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  1. wendylee

    Saturday jobs

    Reading between the lines you both got more out of your saturday job rather than it just being a job. Lovely story, thanks for sharing it. Wendy
  2. wendylee

    Saturday jobs

    Oh thats it.... I couldn't remember the name! They had 2 salons in Hay Mills a small one coming in from the Swan direction, the main one right in Hay Mills, however , I guess you may already know that, you have a great memory.:) I worked mostly in the larger one but occasionally worked in the...
  3. wendylee

    Saturday jobs

    My first job was age 14 at a hairdressers in Hay Mills, friday nights and saturday mornings, washing hair, folding towels, sweeping up and making cuppa's.
  4. wendylee

    Language

    Haha I agree with you Aussies do rise at the end of a sentence. They also say yeah, nah when they are answering something, I dont know why haha
  5. wendylee

    Sweets We Used To Have

    Lovely after eight mints ...dark chocolate with mint yummm...and still love the Terry's Chocolate Orange .
  6. wendylee

    Sweets We Used To Have

    My dear mum loved the coconut mushrooms :)
  7. wendylee

    Sweets We Used To Have

    Selection Boxes and orange and lemon rounds are a happy memory of my childhood christmas, oh and the oval boxes of dates with the little plastic fork haha, thank you for reminding me ade. Wendy
  8. wendylee

    Lost streets of birmingham

    When I was a kid in the 60's, my dad wouldnt let my sisters and I have bikes...as the roads were too busy :rolleyes:
  9. wendylee

    Sweets We Used To Have

    oooh yes I didnt mind the troach drops ;)
  10. wendylee

    Sweets We Used To Have

    I cant stand pears, fresh, tinned or any way but i always loved pear drops :joy:
  11. wendylee

    Sweets We Used To Have

    Loved acid drops!
  12. wendylee

    Sweets We Used To Have

    Hi Ray, Yes my sisters and I loved Love Hearts as kids, my own children loved them and the grandkids have enjoyed them too :)
  13. wendylee

    Liqourice Root & New Tarmac?

    Liquorice root.. lovely :yum but chewing :eek:tarmac haha, liked the smell of it though .
  14. wendylee

    The Good Earth restaurant Newhall Street

    Thanks for the ad Pedrocut I remember it.
  15. wendylee

    The Good Earth restaurant Newhall Street

    Hi Lemonella, I clearly remember it I worked in the telephone exchange on the opposite corner , I bought a fresh roll and coleslaw there many a lunch time it was delicious.:) Wendy
  16. wendylee

    The Good Earth restaurant Newhall Street

    Me too :)
  17. wendylee

    Ex Pats and Brummies abroad

    I know exactly what you mean my hubby and I both agree the pubs here in Australia sadly lack the atmosphere of the british pubs.
  18. wendylee

    Advertising in the past

    Hi John I still use bovril and ovaltine :) Wendy
  19. wendylee

    A Birmingham Christmas Wish List

    Oooh would love to see the one of Elmdon Park 1963 :)
  20. wendylee

    Church Road, Yardley.

    I have to give directions to my husband by the pubs when I am trying to tell him where something has happened or where he has to go for an appointment etc :rolleyes: he can never remember names of roads.
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