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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Georges blonde locks, all gone now hear been bald for years. Frank is front row far left and Pete was skipper bottom row centre. What about prosser, next to George or Keith Jones or James? Next to me?
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Remember Nobby going away somewhere with the hopes of becoming apprentice jockey
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Can you recognise those three plus Malcolm prosper and Keith Jones? I'm second from right bottom row
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Bish, I lived opposite Nobby Worth, he didnt play out much not into footie. I didn't know there was a youth club in Edmund road. I had some mates from Nansen juniors who went to leigh road but would be a couple of years below you, Peter ball, Frank James, George Taylor. I must go down the...
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Live in Coventry now mate
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Bish, agree about the footie, not like it was. Had some mates who went to Leigh, what year was you born
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Great team Bish, remember watching them as a kid, probably my first experience of decent level football, before being old enough to go to St Andrews in 1958. Where did you live and which school did you attend?
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Bish, Remember playing football with Danny in his back garden, on the patch by the maisonettes, (till Nelly Newbold) chased us off, then it was a trip to Adderley park on my bike with Dan on the back
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Danny was my age, blonde hair. He had older brother and sister, James your age and Margaret married. They moved down from Scotland when Dan's mom died.
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    So funny how coincidence occurs, I have recently formed a small group of gkn ex apprentices, from the mid 60s and strangely enough your dad's name cropped up as one of my ex apprentice pals worked with him at Birwelco......small world. I moved to Coventry after my first marriage broke up in the...
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Ok then that was Harry jnr. The Roses moved to run Perry Common post office, then moved to Sutton where Harry snr became a councillor. Not yet looked at Marsh Hill
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi Phil, where did this lad live, that you went to school with. Marsh hill or Nansen?
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    Saltley & Alum Rock

    Hi, Danny Maguire lived at number 30, not in the maisonettes, great soccer player with the looks of George Best to go with his skill. The only Terry I remember was Terry Chatterley who lived at number 8, ginger haired lad referred to as Chat. Next door at number 10 was the Parties, Donald and...
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