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    Erdington Children's Cottage Homes Fentham Road

    Hi Debbie, The other group is a private group as there was a problem with people trying join who were not ex ECH children. When were you in the homes please?
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Yes when I left in 1974 it was combined with the boys school and Stockland Green to become comprehensive school then became Josiah Mason 6th Form College in 1983, catering for international students who sometimes boarded at the college as well as with surrounding families for a fee. But it...
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Yes this is the old entrance from Marsh Hill.
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    So sorry you felt like that, I loved the school and enjoyed the teachers in the main. As for Mrs Cockbain I can only speak as I find, she stood up to my bully of a stepfather, threatened him with the police and when I went into a children's home allowed and encouraged staff to support me in ways...
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    Blucher Street

    Many thanks
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    Blucher Street

    oh thank you, picture 1 is the Craven Arms, with the sweet shop next door, on the left of the picture you can just see the R Whites sign for Joe Rann's shop, groceries and sweets, we lived next door to that one . oh my goodness photo number 7 I believe this is my back yard!! the door at the...
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    Blucher Street

    that would be wonderful thank you
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    Blucher Street

    Hi Mikejee, i saw you had posted a close up map of 37 Blucher st, is it possible to give a link to the map so that i can check it out towards the bottom of the road too ? someone is looking for 2 back of 57 blucher st
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Next to red dot miss Head is Mr Slinn who taught Geography... it was him that owned the green Triumph Spitfire
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    this is one of the songs from the EP hope it works...
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    this is panoramic photo of whole school, we had one taken each year not sure if you did ? it shows the staff on the front rows, lets see how many we recognise :)
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Hi I think this photo may have been your time at MHG ? its the cast of 12th Night.
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    I have this record an EP here is a copy of the back cover i have the songs but it is saying I cant upload them on here as file too big … http://www.45cat.com/imageview/11CB7E8F0C9290D1916
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Wow very high class. we had 2 weeks in Aix Les Bains in southern France.... it was lovely improved my oral French no end as most girls were too shy to speak to locals and we congregated at a small cafe in the evenings so the local lads would come in to meet up, I ended up doing most of the...
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Yes samE words but Def different tune
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Hi yes I it was... I rang up some years later and whoever answered the phone explained it had changed to Joseph Mason and although I can't remember her name she had worked on reception at MHG !! And actually remembered me
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    Marsh Hill Girls Grammar Tech School

    Hi I also went to Marsh Hill, from 1967 - 1974 it has been lovely reading through your posts. A couple of things to note, by the time I went there uniform seemed to have been much stricter, summer dresses were pale blue and white stripped with matching fabric buttoned belt and royal blue...
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