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hi bikerman,it was known way back when as butchers backslang. my Dad was a butcher i also had a mate who thaught us the bad stuff my dad did,nt i still use it from time to time,i lived in the lea vill age area,just a thought you did,nt know a peter ginifer who lived in bordesley grn...

Hi bwhite,i followed the same track as you . We lived in Cromwell st and emigrated to kelynmead rd off the meadway,went to lea village school, hatty days....dereklcg

Thank Wendy,thats a nice story as well. nice to here from you hope you and your's are well, best wishes Derek xx

I bought my wife's first engagement ring from a little jewelery shop nearly forty years ago. i have just replaced it where else but the jewelery quarter,paid a tenner for it all them years ago. just a little bit dearer this time round. dereklcg

A really nice set of photos ellbrown! a real blast from the past.. dereklcg

Fantastic picture ragga, i used to deliver the papers round there from the shop in lea hall rd, plus i used to help the co-op milkman and the baker over the years, my Mom used to get the bus there at daft o,clock she was a cleaner in brum Mapstones wholesale newspapers. We lived in Kelnmead rd...

Hi Bazz i,m honored, for that. you living as close to locco as you did, to find something new. i can,t remember where i got it, but it is a grt picture. regards Derek.

Hello goitre2002. i can relate to everything you,ve wrote, i started infants there in 1953,and i remember the accident aross the road. sad ,sad day.regards dereklcg

Thanks for that Irene,i did,nt live that far away in Cromwell st,and i also went to Loxton st school. people used to say they were cold damp and the loke but as kids what we know, the bombed out buildings were our play ground,be interesting if you had any old photo,s? besr wishes and thanks Derek.

Hello Irene, I used to work with Tommy Kinkaid, be interesting to know what happened to them, i used to take one of the little lads to a special school on occasion, We used to work at a steel stock holders in Arley rd Saltley,we had some fun even though the big felly was as he...

Hi fatboys 1966 my sisters went to st matthews, Sheila and Beryl Greaves. we lived in cromwell st just by Wimbushes,nr the phone box, happy days.. dereklcg

I,d put one on of my lot, on the beach at brighton, but i,m pickin my nose on it. Regards dereklcg

so so very sorry for your loss. it,s a cruel world we live in sometimes, Trough The Wind and Rain you,ll Never Walk Alone................dereklcg

Re: nechells park rd shops Hello Angela, i,m hopeless with dates,i was in the first year i came from loxton street, Mr Troop was the Head. we had our swimming lessons at nechells baths,i did,nt like the deep end as i could,nt swim at the time, my sister as it goes also went there Sheila...

That's the one phil ,i always though they were possibly rebuilt as they seem a bit out of place with other buildings, as we only lived up the road we used the shop all the time. I also used to go to a tobaconist there to get capston full strenth for billy weir the bookie that was next to our...

Hi Pete i trust you and your's are well? the troch shop, i think you refer to was Eaves,they also made icecream to die for. the shop had a low roof it may have been rebuilt,there was a wallpaper shop, and next door or very near there was a mens taylor,s Burnstein.. there is a pic on...

Was it Mr Collie that took us for tecnical drawing,or did i dream it? i remember Mr Troop scary geezer,and then there was that welsh teacher, he beat me up one day can,t think of his name. dereklcg

Hi ya John nice to here from you, i,ve always thought it could have been the bookies runner for Billy Wier just below us? Derek

I,ve lost the plot Phil i thought that's where we were. (Doh) regards Derek..

What a fantastic website Bill Parker, i remeber Regent Coaches well, i,ve lived in Redditch for 20 odd years. nice to see them again,regards dereklcg.