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    Weoley Castle - Alwold Road

    Unfortunately those of us who live a long way away, cannot easily visit. They should be encouraged to digitalise further the collection of documents and photos. Paul W
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    Weoley Castle - Alwold Road

    About The Square I just had to try. After making a bold statement in a recent post (re: Princethorpe Road School) I had a go at recalling all the shops on Weoley Castle Square in the fifties and sixties. I did surprisingly well. The shops on Beckbury Road were my greatest challenge. They were...
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    Princethorpe Road School Weoley Castle

    Correction to my post of the 9 July: I did a little more research about the shops on The Square and noticed that our Sweet Shop (also a source of fags and fireworks) was run in the 1950s by Mr FAUX (not as I previously spelled his name). Of interest, I happened across the attached Lost Relatives...
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    Princethorpe Road School Weoley Castle

    Princethorpe Road School in the 1950s What a great place to learn and develop. Princethorpe Road School was perfectly located to provide for a mixed catchment that brought children together from the large council housing estate and the several areas of owner-occupied dwellings that surrounded...
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    Princethorpe Road School Weoley Castle

    Hi Derek I've just come across this thread after several years of not visiting the Forum. I hope you may still be visiting it, post-Covid. As a fellow former member of the 'gang' that lived around the grassed areas at the junction of Ilmington Road and Ackleton Grove during the 50s and 60s, I...
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