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    Loxton Street School

    Hi Graham,i remember you well my name is peter johnson,i remember tommy hopes,john fulwell,alan grainger,colin sprason,pat green,yvonne faulkner,anne bown. i actually bumped into colin sprason in the london area (small world),i did hear that alan grainger had passed away in 2009
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    Loxton Street School

    I was at loxton street from 1957 till it closed,remember the infants and juniors very well.Mr sims was head of junior and infants and Mr Parker head of seniors.I remember Miss Ford with long blonde hair,Mr Hall,Mr Cummings and the fearful Miss Jones.I remember the hut in the playground and the...
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    Loxton Street School

    We called him old jack the ice cream was fab,he live by vauxhall dairy and pushed that truck all the way up to loxton street,he was obviously italian and i can see him now with his cap.
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    Doctors

    Hi,does anyone remember the doctors houses on Ashted Row,Dr Tigh was the first house,it had a large bay window in the gable end.The next house was Dr O'keefe who was our doctor his daughter Eileen became a doctor and joined the practise,she later became Dr Attwood,i remember Dr O'keefe vaguely...
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    Greenway Street, Small Heath

    Does anyone remember the Johnson's who lived in the first house in cattell road on the junction at coventry road,they made spirit levels during and after the war.They were quite a large family,i was born in the house in cattell road in 1952 later when i was older my dad took me to stocktons pie...
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    Loxton Street School

    went to Loxton,infant ,junior and senior school, i started in about 1957 until it closed. I still have memories of the school and the smells. I can see the wooden hut in the playground the kitchens at the bottom of the yard. I remember Mr White, Miss Jones,Miss Ford,Mr Cummings,Harold Martin...
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    The Custard House Blake Lane

    Sorry but Birds was founded by Alfred Bird and was not the same company as Monk and Glass
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    the train tavern..gt lister st

    The atkinson pub was the Junction pub,just down from ashted row,the Train was M and B and was where the Rocket is now [i heard Rocket is no more ]
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