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    old evening mail pics.....

    hello,astoness,great pic,s on page 3, where are those blocks, of flats, do you have any foto,s of the queen in 1940,opening st martins flats in highgate,..or do have a copy from last year, it was in the evening mail,..please...yhe kids playing in the cord yard do you have any info please ..where...
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    Chadaway/Goodchild problem

    Re: Help with Chadaway/Goodchild problem hello,just a shot in the dark..my mom went to sch in brum with a girl called annabella goodchild any relation to you?? ..regards,...christy..
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    Shenley Fields

    hello, robert try her number ok...best wishes...christy..
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    Shenley Fields

    ok i will try, why don,t you bell jill, her number is on page 2 of this thread, i know the time wise as to phoning its 1pm here in brum now, as i do this message,i,ll have to work that out...let me know how you get on ok,...christy..
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    Workhouse Infirmary 99 Dudley Rd 1 Western Road

    hi,guys is there any school registers, of summerhill or shenley fields from. 1915-1930..to look at. your help needed please...cheers..christy.
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    Shenley Fields

    hi,robert.. on page 2, there is jills, number..give her a buzz..or e,mail most librarys, in brum they should help you out.. or try kings norton library..ok..all the best,...christy..
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    Kent Street Baths

    hi,all..here is a foto of kent st baths, afew years ago,..one of the best baths, around..we all went 24/7..to the baths. kent st..my grannys, best friend worked on the front office..[molly may]..happy days,...regards..christy..
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    Alum Rock Road Shops

    hi,everyone, my other half had her photos, taken at alum-rock market with [pat roach] in the late 60s..where would you find a copy of this photo??.please...thanks in advance..regards...christy.
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    Kent Street Baths

    they bring back memories, jean..free-pass,..we always keep loosing ours, swim a lenth to get yours,..it was worse when you left in your back pocket to go swimming, great times,..take care,,,christy,..
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    McGURLEYS in gooch st & VAUGHTON ST

    well,guys, a big thank you to icarus, i have spoken to roger this morning , he was so chuffed to talk about old times, he remembers everyone from highgate, all the names, so i have left my details so we can met up, he talked alot of nelly shannon, i will pm you malta,ok,...thank you all for...
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    McGURLEYS in gooch st & VAUGHTON ST

    lencops & malta,thanks for the info,that is bad news about roger Mcgauley, & your your film malta, i will take a trip back down to highgate, to speak to a girl who worked for the family,she told me roger had 2,children, i may try & find them if poss. or just give up of finding this...
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    McGURLEYS in gooch st & VAUGHTON ST

    HI,GUYS, Mcgurleys had there shop in gooch st in the 60,s, then moved to VAUGHTON ST, facing ST,MARTINS FLATS, in highgate. late 60s & 70s,. do you remember the family, they had 3,shops.. there son was called ROGER, McGURLEY, he was a tall chap,.. he later ran the CARPENTERS,ARMS,[bag of...
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    Roll-of-Honour Boer War link

    hi guys, i need help?. my ggfather was in the 2nd boer war, my father saw his fotos with his medals on at city-hall [belfast] my ggfather was not a regular soldier, my guess is he was in the MILITIA i have been told if they exist the militia papers are in WO96, at [KEW]. i have searched WO97...
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    Carpenters Arms Highgate

    cheers phil, i did not know they renamed the emily arms, to the hideaway. we lived facing the peacock pub manys ago, the land-lady then was a women called betty, her chap called ron or bill, a nice littie pub years ago, i did here it closed because some one turned it into a cannabis factory...
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    Carpenters Arms Highgate

    hi,phil the hideaway, is that the pint pot,..the carpenters arms, i went in there last year to have a look around for memories, it was not like it used to be? a far cry from when it was....times change...regards....christy.
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    Carpenters Arms Highgate

    it is so sad, when you grow up in that area, all the pubs where full of people, everyone knew everyone?. i go down that way now & again its a dead town, you don,t see anyone you knew years, back....sad-times,....regards,...christy...
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    Does anyone have a picture of St Lukes Rd Balsall Heath / Edgbaston?

    hi,guys, this photo of ST LUKES RD was taken a few months, ago. all the flats are coming down, in that area, i was one of the first to move inn there good-times then....cheers....christy.
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    Gangsters BBC Play for Today

    hi,guys, i have the film of the gangsters,made in brum,can any of you help me i am after a film-drama made in st martins flats in 1977-8, its about a soldier hiding out in the flats, it was shown on tele around 1980, is there a tv list of programmes in them years to look through any help would...
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    Kent Street Baths

    gg jean, has dorothy h any photos of kent st baths or film footage, we was there every day in 1970,s,,...cheers.....christy.
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    Carpenters Arms Highgate

    thanks raffles50, st martins youth club, the one in gooch st, i played football when i wake up till i sleeped 24/7, we had penny club there on a friday, then boys brigade there, do you have any photo,s from your days playing at the youth club, my parents played in a match in 1969 againist a lads...
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