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Where did you live

Born in Selly Oak Hospital
Early years in Hubert Rd, Selly Oak
Moved to Ashmore Rd, Cotteridge where Mom and Dad lived for 40+ years,
Eastbourne East Sussex then back to Cotteridge,
Prestwood Rd, Weoley Castle
Bristol Rd South, Longbridge
Bought my first house back on Ashmore Rd, Cotteridge,
Now living on Great Stone Rd, Northfield.
 
Lowriderade said:
I've moved around a lot but starting from 1974
The radleys,Sheldon with my mom and nan.

1975 above a woolshop on Yardley road ( think it's an accountants now). I also attended cottersbrook school for a short while. My mom had a massive party here and a few bike clubs attended.

1976/7 moved over to beilby road in stirchley. I attended cotteridge j&I school then dame Elizabeth Cadbury school.
In 87 we moved to houldey road in west heath.
88 we moved away from Brum.
1989I moved back to the pershore rd between the canal and fordhouse lane.
1991 moved back to my nans on the radleys.
1995 did some time on chelmsley wood
1997 back to my nans. Then 2003 moved away
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Bike clubs as in motorcycles you mean I guess you knew the Cycle tramps Sixtynine and Gypsy way back then and maybe you went to the Yewtree pub amongst other places ?
 
I was born at the QE and have lived in:
Slade Road Erdington/Chester Road Streetly, Slade Road Erdington (again*), Bilton Rugby, Chester Road Streetly (again*) and Langham Green Streetly. I'm like a bad penny, I keep coming back*... :)
 
I worked for a year at Hawthorn Garage Streetly just along the road from the Parson and Clerk back in 1950, is the garage still there?
It used to be a cottage style workshop with 4 or 5 petrol pumps out front and an orchard out back with a few pre-war cars between the trees.
 
Eric Gibson said:
I worked for a year at Hawthorn Garage Streetly just along the road from the Parson and Clerk back in 1950, is the garage still there?
It used to be a cottage style workshop with 4 or 5 petrol pumps out front and an orchard out back with a few pre-war cars between the trees.
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It is a Kia dealership now Eric, unless we are going in the other direction towards Brownhills by the island (2nd picture).

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If you come down from Kingstanding it was a right turn at the P&C back toward Banners Gate, grown a lot since by the look of that, they must have swallowed up some neighbouring property.
I used to serve petrol, 'Pool' at that time i.e not branded although the pumps had globes for Power, National Benzole and others, I used to watch the red squirrels running along the Sutton Park fence.
 
Eric Gibson said:
When I served petrol there it was one shilling and eleven pence a gallon the post war Labour government added 4d a gallon tax onto it and the cry went up "That will be the end of motoring for the ordinary working man." How wrong could they be?
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I remember pump prices at the local garage (Cranmore Bros, Hagley Road) jumping from 4/10 to 5/- a gallon. I said to my father that I expect it'll double in my lifetime, he laughed and said "People will stop driving before it gets that much!"

Sorry dad, wrong there!
 
Richard Dye said:
I think driving has become a necessity or addiction for many!
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Indeed. I was what was termed "wheel happy", drove anything anywhere whenever I could. Bus & Coach driver most of my working life. Having retired, I found that getting the car through an MOT test was going to cost far more than it was worth, I scrapped it, didn't drive anything for a couple of years and so let my licence lapse last year, I felt my eyesight was not really up to it now. I don't go out much, but have my bus pass and can afford a taxi if I need one, and am saving rather than throwing money away in the petrol tank.
 
Lloyd said:
Indeed. I was what was termed "wheel happy", drove anything anywhere whenever I could. Bus & Coach driver most of my working life. Having retired, I found that getting the car through an MOT test was going to cost far more than it was worth, I scrapped it, didn't drive anything for a couple of years and so let my licence lapse last year, I felt my eyesight was not really up to it now. I don't go out much, but have my bus pass and can afford a taxi if I need one, and am saving rather than throwing money away in the petrol tank.
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Good for you!
 
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