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  1. johneboy

    Marsh Hill Boys Grammar Tech School

    I was at Marsh Hill 1970 -78. I have many happy memories ,but I also recall the darker bullying culture that many of us endured from the ridiculous prefect, senior prefect and head boy structure that existed there. However, the one stand out personality I remember ( for all the wrong reasons)was...
  2. johneboy

    Station Road Erdington

    HI Gyrleah . I think Mr Whites first name was Walter , although he was known to one and all as "Beck" . He once told me he acquired this nickname because as a baby he was said to look like Joe Beckett ( apparently a famous boxer at the time). Mr Whites half brother, Frank ( Metcalf and...
  3. johneboy

    Station Road Erdington

    I clearly recall many of the shops on Station Road as outlined on this thread. My family lived just around the corner in New Street and I worked as the Saturday Boy at Mr Whites Greengrocers at 16 Station Road between 1972 and 1978. Locals knew the shop because of the large wooden banana that...
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