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    Granville Street Ladywood

    I presume thats where the name came from for the Follett Osler School
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    Ford Street Hockley

    Here is Eric's version he painted for me. When we lived there the lamp post was in front of our house not over the road as shown on the original picture.
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    Ford Street Hockley

    No not me sorry
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    Ford Street Hockley

    I still keep in contact with Sheila. This is me and your mom dancing at Sheila's 21st
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    Ford Street Hockley

    Hi Mike, I was your mom's friend. You can see a lady on the doorstep then just down from her you can see a little shop which was No 10 Ford Street, your nans house was just up an entry at the side of No 11
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    Birmingham Town Hall

    The day the music died 3/2/1959
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    Bill Dargue

    I met Bill when we were on the same course 'Rewriting the History of Birmingham' I still have copies of his work from that time.
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    MARY ANN HILL BORN TIPTON 1876

    Try this site its really helpful for the black country ancestors. https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/
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    Family Myth

    Have you got Vesta's birth certificate?
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    All Saints Church Winson Green

    All Saints School/Church would be classed as Hockley and not Winson Green
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    Charlotte Hobson aka Cynthia

    Im sorry to say that Cynthia who you may remember and often turned up to the meets, sadly passed away last weekend. RIP Cynthia.
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    Enid Goodwin Dance School Perry Barr

    It was certainly a different quick step style to what I had learned at Nineveh Road
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    THE WINTERS OF 47 AND 63

    Yes I think they would cope, probably moan about it but didnt we all
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    Microsoft Edge

    Jukebox, thank you so much. I have gone through all the apps that mention Microsoft edge and changed default to Chrome, so fingers crossed it has worked. I will let you know.
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    Microsoft Edge

    Yes I use Chrome -
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    Microsoft Edge

    Whenever I open my laptop its Google which I like, but then it starts reverting to Microsoft Edge which I dont like so I reopen Google to use, but the same thing happens again. Can Microsoft Edge be uninstalled or is there any other way I can bypass it. (Windows 11) Thanks
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    GET WELL SOON ERIC....(cookie273uk)

    Get well soon Eric
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    Groups We Have Seen Live

    I watch Jools Holland and thought Andy Fairweather Lowe looked like Phil Collins. I remember seeing him a few years ago with Eric Clapton at the ICC
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    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    My Uncle worked there
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    Charles Arthur Street school Nechells

    Whats CA School
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