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    Onion Fair

    Hi all i am born and bred in Clifton Road Aston and i was that excited when the Onion Fair came to Aston watching the caravans coming up Park Road and i remember the Wall of Death and the smell of the fuel in the motorbikes best of all was watching your candyfloss being prepared going round in...
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    Tower Road Aston B6

    Hi Larry Byrne i was born and bred in Clifton Road and went to Upper Thomas Street School they were hard times but we all made good you are in Perth Australia and so is my daughter Jenny she is in Clarkson been there for 7 years she loves it there myself and the wife have been there 3 times its...
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    Hi there are you David Nutt i think you had a brother and did you move to Aus and Kath is my older sister my mom and dad have passed years ago i now live in Sutton Coldfield they were hard days but we did alright you OK mate and where do you live now . Raz x
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    Severn Trent Water

    Any members worked there
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    Does anyone remember a PT teacher named Mr Clarke , really fit chap , it was about 1964 and he took on the best swimmer in the school Stephen Newton well he had no chance Stephen beat him , he wasn't so cocky after that. Every time the sun came out Mr Clarke would be out there on a chair at UTS...
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    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Myself and my mate Colin (RIP) would have a drink in town , then make our way over to the Grapes pub where we would meet up with 2 cracking girls Jackie and Jane , then it was over to Rebeccas to drink and dance the night away, never did get to know their surnames both of them from Shirley...
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    Upper Thomas Street School Aston

    I was at UTS from 1957 till 1967 it was a great school , best teacher in the juniors was Miss Foulkes she was brill and Mr Evans Art Teacher in the seniors. I lived at 32 Clifton Road with my mom and dad and brothers and sisters, we were all poor in them days but we did alright Raz x
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    Victoria Road Aston

    I was born and bred in Clifton Road and lived there until 1970. The chemist you are talking about was Buckinghams.
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