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Me too. I hadn't realised the pace of the lessons until I was moved out of 1A and experienced life in the slow lane. History and languages did me in, I think. Not that I was all that ready for life in the fast lane.

I remember Mr Riggall (Wriggle, of course) as I did A level Chemistry, he of the trousers which never quite met the tops of his socks. I spent a number of lunchtimes in the prep room washing test tubes for them when they were inbetween hiring assistants. I liked the view out of the window and...

I tried the start conversation which said that I culdn't initiate a conversation with you for some reason. I'll try again in a while.

Thanks for the photo. The only pictures I have of school are from the old newspaper article earlier in this thread. I remember the box that contained the radioactive sources and was duly impressed when it was opened. A couple of us had watches which sent the Geiger Counter crazy. I also remember...

Thanks for this. I've tried for a long time to get hold of a photograph of the school for my, informal, memoirs. Any more out there?

I remember the 151st cubs, joining in 1959/60. I can still picture the hall with its small rooms around the outside where we went for badge training. There was an all-pervading smell of coffee, but I was never offered one! I left as a sixer in 1963 when I turned 11 and always regretted not going...

There is a strong St Peter's College forum group on Facebook for anyone interested. It is called the Old Salts' Association and is run by John Hyslop. The annual reunions are well attended.

Does Roger have an email? I'd like to say hello to him after all these years. His mom was in our house every day for a cup of tea and a chat, so we were close as families. The last time I saw his mother was many years after my parents left Birmingham, and she was invited to my Aunt and Uncle's...

Dad got another job after Birwelco moved to Halesowen and the Aston factory closed, but then that place closed too. Andrea's husband, David Brookes, worked at the Jag but left after some argument or other. Which meant they were both out of work at the same time, so they sold up and bought a shop...

I thought it funny that I recognised the name Harry. Makes sense now. Thanks for your help. It's good to get in touch and share memories like this. I lost touch with a lot of people when mom and dad went to Somerset. They went when I was living in Argentina, so when I got back my wife and I...

Do you follow the Marsh Hill Boys strand here?

Harry Rose's son. He was the same age as me and we went to Nansen Road Primary

Hi Graham. Yes, Harry Rose. I think his car was pretty flashy. Do you remember the lad's name that I used to go to school with? I remember being in his front room with him telling ghost stories of spirits coming out of the wall to grab you. I didn't lean against a wall for years afterwards...

I remember it breaking. I also remember it being hidden in his piano before someone locked it and 'mislaid' the key. I did enjoy his Geography lessons although he was a bit daunting at times. I remember being in the sixth form after not seeing him for a while. For some reason I can no longer...

We used to play with some children from the flats when we went down there. I seem to remember going round the back of the flats to the right to play. Those were on the even-numbered side of the road. I remember the Maguire names although I couldn't put a face to them after this time. I went to...

Hi Wendy. Good to hear from you. I remember those days well, especially since I started writing my memoirs for my grandchildren. I never moved to Somerset with Andrea and my parents, but stayed in the Birmingham area for my job as a teacher. I tried to get a teaching post down there, but no luck...

Which side of the road was that on, the odd-numbered side or the even? We used to play marbles on the square in front of the maisonettes, the only bit of grass around. When we played on the low wall by the street we would get the inevitable, "Go play down your own end." Fond memories.

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Yes that's the house. They had been partially rebuilt a number of years ago as an upgrade to the area, although we did add a bathroom to the house in the 60's, where the outside toilet and coal house were. My parents moved out at the start of the 70's to a house on Alum Rock, although they then...

Hi Lyn. It was 42 Reginald Road. Always good to see relevant photographs to pass on to my grandchildren.