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    Pinfold House Mansfield Road Yardley

    In reply to the last post the source of my infomation was from one of the garage owners who had a premises on the site. As for the neibourhood watch I left there 12 years ago so it may have demised after I left. The story about the sailing ship timber beams came from the site History of...
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    Watsonia sidecars

    Hi All, I was born in Albion Road, Greet. The front door of the house we lived in was right oppsite the watsonian Sidecar company. I remember in the 50s (I am 62 years old) meeting some of the top riders of the day John Surtees, Stirling Moss I know he drove cars. They also built motorbikes and...
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    Pinfold House Mansfield Road Yardley

    I used to live in Mansfield Road, I lived there for 14 years and I knew the last owner quite well. We use to have our neighbourhood watch meetings in Pinfold House and what a beautiful house it is inside. Some of the timbers used inside were taken from sailing ships. The buildings which used to...
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