernian, You are correct he was one of the Park Keepers, I am the smaller of the girls, I was Vivienne Hay & the other girl is Maureen Smith with her mom, they lived in St Marks St.
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    Girl With Hoop

    I recognise 2 of my cousins.
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