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  1. Jeannie

    Shoes

    We called those metal tips, fairy segs, no idea why but I loved that noise they made, perhaps that’s why I loved tap dancing, thanks for the memories
  2. Jeannie

    Shoes

  3. Jeannie

    Flower Sellers

    I remember buying my mum 4 large chrysanthemum blooms every month for 10 Bob from the sellers, buying 6 was more than I could afford from my Wages ,but she loved them
  4. Jeannie

    Alum Rock Road Shops

    I always remember Wonderful Woolies at Alum Rock, mum let me go on the 55 bus to buy all my Christmas gifts from there , Handerchieves for uncles, bath cubes for my aunts
  5. Jeannie

    Birmingham Cinemas

    Spent most of my Saturday mornings at the Beaufort as a child , cheering on the goodies and hissing at the baddies with a few sweets,then again in my early teenage years, mostly in the back row ,thanks for the photo it bought back many memories
  6. Jeannie

    Birmingham Cinemas

  7. Jeannie

    Bromford Bridge/Hodge Hill

    I was at Hodge Hill County modern school from 1959-1963 I remember being in the playground and watching all the cars,some posh others not so arriving for a days horse racing on what is now the estate ,or was when I left Brum in 1969
  8. Jeannie

    Scouts Cubs Boys Brigade Girl Guides Brownies

    I was a 9 year old Brownie when I went to the jamboree at Sutton park, what amazing memories I still have autographs from people around the world who were there then, I belonged to 231st Brownie group that was held at Stetchford Road school , not sure if that’s still Castle Brom or Ward End , I...
  9. Jeannie

    Prefabs

    I’m sure my Aunt used to live in a Prefab in Shady Lane back in the 50’s I used to think it was so posh when we visited her except when the metal doors banged shut ,
  10. Jeannie

    Prefabs

  11. Jeannie

    Harvo Malt Bread

    Thanks for the memory , we’ve always called malt bread Harvo for as long as I remember, now I know why, thanks again
  12. Jeannie

    Hodge Hill county modern school in the 60’s

    The mixed comprehensive , I left at age 15 in 1963
  13. Jeannie

    Hodge Hill county modern school in the 60’s

    It’s now called Hodge Hill College and on Bromfprd Road, Hodge Hill
  14. Jeannie

    Hodge Hill county modern school in the 60’s

    I was there from 1959 - 1963 ,
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