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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
Garretts Green is a district, so what is the name on the nameplate when I uncover it.
Remembering no matter how they approached the HGV Testing Station they would have to use this once track
Phil
Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
ladylinda
Yes it would be Garretts Green Lane, I think you should share the kudos with astoness as she did most of the legwork, according to a later photo supposedly taken from the same spot. It was opposite where Garretts Green Technical College now stands.
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
O.K. Jean you were the first to mention test station, so you can have some points. Although I will point out that the test station was only a side issue. Anyway its Granby Avenue, if you went to Bannerly Rd you would only get strange looks from the Bakers.
Did you never have to take your horse box for an M.O.T. or was it under 3.5 ton u.v.w.
Phil
Did you never have to take your horse box for an M.O.T. or was it under 3.5 ton u.v.w.
Phil
It was an attempt at humour but obviously an inept one...to just type a few words and make contact. Wasted seemingly, on you anyway. You have to remember that many on here have contributed over a long period both in type, picture and on going financial contributions. We have come to know each other. I know that you can not match the first two.
Rupert, in my vocabulary "daft" is about as high a compliment as I can pay. If you only knew me you'd realise that what you wrote could have been uttered by me.
Years ago, my then 7 year old son and his pal were in our garden, playing on their BMX bikes, leaping off a ramp made from the lid off the rabbit hutch.
Without invitation I joined in, using an old bicycle which had a wicker basket suspended from the handlebars. I hit the ramp rather faster than was appropriate, flew some distance and landed hard with the saddle awry and the wicker basket over my head...in the rose bed.
My lad's pal's sole comment was "Ain't your Dad daft, Al?"
I was delighted!
Rupert if, in trying to pay you a compliment and aknowledge your joke, I've offended you please believe that was never my intention.
As it is obvious that I have, I apologise unreservedly and sincerely.
Ian
Years ago, my then 7 year old son and his pal were in our garden, playing on their BMX bikes, leaping off a ramp made from the lid off the rabbit hutch.
Without invitation I joined in, using an old bicycle which had a wicker basket suspended from the handlebars. I hit the ramp rather faster than was appropriate, flew some distance and landed hard with the saddle awry and the wicker basket over my head...in the rose bed.
My lad's pal's sole comment was "Ain't your Dad daft, Al?"
I was delighted!
Rupert if, in trying to pay you a compliment and aknowledge your joke, I've offended you please believe that was never my intention.
As it is obvious that I have, I apologise unreservedly and sincerely.
Ian
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colin walker
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im thought that was known as donkeys hollow phil
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colin walker
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I always will postie i just remember this place i played there before the factories were built and the only thing there was the hgv testing centre
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Phil
Gone, but not forgotten.
I always thought Donkey's Hollow was at the back of Cannon Hill Park off Moor Green Lane. I suppose each area has its own little grassy dells known as Donkeys Hollow.
Phil