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Hi BG. I can only assume that you were at GD between 1963 and 1968, or 1970 if you knew Rudi. Did you do the sixth form. If you did your name would appear on the attached list. Could I ask you what your name is.

We were at GD for the same years - I was there 1963 to 1970. Did you do sixth form? I do not recall your name and you probably don't recall mine.

What years were you at GD???

I do not know what his illness was but I learned of it in January 2021. Attach is a URL for his funeral and tribute https://rudolph-smith.muchloved.com

Here is a picture of the stamp shop when it was the Norfolk Stamp shop. When my late father bought the business he changed the name to the West End Stamp Co. The name was continued by Simon Collyer when he bought the business in the 1970"s.

In the event you have not heard Rudi Smith passed away about a month ago.

Did you know a Brian Adams when you were at the college???

That chap was my late father.

I do recall the two large detached houses and was somewhat friendly with the son of the owners of one of the houses. This was probably back in the early 1960's, 60 years ago. I believe the boys name was Seth Martin. Have been living in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada since 1973. Last time...

Hi Selly Oak Boy. I lived on Weoley Park Road between 1952 and 1973, next door on the west side of the college. To the best of my recollection the photo is correct for the Westhill College that was on Weoley Park Road. Used to walk past the college every morning going to school between 1958 and...

Here is a winter scene of the long back gardens for house numbers 45 and above.

Came across this photo showing the front of the college facing Weoley Park Road as I remember it in the 1960's and early 1970's. The tall tree visible above the roof of the college was the tree in my parents' back garden at 45 Weoley Park Road.

Who did you buy your stamps from back in Brum.

No. I am living now in Nova Scotia. Moved out of Nfld in 2004. May I ask who is asking.

An amusing quote: How to become a Stamp Dealer. First buy a bag of marbles. Then, when you buy a collection, leave a marble. When you've lost all your marbles, you are a stamp dealer.

I also had swimming lessons at Tiverton Road. I remember when my mother picked me up after class one night in 1963, she told me that President Kennedy had been assassinated. I also had lessons at Moseley Road Baths, and was involved with the Bournville Aquamarines. Fond memories.

I went to Bournville Primary and junior schools between 1957 and 1963, and then went to George Dixon Grammar School. Fond memories of those years. The smell of chocolate.

Between the end of exams and the end of the school year several of us in the upper sixth in 1970 went on a road trip to see Hair in London. The numbers and names circled in yellow was Digby Emson's way of keeping track of who was going and who had paid. Mills first name may be Karl as mentioned...

Hi Steve; I cannot confirm that the first name of Mills was Robert or not. Maybe David Hart or Paul Wolf can help as they were in the science sixth with him.

I was on the Arts side so I did not do the sciences like you. Attached is a list of students complied by Digby Emson which shows who was in the upper sixth and lower sixth in 1970.