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We were the lucky one Viv, out all day with pur pals and not a care on the world. I kust go and have a look on Google earth as the houses where I grew up are still there, I know the 'entry ' to our house now has a gate, it's possible the snickets have gates but they have to be there.

This is such a good thread, I started at the beginning tonight and got to page 24, so lots more to savour another day. Thanks guys and gals. In Witton, and I guess lots of other districts, there were snickets between two roads and as kids we played tracking and hide and seek in them. They...

We go to Norfolk quite often and there is still a good chip shop on the 'Front'. I think it's called French's.

Was that in Wells Graham? I am a few years older than you youngsters and our chip shop was Redferns', the shop was next to the cycle shop on the corner of Jardine Road and Witton Road. It was the only one in Witton in the 40's. Wonderful chips, responsible no doubt for a few clogged up...

What a cracking photo, who would have thought then that all of that woud be overtaken by a little Lap Top.

The post I wrote was back in 2008, Jean. The photo went when the Forum was hacked.

I often used to say 'Peter will know' when we reached a brick wall in a post on this Forum. I was lucky to meet Peter and Barbara, they were delightful. God Bless you both.

It's hard to think about Rod without recalling his love of this Forum. He would be very happy that you and Hilary were there today Jim. X

Hillie is geat, she had a bath today so I am not top of her list of pals!!

Thank you for the link Jennyann. Also thank you Chris for writing a tribute to an old pal. He was very much respected by everyone on this Forum. I can tell you that Frantic or Fran the Man as Chris alway called him, is very much as he always was, irreverent and cheeky, we swop funnies almost...

I hoped it wasn't true, lots of fond memories. Rod R.I.P. X

I lived in Witton from the 30's and ony ever knew it as Witton circle. Alan do you mean the Billiard Hall when you wrote about a men's club or society. It was almost next door to the Aston in Witton Road.

I've got a 1930's wind up picnic grammaphone and a collection of jazz 78's, very loud but great to hear the bands as they were then.

This picture is of the Witton Methodist Church- courtesy of Roy Hughes - in Wyrely Road/Birch Witton

Glad that the memories of the school are good ones. I was there in the infants and juniors too from '43, the brick shelter we used is now the teachers staff room with the addition of windows. Miss Pinches made the hardiest of us scared but I do remember the lads flicking ink bombs made of...

I have forgotten how to add a script to the photo's, the first is of my sister Jenn and me. The radiator is the first one you see going into school and the one I used to warm my feet and hands, and the group is Charlie and her school pals. Maybe a Mod will attach this to the previous post, thanks.

Sue I have just read your post. I guess boys must have been there if your father was 13/14. Later it was girls only from age 11, and the boys went to Birchfield Road. The photo's I took at the Centenary were lost when the Forum was hacked so I will sort them out and repost. It is such a lovely...

The Post Office was run by the Billing family, a cousin of mine married one of them. By the 50's Ernie Billing had taken over from his mother.

In 2007 Canterbury Road School elebrated its Centenary, my sister and myself went to the celebrations and we decided to walk from the school back along the Broadway and past our old house in Woodall Road. It was packed full of memories, the shops at the part of the road near Davy Road are still...