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    Summer Lane School

    Hello Celia, I think I remember Joe Jinks was he at Summer Lane School around 1959 - 1963 and did he move to Pope Hayes area..
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    Thomas Elvins New Street Birmingham 1781

    Elvins in Naden Road, Handsworth, was my first job in 1962 at the age of 14 after leaving Summer Lane School. We were kind of was asked to respond to the owners as Mr. Tom or Mr. John. I was in the costing office run by Mr. Bertie (who I thought was quite old at the time) Looking back it was a...
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    Summer Lane School

    Hello John, Gill Walters was in my class (Mr. Creasy was our teacher)
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    Summer Lane School

    Hello, Miss Savage was the arts teacher when I was in year 4.1 and gave great advice!.
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    Summer Lane School

    Hello, Did your dad have a sister named Carol (she was in my class)
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    Summer Lane School

    Hello, I used to be pals with a David Smith during that time, he eventually moved to Hall Green and married an Italian girl.
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    Summer Lane School

    That’s a great photo of my old school that I attended 1959-1963. It’s the front view from Summer Lane and me and a couple of friends once climbed onto that roof. I lived in Tower Street and walked down Hospital Street and after passing Brearley Street entered through the back entrance of the...
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    Summer Lane School

    Mr. Barter (Maths), Mr. Creasy English (my form teacher years 1.1 to 4.1 1959-1963 when I left to start to work at the age of 14) Mr. Edwards P.E.
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    Summer Lane School

    Hello Gill, I also went to Summer Lane School during those years and my form teacher was Mr. Creasy. Mr. Reese was also my science teacher and Mr. Byron (who also taught boxing). Great times at Summer Lane School with lots of good memories, school friends and not so good ones, Trevor, Ron...
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    Summer Lane School

    Hello John, I was in the same class as Gill and our form teacher was Mr. Creasy. Think Gill had a good friend Gillian Freer who I bumped into in the early eighties. Great memories of Summer Lane School at the age of 11 - 14 when I left to start work!. Colin Bache (top of class, table tennis...
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    Tower Street Newtown

    Hello Astoness, I was born and raised in Tower Street, Hockley, 1948, until we left (due to demolition of the back to back houses) in the very late fifties, then moved to Perry Barr, where we had one indoor toilet apposed to an outdoor toilet shared between 3 families, a bathroom apposed to a...
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