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    King Edwards Grammar School Aston 1883

    I was at KEGS Aston 1968-75. I have very fond memories of Harry Jessop who was a great teacher. Watcyn Thomas was getting a bit old when we were there and none of us realised what a famous rugby player he had been. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcyn_Thomas. Norman Hicks on the back row of...
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    Harvo Malt Bread

    When I was a student I spent 2 summers working at Harvos. It must have been 1974/5 . I'd always liked malt loaf but it was a few years before i could ever eat it again. One job was pushing the dough down into the tins with your fists on a conveyor belt. The tins would get burnt bits stuck to...
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    Erdington Fire Station

    I believe that sometime after the family sold the company in 1977, there was fire at the Summer lane site that ended work there.
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    Sutton Road Erdington: large houses and their residents

    Yes. That's the Normanhurst nursing home. I grew up in Orchard rd opposite and my mum was a nurse at Normanhurst.
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    Yenton Junior School

    I was at Yenton from 1962 to 1967. I think I was in the year below the class in the photos posted by Byscane. I certainly recognise Mr Morgan and some of the pupils look familiar. I'd forgotten about the spooky house on Orphanage rd. I definitely remember Neil Harding I think I have some old...
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    Erdington Fire Station

    I grew up in the 60s/70s just round the corner from Erdington Fire Station and walked past it most days. I remember seeing that stone with the inscription and wondering who all those posh sounding people were. I've only recently discovered that Henry Alexander Sale was my Grandfathers cousin. He...
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