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Many thanks maypolebazz; that makes sense

Can anyone help with this detail of my Dad's records. What could be the word after 'Unit: advanced' please

Can anyone help with this detail of my Dad's records. What could be the word after 'Unit: advanced' please?

Fantastic, bring back many memories. My gran lived in one of the houses in the second #202 picture. The one with somebodies' hand shaking something out of the attic window. She died in the mid fifties before this photo was taken. I would spend every Saturday afternoon sat silently on a chair in...

#226 On the far left (down Farm St) you can just see Evans newsagent. The empty space where the cars are parked is the site of St Matthias church, closed in 1948 and subsequently demolished. To the right of that area is St Matthias infant and junior school. (Both my parents went there in the...

Picture #226 that's where I was first stopped by a policeman. He ticked me off for not looking both ways before I crossed the road. I have been a good boy ever since.

Re #218 - I certainly remember the head but don't remember any of the other names, but then I am hopeless at names. I remember my last teacher there - Mr Warriner. At the end of the year he would caution us to remember to close the gates behind us when we went for a walk in the country - many of...

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Just as an aside - this was hanging on the wall in the office of the headmaster of Burbury Street, (name above on autograph book). It is Hope by G F Watts. Quite cheerful for us primary school kids. Its probably what helped me to grow up as such a positive chap. He always said that he chose the...

The north side was the side with Guilford Street, Lennox Street, CV Bull, Sid Lawley's, the fish and chip shop mentioned above, the green grocer/fishmonger on the corner of Wheeler Street (whose name I have just forgotten). The south side (town side) had Hospital Street, the Guilford Arms pub...

Dolly lived about half way between Guildford Street and Lennox Street on the north side; she was always stood at the top of the entry. I think there was a parrot in the window nearby.

Fantastic pictures Lyn; you are right about the Harry Lucas entrance. (My generation of ex pupils prefer to call it Burbury Street School though). Picture #202 4 shows Evans' newsagents on the far right; its where my Dandy, Beano and Eagle came from and later my Woodbines. It is on the south...

Would that be John Crumpton son of John Crumpton and Rebecca Rotton?

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Sorry Michael, I thought I had posted the following earlier but I must have made a mistake.The barracks was Ashted Barracks, here are some links: https://www.vauxhallcivicsociety.org.uk/history/vauxhall-gardens-birmingham/...

That's helpful Michael. My wife was born in Brecon, her great grandfather was a sergeant in the 24th Regiment of foot at Brecon, who were at Rourkes drift. In the article it says they were later to become the South Wales Boarderers, which I knew. What I didn't know is that they were originally a...

That's right cookie. When I was at Birmingham College of Art we often went across and asked to see works which we knew were in the collection. They were always happy to take us down to their enormous store rooms down stairs. They also had at least on large gallery upstairs which was closed and...

Before my time but my sisters went there. I do remember the Lutwyches from Guildford Street

Still is Lyn, he is a member of this forum x