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Fabulous picture thank you, growing up I lived on Elvetham road, with Bell Barn road just at the bottom, so not far from Five Ways, I remember passing a large and long shop, with big windows, I think sold coats possible clothes, why it stands out is they had a huge bear in the window...

Wow, Wash lane brings back memories, my best school friend lived of Wash lane, we both went to Bierton Road school, my teacher decided she would be a good influence on me, how wise she was, we became best friends and stayed friends long after school, got jobs together holiday's together, I...

Thanks for your memory's it brings back so many feelings of looking forward to a day out with Auntie, but remember more of the lifts and departments told to us by the lift operator, Auntie's legs were a challenge so it did restrict how far we got. However later in my teens out for a evening meal...

Hi good to know, I spent many many hours at the museum, when at school and well after, then taking my own children. I well remember the pre - Raphaelite section, good to know we still have our art. I agree its worth paying to see, glad you enjoyed seeing them again. Good memories.

Hi thanks for that, my Auntie used to take me to Lewis's on a Saturday, we would have a look round then go to the restaurant, there I would have a Knickerbocker glory, as I wasn't very tall it looked huge, but always finished the lot. So many memories, seems people were much nicer then. Happy...

Many thanks heady days long night's what a great life, so much going on, so many places to go, so glad we grew up then, good times.

I remember such a place, not sure it's the same, you went down to what looked like the inside of boat, connection with fishing nets and all things boats and sea, table's with glass bottles with candles always dim lights. I remember it but have no idea where it was. Strange because it sticks in...

I got it, thought it funny x Looking at the history it had many arms, you only know the one you work with, however its got a long and very industrious history leaning more every day...

Thank you for your memory's, Smiths really did make great clocks and all gauges that still stands up today, I often watch Drew Pritchard's Salvage Hunters, he very often comes across large clocks used at a railway station or school, there on the front is Smiths, quality over quantity. I must...

Hi thank you for the link to the Company because I worked on the end product of pressure gauges, for deep sea divers, everything had to be dust free with small air pipes, it was all precision work, the manager was a lovely tall Irish man, a great place to work lovely people nice atmosphere. A...

Hi many memories of most of those you mention above, another mentioned The Swan Yardley, did anyone go to the Bulls Head from the Swan down on the Coventry Rd opposite the Police station, Carl Wayne used to sing there among others. I remember that more because rare as it was our purses and bags...

Sorry no, our street party was of Lee Bank, it was on Elvetham Rd, small Rd Island at the bottom and Bell Barn Rd ran across, we had a tin with chocolates in I believe, shame no pictures took, none I knew of anyway.

Thought I would put the Bierton School scarf, bit moth worn but to those who went to the school it might bring back some memory's.

So sorry no, but think it was Greek.

There was lovely lively cafe down here on the left hand side going down from New Street where my father took me for lunch often as he always used it walking over from Newhall Street and having a good lunch every day. Surface was kept clean and I remember the stamp shop too expensive for me. Some...

An understatement Rosie she was not what you would call friendly, I miss the old market. and the faces you got to know, a great day out and then we went to Druckers for cake and coffee. I still have curtains up I made years ago from the material stall, fabulous bargains great people.

Does anyone remember who my friend and I called Barbara Streisand, in the old market, 1970s 1980s Anyone remember a woman who looked like Barbara Streisand, she had a voice like a fog horn, this would be 1970s 1980s at the old Rag Market. you could hear her booming voice over the crowds, she...

Hi does anyone remember going to St James Church Elvetham Rd, lovely Church I was in the Church Choir, with vestments, it was sadly Decommissioned in 1963 and left to rot for years, then bought in the 2000 and turned into luxury apartments. Its a grade 11 listed building now, but so many happy...

Hi I went to Bierton Rd for a few years we came from Edgbaston, and lived in the Ring off Hobmoor Rd, our Headmistress was Miss Newman, who had a resemblance to Margaret Rutherford, I put my hand up to be a monitor and was told I needed to be of a calmer disposition LOL, for being naughty my...