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    Cregoe Street

    Our house wasn’t a back to back, they were owned by the doctor at the top of the road I believe there was an entry with 4 terraced houses each side of it, each had a small garden and where the entry came through there was an area to hang washing and 2 brew houses, each had 2 outside toilets at...
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    Cregoe Street

    Our house wasn’t a back to back, they were owned by the doctor at the top of the road I believe there was an entry with 4 terraced houses each side of it, each had a small garden and where the entry came through there was an area to hang washing and 2 brew houses, each had 2 outside toilets at...
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    Its Banjo's birthday

    Happy Birthday!
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    Cregoe Street

    I have so many happy memories of life in Cregoe Street, our address was B15 Edgbaston, not Ladywood. We didn’t have a lot but what we had was appreciated, family was everything. In our yard were gardens were my grandfather grew carnations and all sorts of flowers. My Uncle Potter (no 7) had an...
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    St Thomas C Of E School Granville Street

    How wonderful! I went there from 1955 till 1961, I loved the school, our teacher was Miss Lester, we moved from Cregoe Street to Hall Green when the houses were due for demolition.
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    St Thomas C Of E School Granville Street

    I attended St Thomas’s and lived in Cregoe Street, it was in Edgbaston, our address was 9 Cregoe Street Edgbaston Bham 15, hope this helps
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    Cregoe Street

    I was born at No.9 Cregoe Street in January 1951, my brother David was born at No 8 Cregoe Street in 1948 at that time my Grandparents lived at No 8, Walter and Ellen Wakelam, my parents Dennis and Barbara Wakelam. My grandmothers sister (Ellen’s sister) Clara and her husband Jack Potter lived...
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