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  1. frederick

    Petition to recognise Women's Timber Corps & Women's Land Army

    Re: Womens Timber Corps someone else that isan't around to receive a medal for her work during the war my wifes mother she is top row on the right.
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    Parents of our parents.

    my wifes grand parents on her mothers side.
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    Parents of our parents.

    i have fund some photos of my wifes grand parents on her dads side.
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    Garrison Vendetta / Garrison Lane

    many years ago i wotked with a man alot older than me and he was writing a book about the " Garrison Lane Vendetta " his name is was Jimmie Burcket i don't know whether he finished and published the book but he would have known everything about it.
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    Where is This ? 68

    it looks like a trolly bus why does it have a radiator. Fred
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    Parents of our parents.

    my grand parents right and mothers husbands parents on the left
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    Parents of our parents.

    one of them on a beach some were with one of my half brothers :)
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    Parents of our parents.

    and another one of my grand praents
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    Parents of our parents.

    this week is the first time i have seen this photo my grand parents
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    Sparkhill

    i had a cracking suit made at Burton's it was a two tone with very dark green stripes about 1/2 inch wide with a red pasily lining, we were a smart lot.
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    National Assistance

    i remember my dad having food hampers from someone in the R.A.F i think it was one of his officers he was an old recute and he spent his time in Kent on the barage ballons.
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    Castle Vale

    a friend of my farther-in-law lived in one of the blocks of flats i remember going with him to there a couple of times, and i used to work over the road at Pressed Steel Fisher. but befor all that i have been on the runway roller skating getting some practice in there would also be racing cars...
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    National Assistance

    we had a few familiesin our stree that got National Assistance were any of you in this situation i think it was the bigger families i wes an only child so we dident get it and two lads next door they dident get it, whot are your memories.
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    Sparkhill

    hi Ann, i could well have helped the boy while i was looking at the girls i would have picked the girls up no problem. the skating team on the steps bottom row the one in the middle is Les Woodley he was the fastest man in the world on skates and i looked up to him, when we were on the...
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    Sparkhill

    hi gang, WERE ARE THE FUNNY FACES THAT ARE USUALLY TO THE RIGHT. with my swimming my mom said to me have a shower after you have had your swim so that saved me the tin bath by the fire, i would go to Moseley rd baths every day after school and Sparkhill at weekends and holidays. a friend of...
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    Sparkhill

    hi Bob, ho so you lived the same as us then, at last you have put my mind at rest after all this time.
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    Sparkhill

    Newton rd i always thought they were the better houses i envied people that lived up that road.
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    Sparkhill

    hi Bob, the Piccadilly and the Carlton were my favorite cinemas and i used to live at the roller rink i was in the race team there, i would sail my yacht and motor boat at Sparkhill park and i was always at the swimming baths i was a water baby i used to be in the gala every year when i was at...
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    Dog and Doublet, Bodymoor Heath

    we had a friend that was a bit older than us and he worked part time for Avon coaches and he would take people on mystery tours and the Dog was one of them and he would take us lads to the different pubs he went to, and there was one at Appleby Magna the other side of Tamworth. :cool:
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    Catkin

    hi Catkin, you clever girl that poem is very good. Fred
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