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Fond memories indeed of the dental service of the time.I am not sure if I went to the Aldridge Rd clinic but I suppose I must have done. I lived in Hawthorn Rd and went to Dulwich Rd Infants and Hawthorn Rd Juniors in the 50's. I remember all the things mentioned, you were pulled into the...

Hello to the Baron, Thanks for your reply on the 6th, it is so long ago but I remember more faces than I can names. Alot of my family worked at Witton. My Father worked in the Process Planning Dept, a cousin of mine,Geoff, worked in the Drawing Office but I think that may have been over...

I served my time at G.E.C. in the 60's and finished up in the New Turbo Shop. Looking back I think I had one of the finest training prorammes that you could get and the Indentures were made up of several large parchment pages written in Roman numerals with large red seals. Produce that at an...

Re: GEC Works Witton I served my time at G.E.C. in the 60's and finished up in the New Turbo Shop. Looking back I think I had one of the finest training programmes that you could get and the Indentures were made up of several large parchment pages written on Roman numerals with large red wax...

I served my time at G.E.C. in Witton during the 60's and can remember going to Erdington Tech on day release. Many of the lads had motor bikes and the staff would allow us to work on them as a class project. In those days in the 350 to 500 cc range the Triumph had the better engine but the...

Hi to Peter Brackley, Sorry for the delay Peter, am just at the end of a tour of duty Off Shore and there isn't a great deal of spare time out here. Very kind of you to reply to my little ramble about school and Hawthorn Road, I have to use I.T. a lot at work but when I get...

Hi Peter, Have just joined this site so I am a little behind with the news. I lived at 75 Hawthorn Rd and I to went to Dulwich Rd infants school and Hawthorn Rd junior school until the family moved to Streetly,Sutton Coldfield when Iwas about 8 years of age (1954/55). One of my first...

Hi Jean, Have just joined up,I lived in Streetly and started my Apprenticeship just about the same time that you began work at G.E.C. Our paths never crossed, I finished my time in the New Turbo Shop and then left to join P&O Lines as an Engineer Officer. I seem to have done things in the...

Hi Brumdelv, I know all of the names that you have mentioned. My Father was Bill Bond and after Mom died he then remarried to Joan Walker which is how I know the Walker family. Sid Walker lived near Banners Gate Junior school and had a son called Robert. Jack owned a hardware...