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Hi Phil great photo.
would i be right in saying that's st Mathews in the foreground?
Grt lester st and my st ,Cromwell st across the road from that?
happy days.. Derek.
MY DAD WAS A BUTCHER BY TRADE,
THEY USED TO SPEAK WHAT WAS CALLED BUTCHERS BACK-SLANG,
IF THEY,D GET SOME OLD DEAR UM-IN AND R-IN,THEY WOULD USE IT.
WOC GIP AND SOME TIMES STRONGER..HAPPY DAYS DON,T KNOW IF THE STILL USE IT.
dereklcg
very well done to all that said minehead.
but GG jean has got it right,it is indeed our resident diplomat Alf..
well done you always say jean you never win so congrats..
Derek
Just thought i,d try something a bit different.
As aposed to where's this how about who,s this?
the person on the right,famous the world over.
dereklcg
i lived in cromwell st and our doctor was in the same area
a dr topin...it seem as if they were in the same area, till the health centre was built down the road..happy days dereklcg
So so sorry to here about Peter, he was a very nice bloke,
it used to amaze me of the traveling he used to do to meet up with all.
RIP mate condolences to his family.
through the wind and rain you,ll never walk alone..
fond memories Derek
I had a paper round in lea hall road beals shop.
Then i used to help the co-op milkman met hin in eddies cafe
ray chatterley nice big jolly chap,
then i helped our baker wilsons mothers pride,(derek taylor)
and then i worked with a lad at school we used to drive a horse and...
could,nt resist it.
we were in York railway museum a couple of weeks ago,
used to train spot off the wall in melvina rd, went to locko, lived in Cromwell st.
happy days..dereklcg