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I always wanted to be a nurse .but my dreams were shattered when i was told to leave school at 15 "and start earning some money to put in the house keeping " you did as you were told in those days .so i ended up working in an office .boring or what but i did meet my best friend and dance partner...

hi .i had my first son in lordswood maternity home in 1965.i beleive its been demolished for some time now.ill never forget that experience. there were twin irish nurses on delivery room that night .i really thought i was hallucinating ..must have been the gas and air they shoved on you .lolxx...

I seem to recall greyish color on top darkish blue at bottom but it is a long time ago, lol

me again meaty if youve any pics of the girls in their teens would you post one on so i can copy it onto my file .i havent even got a school foto ..we were too poor to afford them lol .

hi meaty66.what a name lol......well what a small world....billy booth used to clean our windows....i believe he had a sister called alice clarke .who lived in highgate street.she had daughters called sandra .who had bright red hair and corinne who was blonde..she was a right laugh was...

Hi meaty 66.hope ive got this in the right place..i knew a family of booths who lived in sherborne rd..i went to school at upper highgate girls school with irene booth .and her sister maureen..i think their father was called billy.he was a window cleaner..where did they live in conybere st ??we...

hi stitcher.the rainbow casino was still there last year...my son worked there for a while......

hi jill i read you went to school on moseley road ..was it upper highgate girls school.?i went there and also mary street school.i left the girls school in 1961/62..miss robertshaw was the head mistress. would be good to hear from any of the girls who went there .my maiden name was leake....

i used to freqent the west end ballroom ...live groups .emile ford and the checkmates .freddie and the dreamers..shane fenton now know as alvin stardust..mike sheridan and the nightriders. carl wayne to name a few and the sprung dance floor made you dance without trying .fabulous times...

hi lyn blimey good question..im going back.nearly fifty years .for some reason john bright street came to mind but im not sure...(senile dementia setting in lol)...yes it was definately john bright street i just looked it up lol

i used to go to the b.a.i.when i was at school in the 50s. anyone know if the building is still there ....

What can i add to the above posts .well. I moved from birmingham to mortehoe .the little village at the top of the hill from woolacombe .in 1979.to help run rockham bay hotel..the beaches are still fantastic marine drive is where all the courting couples went after "the marisco".disco...we lived...

I saw lots of live bands at the town hall in the 60s......equals...slade status quo.gene vincent.little richard...to name a few......there werent many of those old fold up chairs left standing after a quo gig lol...i sang in the school choir there too i remember the song called the...

i gave my granddaughter a sewing box complete with corking "dolly".i had to stop and think how to start off but we soon got going .shes aiming to make a circular rug.....we used to spend hours with old wool unravelled from jumpers bought at jumble sales .boys did corking as well as girls and...

they were pikelets when i was a kid now they call them crumpets ..i wonder who changed the name and why

Hi.i stay at a hotel in poole bank southcrest. Redditch .it was a quality inn but has since changed its name ..the hotel was the private family home of the needle makers ..they have a print out at reception .their fone no is 01527541511. Hope this helps...

Mary street infants and upper highgate secondary modern girls school ....chandos road .....main street...infants.

Re: Kunzell Cakes Oh yes !!!!!!!!!!! Kunzle cakes .couldnt very often afford them .but on birthday etc we went to the kardoma coffee shop along colmore row (i think ).and workmates used to buy them too ..so yummy.and sickly ......

Hi shelagh.i can remember my mom telling me that a bomb hit the bsa works trapping a lot of people under the rubble who couldnt be got out and it was sealed as a grave for the poor unfortunate who were entombed......

Hi .betty.i used to go to the brum beat cavern on summerlane in early sixties,...walls dripping wet....fantastic atmosphere...does anyone remember a girl called "tex"..she used to do a sort of war dance .....???