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    Bracebridge Street

    Yes definitely bracebridge street as pic num 10 shows 174 and 176 my parents bought 174 around 1955-56 we were very lucky we had a bathroom built on from the kitchen when they bought it which was very rare in them days ,I remember my mum telling me the people they bought it from the husband was...
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    Sweets We Used To Have

    I remember in the late 60s having gob stoppers they were massive and thinking back must have been very dangerous for children for choking they changed colours and lasted for ages also the packs of golden tobacco brown shreds of coconut that really did look like tabacco but were delicious also...
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    We use to go to the locarno in the 70s it was the main club to go to .I remember calling it grab a granny night as I was only 17 and anyone over 25 was classed as old ! Those were the times when men or boys came over and ask you for the last dance nearly everyone was guaranteed a dance and a...
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    St Chads Schools

    I went to the infant school around 1964 then onto the junior school by the st Chad's cathedral.i remember some of the classes in the junior school were taken in portable cabins in the playground.i remember in the infants a row of children including me getting a ruler across our hands for being...
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    Bracebridge Street

    Hi Dave I am new to this site I am sure my mum was best friends with your mum.my mum was called ruby Roger's and she lived at 174 bracebridge st and your mum used to babysit my 2 elder brothers around 1957she also gave us your old toys I remember one was a game I think called climb Everest which...
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