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    Air raid shelters

    Yes indeed I was, both Infants and Juniors.
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    Air raid shelters

    Not sure about being better behaved but don’t think we ever went up that way in fact at the time I never realised there was a junior and infant School on the same site.
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    Air raid shelters

    I was born about the same time and also went to Beeches rd senior School but can’t remember the humps of earth I do remember lunchbreak times spent sitting on the playing fields by the huts. Ipads switched to italics and I don’t know why :)
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    Perry Beeches Secondary School

    Went on the Rhyl trip, first time I’d ever eaten in a cafe without my mother especially as it was pie and chips my favourite.
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    RIP JENNYANN

    So sorry to hear RIP.
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    Perry Beeches Secondary School

    Not sure I’d want a lift in his car as one of my friends and class mates used to maintain it for him, good way he had of getting out of class mind you.
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    What do you watch on tv nowadays ?

    Watched Dexter when it first came to the UK, one of the best American series I’ve watched.
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    What do you watch on tv nowadays ?

    In days of old when knights were bold this story told of Lancelot, remember it well.
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    What do you watch on tv nowadays ?

    There’s only one person that I hate watching and he’s usually on three times a week and that’s Piers Morgan. I’ve just spent the last hour shouting at the tv as my Wife prefers ITV‘s morning programs. His personal vendettas and his obsession with talking over any guest he disagrees with is...
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    IT'S LYNS (ASTONESS )BIRTHDAY TO DAY FOLKS.

    Best Wishes and have a great day.
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    What happened to Allenways

    Answered advert for a PSV mechanic back in the late sixties, arrived for arranged interview and told job already gone, never had much time for Allenways after that.
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    Vehicle Registration Numbers

    Always transfer my private plate when changing cars, only way I can remember the reg when buying parking ticket:)
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    Windows 10

    The transfer only works with the iPhone 6s upwards with the 64 bit operating system.
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    Windows 10

    On my third iPad which runs the latest operating system. One reason the older iPads are slower is they use the old 32 bit system processor which wont upgrade past ios 10, later ipads use the 64 bit system processor and are considerably faster.
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    Perry Beeches Secondary School

    David Davies certainly does, my name is Nicholas Cook.
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    Perry Beeches Secondary School

    By the looks of your post I was probably in 1st and 2nd year at the same time as you were, I left in July 1960 at 14, due to my birthday being beginning of September, but went from 2nd to 4th year missing 3rd year completely.
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    Centrebus

    We had many minibuses as well as midi buses down here in Cornwall. They were only used on tendered route’s (council subsidised route’s) and the Drivers paid less than the commercial route’s. The Minibuses were all Mercedes and not a bad motor to drive although the route’s that were hail and...
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    Old birmingham car dealer, evans and kitchen

    When I worked at Ryland Garage in the early sixties we had a new Austin 1100 in with the sump leaking, turned out to be a major job as the casting was porous.
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    Dorrington Road Infant and Junior School

    Miss Kirkham lived on Rocky Lane. I remember living in fear in case she was in her garden whenever we walked past, she also had loads of crocus growing on her lawn, strange how you can remember certain things.
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    Register Office Broad St

    I was so nervous on my Wedding day on Boxing day 1970 at the Registry office that I couldn’t say impediment, took what seemed like forever to say it must have meant something I suppose though it’ll be our 50th anniversary this year.
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