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    Smethwick

    Hello Bootneck, Yes, Wills Street. When I was a lad, we lived in a terraced house in Grove Lane between Woodland St and Unett St, opposite GKN St George's Works. Our houses were demolished in 1969 (when I was 14) and we moved to the new estate on corner of Cape Hill and Raglan Road (just...
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    Smethwick

    I remember Spud Taylor's history lessons - he was fond of using the pump (footwear) to whack people as I recall. I think we used to get him telling us war stories to distract him from the (far less interesting) history lessons (hope I'm not thinking of the wrong teacher!) I stsrted at Holly...
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    Smethwick

    Next to the Grove cinema going towards Birmingham was a newsagents, then a chemist, then the chippy, then the bike shop on the corner. Major Nichols's bike shop was on the corner of Raglan Rd/Durban Rd near Cape Junior school. The bike shop on Dudley Rd was run by different people (I remember...
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