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Never mind John, we are all getting older. I went to the museum last year, it's very good, if you are interested in engineering you could spend a whole day there. Dave

The top of this page looks like Crufts, I thought I was on the wrong thread. Dave

You're not kidding, 1957 I think was the last time I saw him. Dave

John, Cosworth are a racing car manufacturer, you were at Cosford near Wolverhampton. Dave

Has anybody realised that are about three thread going at the same time concerning the gun sites, garrets green and the Poole way, all have similar interests. I am jumping from one to another to get info. Dave

Phil, I have something for you, about the camp in garrets green lane I have spent a long time searching to try and get info that would put your mind at rest, Go onto gun sites Yardley and then pick up post No 58, leslieG has posted about someone who worked on the 16 tube rocket firing tubes...

Viv, If my memory serves me right, it was the chemist on the left hand corner and access to the other building behind the wall. The only thing is I always knew that as a hedge and not a wall because it was a spooky area and as a 10-12 year old I used to walk down there at night many times and...

I mentioned about a gate at the bottom of the field where Gramp and I used to cross at the back of the farm, I have just been going over the area on Google earth and I notice that there is a path at the side of Tarmac which goes down to the railway and there are three sets of steps up then over...

Right, I have left my sick bed to put many stories right. Just before the last war,1934 to be exact, my grandfather bought 5 new houses in Cooks lane just up from the White Heart where there were two farms on that corner of Cooks lane and Tilecross lane, to get there we used to leave Patrick Rd...

I have more info and will be on the forum tomorrow. Dave

Unfortunately with all the kids that went to that school there are very few who are members of the forum because it is not very well supported. I have put one or two photo's on this thread and there has not been any response from anybody.

Isn't terrible when you look at your previous posts and see the silly spelling mistakes, post 84, I will have to go back to school.

They are on Youtube. What about "Kiss me good night Sgt Major, tuck me up in my little wooden bed, kiss me good night Sgt Major, Sgt Major be a mother to me. I am sure there is more.

I did go to the school on that occasion and the only teacher I saw was Mr George Welford, and I think he may have been the Headmaster then. It was a bit of a dead loss as not many people turned up, the one that did I did not like.

When was the 100 years, because the school was only built in the early 40ties

Phil my farther was ex Royal Field Artillary of 41/2 years. I think they were a mixed bag. Dave

Steve , are you sure these are B'Ham police mounted, take a good look at the badge on the front of the helmet. My Dad used to do the Handsworth flower show where they did allsorts of trick riding and circle of eight at the gallop, junping and picking things at the gallop off the ground. I did...

Astonian, dad broke his leg at the beginning of the war when the horse slipped on the cobbles and he could not get his foot out of the stirups quick enough and the horse fell on his leg. He ended up on the switchbard at Steelhouse lane for a period until it had healed. Dave

Dad is on the right, the picture is not so good due to it being antique brown. This is taken in front of the station at Duke St, the stables behind this building I believe. Dave

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