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I worked for them in the 60s when they were just baragwanaths, learned to drive a thames trader there.

fox and goose

I was there 1955- 1966 sister attracta was the head mistress in 55, also had two brothers patrick and peter in higher years and a sister name margaret a year lower dek you must have lived by gerald sharkey

no, i went to st vincents

when we lived there it was the evans family next to the snooker hall, miss rowe was the sweet shop, the little shop next to our opening was owned by a woman named joan you would often see carrying accumalators wich i think she used to charge and above her shop was bud and peter wallace (peter...

that first house is where i used to live, with the big opening on the side

found this old book while clearing a house in kingshurst, its from geach street 1938

boarded up, i lived over the road in 311 hospital st

watery lane

it was a convalescent home my brother patrick coley was there in the 50s

drat and my names j coley

the avenue pub closed down on 4th january and is no longer a pub, still waiting to see what its going to be

saltley viaduct

Re: Coley

hi john the first lorry i drove was for baragwanath in the late sixties, loading potatoes from moor street (never had a licence in those days)

looks like the last chance lichfield rd

hi dek that would be teresa the ice cream lady,funny you saying that because our mum used to send us to mass every sunday with pennies for the plate wich we kept and spent on ice cream after mass, by the way one my brothers used to walk down vauxhall road with an old suitcase swapping comics,we...

hi dek the shop was known as dades we too had a slate there, glad you mentioned the outdoor been trying for ages to remember where it was, always remember the aroma of cigars and beer in there and mr rose with his walrus type moustache smoking a fat cigar

hi dek not sure on that one, the place was winding down when we we lived there in the late 50s

hi dek that was guys i think it was a storage depot for their beer,they also had a small outdoor in newdegate street where we used to buy small bottles of ginger beer