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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family . If you send me your e.mail address I will send you the picture.Mine is chrisdfacer@btopenworld.com.
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    The Birmid

    Hi,I started work at Birmetals in 1961 as a Commercial Apprentice in the office block.After passing my exams at Chance Tech.College and Wednesbury College I had a difference of opinion with Capt.Harrison and transferred to the Inspection department.I was checking helicopter blades,uranium pile...
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    Nonsuch Farm

    Hi,Is this any better.I've put it onto the sanner the right way this time.
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    Nonsuch Farm

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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family Paul, Yes he was.The other shops in Bartley Green were Moss's the post office,Hudson's owned by Brian Hudson,and Andrews shop.The boy Price lived along"the buildings"opposite the bungalow shop [owned by Phillpots] on Stonehouse Lane.Roy Windsor still...
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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family Hi, Just found this picture [circa 1954]of the choir at St Michaels church,it shows Mr Gurney[the vicar] and also Malcolm Cutler,the older brother of David Cutler.
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    Nonsuch Farm

    Hi, Any pictures that I have sent are available to be used by anyone.If I can I will have a look through thse that I have in store but my father,when he was alive he took photo's of eveything,and when he died in 1991 most of his pictures and negatives were destroyed.I will try to get a picture...
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    Nonsuch Farm

    Hi, a picture of Nonsuch Farm taken about 1955/58 from my fathers bedroom window in Stonehouse Grove.It is a colour transparency and a little on the dark side.
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    Weoley Cinema

    Tried a couple of times,if still no good could possibly send direct to you,if within rules of site.
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    Weoley Cinema

    Hi,these are not very big but they are the only ones that I have.My brother has supplied the newspaper cuttings,as he kept them as a memento from when he used to help out as a projectionist.My mother,as in previous e-mail worked at the cinema as a projectionist for many years.
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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family Maureen, Not too sure about where this was taken,I know the cafe was between the school and the bus shelter where the no.12 terminus was opposite Hudson's shop.It used to cost me a 1p [old money] return from Stonehouse Grove to the...
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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family Hi Maureen, Here are the 2 pictures,hope you receive them ok.The school one is from about 1950/51 when I attended the old St Michaels school that was on the other side of the playground attached to the church.Some names are missing as...
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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family Hi,Hve spoken to my brother [who is 79 years old] and has a better memory than I have.Kirks Farm was in Genners Lane not Scotland Lane [my mistake] behind the old junior school opposite Atholl house farm,by what was called the Bog Hole.I notice on the...
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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family I was about 9/10 years of age when we moved from the old school up to the one in Field Lane,and can remember walking down Field Lane in procession behind Miss T and the vicar [Rev.Gurney] to services held in the old St Michaels church. Mr Moss ran the...
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    Cutler Family Bartley Green-schools-

    Re: Bartley Green-schools-cutler Family No,I did not staret school until 1960,but I remember Mr Gurney.I have a picture of him with the choir.I also have a picture from Penny Kirk [she had an older brother Stuart ]who's dad owned Kirks Farm,of me and my class circa 1961.She lives in Essex...
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    Austin In Ww2

    Hi,my dad worked all through the war in West works as a panel beater.His job was classed as a "Reserved Occupation" as he was working on the bodies of fighter planes.To do "his bit" he joined the home guard so he not only worked at the Austin but watched for German bombers at night trying to...
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    Weoley Cinema

    Hi, I remember the Wob fleapit very well.The manager was a Mr Barnet [1950 1960] and my mother used to work there as a projectionist working alongside a Lenny Hill.I used to get in by my mom opening the side door and going up and through the "box" [projection room] and the down onto the...
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    Nonsuch Farm

    Hi,I used to live in Stonehouse Grove and used to play in the fields belonging to Nonsuch Farm.M y older brother Len [now 78]was friends with one of the Thatchers.There used to be "mounds" not far from the farm that were the left over spoils from where the canal had caved in and had to be dug out.
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