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Tilton Road School

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hi Millie you must have been in A stream to have done dancing as others were not allowed, do you remember Mrs Frankish she took us for needle work and maths her nickname was frankenstien god I hated that woman and the feeling was mutual. Every year I was in top 3 in exams but when it got to 4th year I deliberately talked in the exam to make sure I was not in top 3 as that meant going into her class and when we had her for maths on a monday morning I was always at the doctors with my monthly pains untill doc called for my mom and even after that I used to "wag" off but go in after maths Miss Saunders soon cottoned on. Oh happy days
Jean Nesbitt (was Haines)
The rebel lol
 
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just as I remember it ..thank you also remember the sweet shop on opposite corner
Jean
 
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Yes Jean, now you mention it, I do remember Frankenstein - & the maths on a Monday morning. What a wonderful start to the week! Everybody dreaded it. There was a shop on the opposite corner, I think sold sweets & newspaper, or a general store or something, and a pub on the opposite corner. I remember we used to go to the 'tip' at the end of the road to play, and one time a man was coming over the waste ground & we ran off - I lost my shoe that time, and copped out from my mom for it. Never did find the shoe so she had to buy me some new ones (guess she couldn't really afford it) but needs must.

Lots of my classmates moved to Canada or Australia later on, buy I'm still here, & glad I stayed.

cheers all,
Millie
 
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Hello Millie,
I see that you are tracing the Godson family ? I have a Gt Aunt who married a GEORGE GODSON in 1903..they lived in Northfield during the 1920's/30's....any connection here ????

Margaret.
 
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Hi Skylark,
Nice to hear from you. I've had a quick look at my files & on first glance there doesn't seem to be a direct connection with the Georges in my tree, but there could be something turns up later that connects a bit further back. I don't have all that much on my Godsons - Perhaps we'll be in touch again later on.

all the best,
Millie
 
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Harley .l went to pick up some pics of St Andrews school and lm sure l saw a few pics of classes of tilton rd . l will have a look thru what l have and let you know if l do have any . all the best Deano
 
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Hi deanovilla

I went to Tilton Rd School from 1947 to 1957 are the old school photo's stored anywhere, I am also interested in photo's of St Andrews rd ( Ada Rd ) my husband went there and so did his father he has been trying to obtain the old football team photo's as he remembers seeing his father on them at school they would have been taken in the 20's & 30's I would imagine.

Regards Pat
 
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Hi Pat there were some very old photos there at the school .as soon as l get the photos back off one of the old pupil where borrowed them l will have a look , the pictures at the school were all piled up and just in carrier bags , l did copy a lot of the pics and sell them to some of the old pupils on Friends reunited and gave all the proceeds to the school fund l got about £30 , but lm not asking for a donation now ,
l will have a look and get back to you asap , (Will ring them now , they had them over 18 months )Regards Deano
 
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patb said:
Hi deanovilla

I went to Tilton Rd School from 1947 to 1957 are the old school photo's stored anywhere, I am also interested in photo's of St Andrews rd ( Ada Rd ) my husband went there and so did his father he has been trying to obtain the old football team photo's as he remembers seeing his father on them at school they would have been taken in the 20's & 30's I would imagine.

Regards Pat
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Hi pat
ive got 20 odd photo's of Tilton & Ada Road football teams i showed them all when me Irene Allen done a reunion
Sam H
 
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Can anyone remember TWIGGS paper shop next to Tilton road school, we lived in Tilton road two doors from the school until 1961. does anyone have any pictures of the area around this time? from kathy M
 
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Yes I remember Twiggs well.Both my sisters went to Tilton Road girls school untill 1970.We left Small Heath in 1967.Untill then we lived the other side of Tilton Rd,opposite the entrance to the Blues ground.
 
