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  1. johnedward

    Winter 1947

    THATS THE YEAR I WAS BORN IN THE SEPTEMBER WHEN WAS ALL THE SNOW THE BEGINING OR THE END OF 1947 JOHN EDWARD
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    A 'brummie' accent will hold you back in life.

    I AM PROUD OF HOW HOW TALK AND SOUND CLOSE ON 59 YEARS OF AGE NOW I AINT GOING TO CHANGE AND I FIND ITS A GOOD TALKING POINT WHEN I MEET ANYONE ELSE WITH THE BRUMMIE ACCENT DOWN HERE IN WALES. AND I CAN SAY THERE OF LOTS OF US ABOUT JOHNEDWARD
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    The VE Day street party

    ATT POSTIE THANK YOU JOHN EDWARD
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    The VE Day street party

    HI GRACE YOU SEEM TO BE ASKING ABOUT ROBIN HOOD ISLAND YES I KNEW IT WELL OPP THE ROBIN HOOD PUB IF ITS STILL THERE AND THE POLICE STATION A RESTURANT NOW I THINK I USED TO CROSS IT ON MY WAY TO CHILCOTE SCHOOL AND ON THE WAY HOME INTO THE SHOP FOR 5 PARK DRIVE OR 5 DOMINO AND 10 MATCHES...
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    PUBS OF MY CHILDHOOD

    HI ROBERT YES IT WAS RUN BY JOHN BATES AND THE CHAP YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT JOHN BOUGHT THE BUSINESS HE USED TO DRIVE A SPORTS CAR SPITFIRE OR THE LIKE HE USED TO CUT MY HAIR FOR MANY YEARS WHEN I WENT TO VISIT MY MOTHER IN WOODCOCK LANE. JOHNEDWARD
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    The VE Day street party

    Re: CORONATION STREET PARTY CAN ANYONE OUT THERE REMEMBER THE CORONATION STREET PARTY I WAS DRESSED UP BY MY MOTHER IN A WHITE SUIT THAT WAS MILES TO BIG STICHED ALL OVER WITH DOZENS OF DEAD MATCHES A RED / WHITE /BLUE /HAT AND A BOARD SAYING STRIKE NO MORE.( THE DEAD MATCHES ) WE HAD A...
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    Off licences Outdoors

    THE OUTDOOR I CAN REMEMBER WAS IN LAKEY LANE IN HALL GREEN ON THE ROW OF SHOPS BY THE FISH CHIP SHOP AND THE HARDWARE STORE IT HAD A SPECIAL NAME THAT I CAN'T THINK OF. BUT IT WAS A M&B RUN PLACE . I USED TO TAKE A SCREW TOP BOTTLE OR A CORONA BOTTLE FOR DADS TAKE AWAY I WAS AGED ABOUT 8 OR 9...
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    PUBS OF MY CHILDHOOD

    MY RECOLLECTIONS OF FIRST PUBS WAS THE GOSPEL OAK IN HALL GREEN AND THE BOOKIES RUNNER I USED TO TAKE DADS BET DOWN TO THIS MAN IN A BIG OVERCOAT AND A TRILBY HAT JUST INSIDE THE DOOR TO THE SMOKE ROOM DADS BETTING NAME WAS BUSH 102 ( BUSHELL 102 ARKLELY RD ) ITS LIKE THE CO OP DIVI NUMBER I...
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    First Job

    YES I REMEMBER MY FIRST JOB IT WAS DAWS THE FISHMONGERS ON WARWICK ROAD IN ACOCKS GREEN .THE BUILDINGS HAVE LONG GONE . BUT I CAN REMEMBER , CLEANING OUT FISH , CHICKENS , RABBITS ETC. AND HAVING A BOWL OF WARM WATER TO WARM MY HANDS AFTER SERVING THE FISH FROM ALL THAT COLD ICE AND THEN HAVING...
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    CHILCOTE PRIMARY 1958

    HI FERGIE JUST REMEMBERED BOWEN COURT JOHNEDWARD
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    CHILCOTE PRIMARY 1958

    HI FERGIE WHEN I LIVED IN BRUM I SUPPORTED MOSELEY RUGBY CLUB I USED TO LIVE JUST OF WAKE GREEN GREEN ON THE NEW ESTATE IN THE TALL BLOCK OF FLATS OULSNAM COURT?? I THINK IT WAS A LOT OF YEARS AGO SO I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THE NAME. THEN DOWN TO THE WAGON AND HORSES JUST DOWN THE ROAD OF...
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    CHILCOTE PRIMARY 1958

    HI MY NAME IS JOHN BUSHELL AND ALONG WITH OTHERS FROM PITMASTON SCHOOL BECAME THE FIRST PUPILS IN CHILCOTE I THINK AROUND 1957 / 58 / 59 THE HEAD WAS A MR DAVIES AND I THINK OUR FIRST TEACHER WAS MR HUMPHRIES CAN ANYONE REMEMBER. MY E MAIL IS [email protected] I NOW LIVE IN SWANSEA AND...
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    Water : Birmingham's water supply

    Hi Peter Ref water supply from the Elan Valley now living in wales means a trip there is only an hour and half away. It’s a fantastic place to visit for scenery/wildlife/etc there is a museum and there are some good websites with the history on. As a child I was amazed by the model in Cannon...
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    Telephone Dialing Systems Exchange codes

    HI PETER ACOcks Green SOLihull SPRingfield come to mind. JOHN EDWARD
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    ABC Minors !!

    HI ROD THANKS FOR THE BADGE I WISHED I STILL HAD MINE I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE MINORS I SEEMED TO THINK YOU WENT ON TO JOIN ANOTHER CLUB STILL ON A SATURDAY BUT IT STARTED AFTER THE MINORS.HAPPY DAYS JOHN EDWARD
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    ABC Minors !!

    I CAN'T REMBEMBER WHAT ROAD IT WAS ON THE CORNER OF IT WAS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD I CAN REMEMBER ATCO MOWERS THEN A PUB HOUSES THEN SHOPS THERE WAS A PUBLIC LOO THEN MORE SHOPS THEN THE PICTURES AS FAR AS I KNOW IT BECAME ANOTHER SUPERMARKET SITE THE SAME AS THE RIALTO A BIT FURTHER...
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    ABC Minors !!

    YES THE ABC MINORS AT THE ROBIN HOOD CINEMA ON STRATFORD ROAD IN HALL GREEN FLASH GORDEN ETC IN A BIG CLIFF HANGER BUT THE NEXT WEEK IT WAS ANOTHER FILM SO WE NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. JOHN EDWARD SWANSEA EX BRUMMIE
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    Phipps from Birmingham

    HI I KNEW A ROY PHIPPS WHO LIVED IN PASSEY ROAD MOSELEY HE HAD A BROTHER KEN AND HIS FATHER USED TO HAVE THE LITTLE WOODSHOP ON THE BRIDGE IN WOODCOCK LANE ACOCKS GREEN THE LAST I HEARD ROY WAS AN AA PATROL MAN IN STOURBRIDGE. JOHNEDWARD SWANSEA
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    PUBS OF MY CHILDHOOD

    HELLO FERGIE AND ELIZIBETH1 I WAS BORN IN ARKLEY ROAD BACK IN 1947 AND ATTENDED PITMASTON JUNIORS THEN TO CHILCOTE SCHOOL PERHAPS BEFORE YOU TIMES. BUT ALL THE PUBS ARE WELL NOTED THE DISCO IN THE GOSPEL OAK THE DOLPHIN I KNOW IS NO MORE ITS A LIDL OR ALDI .IN ARKLEY ROAD I LIVED AT 102 NEXT...
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