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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    Seems to ring a bell somewhere in the old memory box.
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    Holy Trinity Church Birchfield

    Oh what a shame it was locked, but in this day and age everything is different. It would be wonderful to re-new your wedding vows there. I believe there is a link In here somewhere for the church and what's on. It may be worth having a look. Great to have a drawing done of the church, so...
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    Manor Park School Vicarage Road

    I did 66-68 and Miss Hodgeson also taught me italics. I was so thrilled to have my work displayed on the walls. I used to hate the walk to Aston Park to play hockey in those stupid short skirts we had made in sewing lessons. We left the area in 68 hence my only doing two years there but loved...
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    Holy Trinity Church Birchfield

    A wonderful blast from the past. My brother and I were both christened at Holy Trinity early 60's. Because my gran was church verger and lived opposite the church we as young children got to know every one involved with the cleaning and flowers, we both always wanted to polish the eagle. I...
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    My mom worked at Ansells brewery on Aston Cross at the time we were at Upper Thomas st. I did make a trip back but most of what I remembered was gone. Found Holy Trinity church Birchfield, my nan was verger there for many years, lived in Trinity house right opposite the church in Trinity road...
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    I'm sure I remember the name Cotter, as my brother and I also lived in Upper Sutton street next door to the fish and chip shop. Did your family live in the maisonettes across the road from us, I'm sure my brother Colin has mentioned a Geoffrey Cotter.
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    I was there at the same times as you mention and did a year in the annex in Tower Road.
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    Mr Hoffman, belted me with a ruler around my legs. So after telling my dad that night he went down the school at home time the next night and got hold of Hoffman sat him in a dustbin on one of the posts outside the school. He ran and jumped on a bus so dad followed the bus. Never had any trouble...
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    Yes my brother and I went to Upper Thomas st and I did a year at the annex. I left UTs in 66 and then did two years at Manor Park girls, we left Upper Sutton St in 68 and moved to a village (Warton) outside of Tamworth.
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    Always remember the smell from HP and the giant bottles of sauce we used to have at dinner time lol happy days.
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    Yes I went there, my younger brother was in the infants at the time I was in the annex, we lived in upper Sutton street but I had to walk all the way back to Upper Thomas street to collect my brother never forget the telling off I got when going home and forgetting to pick him up lol We left in...
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    I lived in Upper Sutton street 1/106 next door to the fish and chip shop left in 68
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    Old street pics..

    Wow my nan and granddad lived 145 Heathfield road and later they were vergers of Holy Trinity church where my brother and I were christened. They lived right opposite the church in Trinity house Birchfield road. Think this is Trinity Church.
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