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    Stechford Area

    Sorry, I have only just picked this up. I did not go to Hudson House, it was my friend Stephanie Dodd - we are still friends over 70 years later!
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    Cockshut Hill School

    Hello Gillty. I have been talking to my best friend Ann Kendrick, she lived in Billingsley Rd I think. She remembers you and said that she has a picture of you taken in her back garden. Do you remember her? She married very young - seventeen as I remember. They stayed together but her husband...
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    Cockshut Hill School

    I went to Cockshut Hill and am still in touch with Pam Wall and Janet McPhail. My brother went there too, Bob Priddey and I am Carol, anyone remember?
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    Stechford Area

    Hudson house school brings back memories my friend went there in the fifties
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    Stechford Area

    Yes those were lovely pictures, I remember them all well. I also remember the train crash about 1960 at Stechford. My parents lived in Church road near to Bordesley Green end.
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    Prefabs

    Anyone remember Boo at Latelow Road Depot or Alum Rock and more?.
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    Prefabs

    Are there any tradesmen around who worked for Birmingham City Housing who remember the dilemmas of working on pre fabs or council house modernisations containing asbestos? I'm interested in the the 60' 70's and 80's. If you have asbestosis like my carpenter husband you may be able to help us.
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    Lyndon Road Sheldon

    Yes you are right. It was not replying to your message - I must have done something wrong.
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Yes, it was above Newbridge road and the row of shops going up the hill. Did you live in Newbridge Road
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    Lyndon Road Sheldon

    Yes, my Dad's taxi service was above Newbridge Road and above the group of shops going up the hill. Did you live in Newbridge Road
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Yes I do remember that shop now, my cousin lived at 40 Patrick Road, and a girl I went to school with called Carol Watterson did too. How things change - and how fast life goes by..
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    I don't remember Mrs Dales shop, whereabouts was it? I left Hobmoor Road in 63 when I got married.
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Whereabouts was the shop? I lived in Partidge Road, then Hobmoor Road until I got married. Went to Cockshut hIll school.. We no longer live in Birmingham either, but do visit quite often.
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Do any of you Brums remember Roy Tedstone - 30 years with Birmingham City Council. Please get in touch if you do.
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Yes, they used to be The Grasshoppers then they changed to the modernaires. I am still in touch with 2 of them
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Yes it was up the hill towards the Old Community Centre.
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Does anyone remember the Old Swan - I used to go dancing there on a Thursday night the Modernaires played there. I used to go with Graeme Edge sometimes - who is still the drummer with the Moody Blues. I used to live in Hobmoor Road by the community centre where my dad ran a taxi service.
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    Wasn't there an accident just there where a bus went into the wall and someone was killed?
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    Church Road, Yardley.

    I knew Tom Sutcliffe very well. I was bridesmaid at his wedding to Sheila Toft. Sadly she has passed away too. He joined the Police with Alan Watson. He was a good friend of my brothers' too, Bob Priddey. He went to Cockshut Hill from 5yrs to 17yrs with Tom.
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