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  1. richardinwales

    Ogwen Cottage Mountain School, Bethesda

    I never went on a camp as such but there was an 'Expedition Club' in School so there were trips mostly to Snowdnia and one or two to the Brecon Beacons. Did anybody here go on an Outward Bound course at Ogwen Cottage which was for a number of years owned and run by brum council...
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    A 1950s Childhood: From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping

    I've just finished this book and its an easy read, learnt nothing new but it did jog my memory with many happy events coming to mind https://www.amazon.co.uk/1950s-Childhood-Baths-Bread-Dripping/dp/0752450115?fbclid=IwAR269NYphZ62_B5eAgYs6MO0YkySij-94uOwDML_jmJKPTdRarCQnvk-cOk Mine is the...
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    Ariel photographs

    Sorry if this has been linked before https://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/en/search?keywords=birmingham&country=global&year=all
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    An History Of Birmingham : William Hutton 1783

    https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13926 free and legal download
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    Selly Oak Boys' School

    I was there 1966-1971, did any other members attend during/before/after ?
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    The Rego Twin

    My dad 'Tiny' Baker was one half of the Rego Twins and was active on stage/panto in the forties and fifties and worked the clubs solo in the sixties https://images.birminghamhistory.co.uk/coppermine/displayimage.php?pid=1948
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    Chandos Road

    I went to Chandos Road and still remember the painting of St. George hanging in the main hall. What happened to the painting?
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    Baker Richard Bissell Street

    I know nothing of my grand father, is there anything available regarding military records for him? From the CWG site In Memory of Private RICHARD BAKER 9326, "A" Coy. 14th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment...
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