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keegs said:
Yes I remember Twiggs well.Both my sisters went to Tilton Road girls school untill 1970.We left Small Heath in 1967.Untill then we lived the other side of Tilton Rd,opposite the entrance to the Blues ground.
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Thanks for your reply. do you know of any photos of the area? that would be great. thank you Kathy M
 
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brummie nick said:
I was at school with 'Billy' Twigg, were you related.?

keegs, do you remember the Curtis family? they lived in that area.
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no i'm not related to twiggs we just lived two doors away. do you remember the small shop in Tilton near the Tip called Cleavers they sold sweets etc. Kathy M
 
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No,sorry nick,not Curtis's.Familys near us were Bradbury's,Anderson's,Clarke's,Smith's,Day's,Williams.I was also at school with the son of the landlords of the Royal George pub in Tilton Rd called Peter Bath and Phil Riley who's parents owened the chip shop opposite it in Garrison Lane.
 
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kathy47 said:
Thanks for your reply. do you know of any photos of the area? that would be great. thank you Kathy M
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Kathy if you put Tilton Rd in the search box(top left of page) there are a few nice photo's and loads of info.Best wishes Graham.
 
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keegs said:
Kathy if you put Tilton Rd in the search box(top left of page) there are a few nice photo's and loads of info.Best wishes Graham.
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The photos i have seen are the ones of outside Tilton road school, the assembly hall and the George pub facing Tilton road. Are these the ones you mean. Kathy M
 
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keegs said:
No,sorry nick,not Curtis's.Familys near us were Bradbury's,Anderson's,Clarke's,Smith's,Day's,Williams.I was also at school with the son of the landlords of the Royal George pub in Tilton Rd called Peter Bath and Phil Riley who's parents owened the chip shop opposite it in Garrison Lane.
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you mentioned the chip shop which i had forgotten about. actually my brother used to be friends with their son philip. [we used to call him philip fishshop] Kathy M
 
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kathy47 said:
you mentioned the chip shop which i had forgotten about. actually my brother used to be friends with their son philip. [we used to call him philip fishshop] Kathy M
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[FONT=<b><a href=&quot;javascript://&quot;>Comic Sans MS</a></b>]Yes I knew Philip well.We lost touch when we went to different senior schools[/FONT],then met up again working for Land Rover.When the Chippie closed his mom and dad emigrated to Australia.Philip moved out there 30 years ago.
 
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kathy47 said:
Thanks for your reply. do you know of any photos of the area? that would be great. thank you Kathy M
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Hows this...pretty much as I remember it, but it would have been a 53 bus, not a tram in my day of course.

Where was the chip shop ? Cant for the life of me remember that. I remember Twiggies though, and Gilligans Cafe.
 
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fatfingers said:
Hows this...pretty much as I remember it, but it would have been a 53 bus, not a tram in my day of course.

Where was the chip shop ? Cant for the life of me remember that. I remember Twiggies though, and Gilligans Cafe.
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Thank you so much for the photo. The chip shop as i remember it was owned by a family called the Riley's and opposite the George pub where my mom and dad used to have a drink. many thanks again. Kathy M
 
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The corner shop in the picture then ?

Opposite side of Tilton Rd was what we called a bombuilding round there. I always though bombuilding was what play areas were called when I was little, loads of em around there then, there was another one just behind the George pub as well.
 
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The corner shop as i remember was called either Richards or Richardsons it was a grocers. The fish shop was just a door away in Garrison Lane almost facing the George pub. Again i really appreciate you taking the trouble to send that lovely photo. Kathy M
 
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kathy47 said:
Yes thats the one. I can't thank you enough for these nostalgic pictures. You are my friend for life!!!!! Kathy M
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If its nostalgia your after-heres the Ovaltine version...

Look good an a box of Dairy Milk wouldnt it ?

Notice the name of the corner shop ... L Twigg ! Twiggs I remember was at the other end of little tilton. just past the junior school entrance.
 
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col h said:
If its nostalgia your after-heres the Ovaltine version...

Look good an a box of Dairy Milk wouldnt it ?

Notice the name of the corner shop ... L Twigg ! Twiggs I remember was at the other end of little tilton. just past the junior school entrance.
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Great picture i wouldn't mind that on my wall. We lived two doors away from Twiggs paper shop and i also remember a betting shop next door to Twiggs run by a man i think named Jeff. Kathy M
 
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