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    Harborne

    Hi Mike Still has some nice properties along there many have been upgraded over the years I used to deliver papers along there and Lordswood road area and most of Harborne for various newsagents in the 60s . I lived in Wentworth Road up until I got married in 1974 . Harborne has changed so...
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    Cardinal Newman

    You may or may not remember my sister who also attended Cardinal Newman her name was then Susan Mullen she was in 4th year when I started there in 1964.
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    Uncle Holly at Lewis's

    Yes Uncle Holly remember him well we used to get an uncle holly badge too wore it with pride as a kid, good times Happy memories of the Christmas season and all it held as a young child growing up .
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    Cardinal Newman

    Anybody have any idea what year Cardinal Newman Secondary Modern school Bearwood was demolished I left there in 1968 I very much enjoyed my schooling there Mr Hunt was the Headmaster at the time but I was quite surprised on a visit to the area a while back to see it had been replaced with a...
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    Leighton House School - Harborne

    Hi I used to live a few doors away from Leighton house School it was sited on the corner of Wentworth road and Ravenhurst road it was a large castellated Sandstone type of building as a kid it always looked spooky to me it had some small doors on the Ravenhurst Road side it was left empty for a...
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    Wrensons shops

    Yes I remember Wrensons grocery store I used to have to take my mums order book a black book with a slightly sunken window on the cover that displayed the name and address also remember John Favours grocery store on the corner of Ravenhurst Road and the High st opposite corner was the Dower...
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    Harborne

    Morgan’s was the name of that sweet shop used it many times as a kid and later as I was growing up I used to buy loose cigarettes from there Mr Morgan was a very short man sometimes you could not see him behind the counter . I also noticed Mrs Kirby’s dress shop over the road my mum would buy...
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