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  1. nijinski

    Items that have faded away

    my wife was telling me the other day about the embarrasing time when she was first fitted for a bra because her first bra was a pointed one and it stuck out like a sore thumb.
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    Lenny Henry

    And so it should be. Well deserved lenny.
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    Lenny Henry

    I know lenny is from dudley but I thought i'd mention an artical I read on him. Councillors are bickering over wether he should get the freedom of the town honour or not because they say he hasn't done enough for dudley and the award is usually for officials who have. It seems to me lenny has...
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    Our childhood toys

    I used to play marleys with my mates or conkers or even a game called chopsticks with ice lol sticks. Remember the old pea shooters, we used to make our own with the byro covers, or make catapults with elastic bands. Another game played a lot by the girls was a sorrt of criss cross folded paper...
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    Endowment policies.

    hi astonian, we were with the royal liver the 50s to the end of the 60s. i'd heard our insurance man got sacked for fiddling the books and we didn't use them anymore. must have been catching, they sold up in the end.
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    New Birmingham library plans

    This was the library that was there until the 1970s. And look they what's there now.
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    Endowment policies.

    My parents used to have endowment policies for us kids with royal liver insurance. The endoments were for 5,10 or15 years with them. The insurance man used to sit down to a cup of tea and tell us funny stories jokes and afterwards help me play the piano.a nice man
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    Midland Educational

    . Hi robert, I meant it was around the corner from bull st in corporation st. It was above the ramp to the underpass opp lewis's. Sorry about that I didn't explain it very well
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    Midland Educational

    i had to go to the mid ed for nylon rope for a stool i was making in woodwork at school. i used to go there with the family years later for books for the kids. the mid ed was around the corner from bull st opp lewis's
  10. nijinski

    Ward End Park

    i used to enjoy boating on the lake. why did they stop the boating?
  11. nijinski

    Where is This Schools? #11

    is it shaw hill primary? phil.
  12. nijinski

    Where is This Schools? #11

    or could it be the rosary primary school? phil.
  13. nijinski

    Where is This Schools? #11

    is it nansen primary school? phil.
  14. nijinski

    Where is This Schools? #11

    is it washwood heath.comp phil
  15. nijinski

    Where is This Schools #8

    is it church rd, yardley. phil.
  16. nijinski

    Hurley David and Jane e hurley

    thanks for that mikejee do you know where they were buried. thanks. regards nijinski.
  17. nijinski

    Hurley David and Jane e hurley

    i'm trying to find out where David hurley and Jane e hurley were living in the 1930s. and hopefully where they might be buried.can anyone please help? thank you.
  18. nijinski

    Barn St

    thanks for trying berniew. it was worth a try. we lived in conditions like that in the early 60s, we also had to share the outside loo. when we eventually moved top a semi with inside toilet and bath with running hot water also a garden, we felt we landed in luxury. thanks berniew
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    dads RAF information

    thanks for that information john, I'll do that as soon as i can.
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    dads RAF information

    hello can anyone help me find any information at all on thomas dooley in the raf during the war. he was born in ireland 1917. I think he was a mechanic based in Birmingham. thanks.
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