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    Grantham Rd Sparkbrook bombings.

    Thank you everyone for your help.
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    Grantham Rd Sparkbrook bombings.

    Dear Astoness, Thank you so much for that information and pics. I will pass it on to other relatives who spent their early life in Grantham Rd.
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    Grantham Rd Sparkbrook bombings.

    Thank you for that information Clive. I was born in 1945 but only lived in Grantham Rd for about 6months before we were moved elsewhere. I just wondered what had happened to those large houses.
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    Grantham Rd Sparkbrook bombings.

    Thank you. My mother lived at 95 Grantham Rd during the war with 14other people so the houses must have been very large Victorian houses. Does anyone know when these houses were war damaged or demolished?
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    Grantham Rd Sparkbrook bombings.

    Does anyone have information on the war bombings in Grantham rd Sparkbrook?
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    Sparkhill Commercial School

    I heard that the dolphin is an intelligent creature and that’s why it was chosen for the school badge. Maybe it was that and the commerce link. Does anyone remember Robert Silk who became an MP? Wonder what happened to him. I would also like details of the reunion in September please.
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    Sparkhill Commercial School

    Hi Christopher I think I am on your reunion list already but I couldn’t go last year. It would be great to attend this year.
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    Sparkhill Commercial School

    Hi Christopher I went to Sparkhill Commercial and have some good memories. The playground was on the roof so we rarely went up there. Playtime was in the yard at the back. It was next to Woollies(now a supermarket). If you were on office duty you had to run errands for the head, Mr Toy. We used...
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