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West Midlands Living Memories
Paperback
£14
Stourbridge Living Memories
Paperback
£13
Wolverhampton Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Allesley
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We moved into Earlsdon from Wales in 1965 and stayed with my aunty who lived in Belvedere Road. Such a big house with three floors and close to the Spencer Park tennis courts as I recall. The bus used to stop right outside the front door (no 1 in those days) and take us into town and park at Broadgate. We'd... [more]
Shared on 14 August 2009
I remember the strange triangular shaped building where my Mum and I used to walk down the back, down the cobbled road to Fishy Moores. We used to have to join the queue outside until the lady on the door called us in when there was a table free. There was a section up on raised platform inside, and I used... [more]
Shared on 30 April 2007
We used to stay one week each summer with my mother's aunt and we would be taken to see the sights of Coventry. I remember so well going into the ruined cathedral and feeling a sense of awe and that it was still a place of worship, albeit open-air. I think it was because the original aisles were still in place... [more]
Shared on 28 June 2006
Elmdon Airport during the war years 1940-
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This is not my memory but my mother's. My mother was stationed at Elmdon during the war. She joined the Women's Mechanized Transport Corp (Army) at age 17. She came from a rather influential family Dick and Jeanne Robinson. She was eager to join and serve. She has told me numerous tales of how she would get rides in... [more]
Shared on 26 July 2008
Extracts From Allesley & West Midlands books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Allesley, inspired by Frith photos.
Sutton Coldfield - A History & Celebration
In the early 1960s there was not only the development of Sutton College, but a new Petty Sessional Court House and Divisional Police Headquarters were also completed. Up until then the police headquarters had been in Station Street, where they had once formed part of a public house. Earl Jellicoe opened the new fire station in 1963. It provided a drill ground, hose drying and drill tower, garages, workshops, space... [more]
This is an extract from Sutton Coldfield - A History & Celebration.
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Sutton Coldfield - A History & Celebration
Just down the road from the 1881 cemetery is the Good Hope Hospital. Originally Sutton was served by a cottage hospital that was opened in 1907 but, despite being extended in 1911, it could not cope with the demands that were being placed on it. Sutton was growing and the need for another general hospital to serve the district was also growing. It was suggested that as a house... [more]
This is an extract from Sutton Coldfield - A History & Celebration.
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Sutton Coldfield - A History & Celebration
The Second World War broke out in 1939 and the Park again played its part when tank testing took place there; a Civil Defence camp was built near Powell's Pool; German and Italian prisoners of war were interned near Longmoor Pool and some heathland was cultivated near Streetly, all in aid of the war effort.
This is an extract from Sutton Coldfield - A History & Celebration.
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