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    Does anyone remember the organ grinder and his monkey

    I worked at Rogers Printers, Aston Road North from 1961, as an apprentice compositor. We were next door to the pub and opposite Startin's car showroom. Up towards Aston Cross and across the road was the TV studio where Crossroads was made, a pawnbroker and a shoe shop. Our factory was demolished...
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    King Charles 1st & Kingstanding Road

    Hello Wally, we lived at 938 Kingstanding Road, (exactly opposite the mound on the service road) and I believe my dad moved into the house when it was built. I grew up there with our kid from 1946 and left when I got married in 1971. There was a substantial fence around the site when we were...
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