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    Paxton Road

    Hi nickcc101, I started working at Kingsbury depot for Shell Mex and BP on July 21st 1969 and finished 24 years later so must have known you, when Shell and BP split up I was put to work for Shell. What year did you leave Kingsbury ? Tony.
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    Paxton Road

    Hi Astonian, I had a brother and a sister, my brother is dead and all the other Courtney family members live in Ireland which is where my dad came from, we never had any other Courtney family members living in England. Anthony.
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    Paxton Road

    Hi David, We were all tanker drivers then, what a coincidence, I don't remember your dad driving tankers, that must have been after I left Paxton Road, what year did he finish driving for Esso. I can remember he used to park his lorry on the waste ground at the top of Paxton Road, that's where...
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    Paxton Road

    Hi David, That's answered my question then, I am 18 years older than you and left Paxton Road in 1960 so I wouldn't remember you as you were only a baby. My mom and dad left there in 1964 to live in a maisonette in Unett Street, Hockley. Where did your family move to after you left Paxton...
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    Paxton Road

    Hi Tattam, Sorry but I don't know your first name so am not sure how old you are, if I knew that I could work out whether or not I remember you, I knew your name had been spelt wrong but had to go along with it so people knew who I was talking about, the last time I saw your dad was around...
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    Paxton Road

    In addition to the names that Comb filter remembers I can add a few more, the Timbrells who I think lived at no. 6, I went to Handsworth New Road School with Horace Timbrell, the Bowskills, David Bowskill emigrated to Canada in the 1960s but has a house in Aldridge and I still meet up with him...
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    Paxton Road

    My name is Tony Courtney and I lived at 1/4 Paxton Road from 1943 until 1960, I also remember the Tathams, the dad Abe Tatham`s wife was always known as the Italian woman, I cant remember her first name. I liked Abe Tatham, he had a Ford V8 car and in 1951 when I was 10 years of age he took me...
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