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big g. sounds about right for this generation..bring back national service .2 years straight out odf school.they will become men .....

hi jean i think if you like your form teacher you do more for them ....i was very lucky with my teachers ..i liked french which stood me in good stead when i was a cook. .worst subject was history ..what was your worst one

hi jean ..we had sadistic trachers who made you redo stuff over and over just to prove a point that THEY were in charge .and being an all girls school it was worse. men teachers did give a little .keep in touch .x

jean loved the pajamas and knickers .i did the same at school and smocking at the front of the p.js.the material was white cotton poplin with tiny spots on ...we did a fashion parade to show our work and my little sister modelled the pjs...good days good memories

i havent yet seen anyone who attended mary street infants school in balsall heath on here ..i started there in 1951.and left for secondary school in 1957..to go to upper highgate school for girls where i finished my education. .....

we lived in hemlingford road kingshurst in a maisonette .in 1970.i stayed 2 yrs my 2 boys started school at yorkswood primary.we left because the one neighbour was violent and threatened people with an axe and i had to pass his door to go down the stairs .needless to say i was terrified when i...

.where was lenards shop dont remember that one was it on the corner ..anyone remember the grocery shop opposite the alms houses in conybere street balsall heath..it was run by polish people called latochek ..they had a daughter called krisia ...i worked in their shop at weekends ...when i was 14...

i must admit most of my sewing is done for other people now but i do enjoy doing it...

oh dear you were really unlucky..we never had anything worth pinching ..

the wellington pub was in hick street.on the corner near belgrave road end there was an off license on the opposite corner as well near st patricks school which is still there .....its not used as a school any more though.your sister in law would have been in first year when i was in 4th...

i was about 7yrs old when we moved into conybere st..there was a cafe on the corner of hick st.which later became billy newbolds betting shop. was mrs timms shop there when you lived in hick st or mrs owens shop further down .the wellington pub on the corner by st patricks school.and hope chapel...

i lived in sherbourne road then conybere street most of my life until the houses were demolished and we moved into eyton croft...highgate just over the road..i went to mary street school and later upper highgate school for girls .when we could afford it we went to the triangle (flea pit).and...

hi mags yes i remember house wifery ,we went to a huge villa in princess road balsall heath ..it was drudgery ..i remember the teenage bedroom ...only teachers pets got to clean that one .but saying that it put me in good stead for my career in hotels and catering ..

i remember making a peg bag .cookery apron ..pajamas and a dress which was my pride and joy.we had fashion shows to show off our work which was fine because it was an all gitls school. upper highgate school for girls birmingh

i left mary street at 11yrs old and went to upperhighgate school for girls and left there at 15 ..

did anyone attend mary street infants school in the 50s in balsall heath birmingham the headmaster was mister mundy..teachers included mr purdon...mr smith mrs black miss laycock.the old caretaker was called may..

the luxor cinema was at the bottom of balsall heath road ..the cinema on the corner of conybere street and gooch street was called the triangle simply because it was shaped like a triangle .we used to call it the flea pit ..it was next to woolworths .

i attended this school with my sisters wendy lorna and jennifer .wendy left in 1959 ...i left in 1961 and the other two sisters left a few years after us..i remember miss robertshaw well .i was scared stiff of her .she often dragged me into her office .because my skirt was too tight or i had...

did anyone attend upper highgate school for girls .highgate birmingham .i left in 1961.our headmistress was miss robertshaw VERY strict disciplinarian .then mrs bamfield ...mrs clelford ..mrs d jones and miss c.jones .mrs blythe ..miss lewis ..what a dedicated lot they were ...anyone remember...