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    Mansel Road, St Benedicts Road & Whitmore Road 1960-1969

    Hi Acklam. Our family were in the process of leaving when the builders had just started to modernise the old club. We lived in the house that was next to the club and we were able to access the club side door via our back yard. Though we were only there for a short time I made friends with a...
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    Mansel Road, St Benedicts Road & Whitmore Road 1960-1969

    Hello Acklam. We lived at number 326 St Benedicts Rd (I think I remember the number!) I run around with Christopher Shelley who lived near by, he had a sister called Vivienne. My parents run the Bordesley Labour Club during the time we lived in Whitmore Rd. I think we may have bumped into each...
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    Mansel Road, St Benedicts Road & Whitmore Road 1960-1969

    Incidentally when we lived there it was in the house beside the club, they were in the process of starting to build the new club when we left.......... I also remember there was a cafe for motor bikers (Hells Angels?) on the Coventry Road just around the corner from the Whitmore Road.
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    Mansel Road, St Benedicts Road & Whitmore Road 1960-1969

    My parents William and Evelyn Redmond run the club for about two years from 1967-1969 before moving the whole family back to NI where they were originally from...... I remember the snooker tables ......... If I remember correctly about 4? I used to play on them when the club closed in the...
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    Mansel Road, St Benedicts Road & Whitmore Road 1960-1969

    If anyone went to the school or lived in Whitmore Road, off the Coventry Road drop me a line. Ta! To add a little more detail...... I lived at the top of St Benedicts Road near St Benedicts CofE Church and used to run around with Christopher Shelley. Our family moved to Whitmore Road around 1967...
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