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    Cox Street West - Balsall Heath

    Hi Almostjones. I grew up in Upper Cox Street when I was very young in the 1950s I used to play with a girl called Susan Jones just round the corner in Cox Street West. Fast forward nearly 70 years and I discovered while researching my family tree that her dad Ernest and my mom were cousins, and...
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    Doctor Diery, Balsall Heath Road

    As a little boy back in the fifties our Doctor was in Balsall Heath Road. He was a very genial Irish man called Dr Diery, and you didn't need an appointment. My lasting memory is the packed waiting room with everyone smoking and the air blue with smoke. Then off to Linex chemist's for some pink...
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