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Remember this well, lovely Art Deco shopfront.

Had many a cane when coming back to school after the holidays when Harry Brown the caretaker shopped me to the headmaster (Mr Mullins) for climbing on the roof to retrieve the ball.

Mrs Hawkins shop extreme left. we lived right opposite, but didn't move there until 1938, Cromwell Street school centre, still there.

Thanks Phil, been too long now, probably not much to talk about, I'm keeping very well and travelling about, been up in Scotland recently and going to the Isle of Skye later, hope you are well. not much going on here, so rarely visit, none of the old crowd left apart from our Lyn.

Haven,t seen him for years Phil.

The guy on the left is Danny Reddington, don't know the others, he also had a shop on Warwick Road, good mate of mine, lost touch years ago.

Dave I'm 9th from the guy in uniform, and Brian Hill is 8th, Polhill is on the far left of photo last but one.

Never been fully open since it opened, typical Birmingham council again.

I'm 10th from the left in the 3rd row up, on my left is Brian Hill.

Never had a problem with Win 10 on my HP computer.

Another one gone.

Hello Phil, yes I'm afraid that's right, don't seem to find anything of interest on here lately, all the old regulars no longer post, don't think there's anything new to post about, hope you are keeping well, saw Mike the other week in town, but I was on the bus.

Phil, remember those shops very well, used to buy coconut icing from the sweet shop.

Hello Di, just seen your question, the gold size is only the adhesive in liquid form for the gold to adhere to, gold leaf comes in 2 different sheets, (1) is loose leaf which are sheets loosely held in a book,and applied with a gilders tip, a small flat brush about 3" wide and holding the gold...

Morning everyone, gold size was ,and still is available in 1 hour,3 hour, and 24 hour drying times if you had the time 24 hr was the best, and you left it until it was nearly dry, then you had the best finish on the gold.

I have done lots of gilding, and still do the occasional window.

Gold leaf is applied to gold size. you can get varying degrees of times, so for instance you can get 1, hour,, 3 hou1, or 24 hour, which are the times it takes to go tacky, ie: the time it is right to apply the gold, the longer it takes the better the result.

I wish you guys would get it right, IT'S NOT PAINT, it's real gold leaf, will last a lifetime and more, any gold paint will go black within 6 months.

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Grosvenor St. West.