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    Balsall Heath.

    hi peter graham.i remember you ..you had 2 sisters called brenda and maureen .you lived opposite mrs timms shop i believe.......im sandra nee leake and lived just round the corner in conybere st ..
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    Balsall Heath.

    has anyone got a pic of the highgate tavern on the corner of conybere st and moseley road
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    Balsall Heath.

    Gillflower......was your g/grandmother called nurse mantle who lived in belgrave rd.
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    Balsall Heath.

    Has anyone got any pic of sherbourne road and the old school clinic ...
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    Phrase meaning: Back of Rackhams

    i remember the saying "the back of rackhams "...if you went to the back of rackhams you were up to no good ..ladies of the night used to patrol there ...
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    Where is this

    wasnt there a denture repair shop there ??by the bus stop ?
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    Where did you live

    Paul stacey .i lived in marston road on the island up from castle pub no 41.or was it 14 lol.my neighbours were alice and len .....mrs powell. Jean phillips ..the coles family ...i lived there from 1972 till 1979...so i didnt know your sister sorry good to hear about weoley castle though ...
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    Where did you live

    Anne crofts.i saw you lived back of 622 bristol road near the bourn brook..i had a friend called barbara knight who lived back of the bank opposite bournbrook. Ive been searching for her for years ....did you know her.??
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    Where did you live

    Pershore avenue..selly park...sherbourne rd...balsall heath...conybere st..balsall heath...eyton croft...highgate .pencroft rd..shard end...park lane castlevale.....popes lane ...kings norton....marston rd weoley castle....then on to sunny devon .....
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    Doctors

    Does anyone remember doctor ross.his surgery was on moseley road top of balsall heath road ..i remember going there as a child and there was a big poster on the dreary brown wall saying prevention is better than cure............also drs lowry and jones again on moseley rd,top of conybere...
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    Silly Rhymes.

    If you saw an ambulance as kids wed say ............hold your collar never swallow till you see a four legged animal...?????
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    Silly Rhymes.

    My mom told all us kids and grandchildren this one.....ill tell you a story about a snail who jumped in the fire and burned his tail.....the fire was so hot he jumped in the pot.... The pot was so round he jumped on the ground ..the ground was so flat he jumped on the hat ...the hat was so flat...
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    Birmingham Town Hall

    I SAW SLADE ON STAGE AT BHAM TOWN HALL .IN 70s..THEY WERE ON WITH STATUS QUO......WHAT A SHOW THAT WAS ....ALSO SAW GENE VINCENT ...THE EQUALS AND LITTLE RICHARD.......TO NAME A FEW ....
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    The Burma Railway

    I nursed an elderly man .whenever i gave him rice pudding as a sweet dessert he always said ..."thats burma road "..he was a prisoner of war and helped build the railway .he said they were fed on rice .bless him.
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    REMEDIES

    junior aspirins and double e powders.....goose fat on the chest ...bread poultice for ears....mentholatum rub.......
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    Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    hi i was at q.e maternity until 1979.the only name that stays with me is staff nurse foster who delivered my first child in lordswood maternity home.then transferred to q.e. she was the kindest person i have ever met in the nursing trade.there were so many docs and nurses and my memory fails...
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    Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    I WORKED AT Q.E HOSPITAL IN THE 70s.MOSTLY AT THE MATERNITY UNIT..I HAD THE UNFORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE NEW Q.E. WHICH IS AWESOME.. BUT MY DEAR MOM DIED THERE ON TUESDAY 13th JULY 2010.THE FACILITIES ARE VERY GOOD.BUT SOME OF THE YOUNGER NURSES NEED TO BE TUTORED IN GIVING A PATIENT...
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    Walkers Toffee

    does my memory serve me right in saying that there was a filleries toffee factory on springfield or ombersley road.birmingham....in 1960s.i remember you went under the railway bridge over the top of moseley road and turned right ..????
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    Cadbury's Bournville Factory

    Re: Cadbury's Bourneville My uncle worked at cadburys from when he was 14 until he died at 64.we used to love going to thier house as there was always a cupboard full of chocolate of all shapes and sizes.needless to say we were frequent visitors as we always came home with a bagfull.i was only...
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    Balsall Heath.

    Dazzyg .my sister barbara went to school at st albans with joan powers ....i remember nellie selling her flowers by the ramp......does your mom remember the old bag lady selling carrier bags / get yer andy carrier shed shout .where did you live in balsall heath we lived in conybere street
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