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    Porchester Street

    yes i got it, and newtons lived next door, wow we used to go tatting when the houses were being knocked down, i was 10, used to take copper and lead to the scrap yard, in the bottom of my dolls pram hahahaha great years
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    Porchester Street

    we lived at 83 porchester street, the out door on the corner, she used to make penny ice lollys, we used to send her out the back for them and i know its wrong but we use to pinch the toffees, ha ha got caught and had a good hiding marie
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    Porchester arms...

    thank you x
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    Porchester arms...

    yes lyn you are right it was furnace lane , i recognised it at the bottom of the gully in the pic there used to be a green grocers there at the bottom of the street
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    Porchester arms...

    yes thank you lyn . brings back so many memories . marie
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    Porchester arms...

  8. M

    Porchester Street

    got it , the name of the man who owned the wood yard was austin. marie
  9. M

    Porchester Street

    Hi i remember the wood yard on the right picture, forget his name who owned it but George and Rita home lived next door. and the factory in the left picture, we used to jump the roofs as kids, and my brother alfy fell and was hanging from iron bars, if he had of fell he would have gone straight...
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    Porchester arms...

    stars i remmeber a josie gaffney was a friend off my nans
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    Porchester arms...

  12. M

    Porchester arms...

    thanks lyn , i cant seem to find neighbours link
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    Porchester arms...

    Hi dave,cant remember, i can remember the fishers, doodies, lordons, hadley sandra lane, venessa Delaney, picketts, morrises. homers, barretts lived at the back of us. we were at 33 what number did the hudsons live at and can you give me some first names . marie
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    Porchester arms...

    not 100% sure i know we used to cut through there at the back of rita homers house
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    Porchester arms...

    thank you lyn, i dont suppose you know know any one from porchester street, i had a great up bringing there number 83. my dad was always in the porchester arms. and did we have fun the kids today do not know they are born
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