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Historic maps of Dorridge and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Dorridge maps
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Pickerings Antique Shop
I have lived in Knowle for most of my life,I went to Knowle School before Arden School was built. The Rev. Sharpe was the vicar and took us for history lessons about the church. I also learnt to play the piano with Miss Muriel Mawbey in her studio situated in an old bungalow type building at the back of Chester House Antiques. There was an old petrol pump at the back of Chester House and a yard where the GPO vans would park. The scout and guide hut was just along the road behind Salmons shoe shop. There was an old air raid shelter in the corner of Pickerings Field. Lots of memories too many for here.
Knowle Window Cleaners
My Mother, brother and I arrived in the Knowle and Dorridge area about 1941, being evacuated from London during World War Two.My Father had remained in London,. At first we were billeted in a large house opposite the Dorridge Cricket Ground, the owner of the house was very nice. Later we were moved to a large house in Temple Road Dorridge, the name of the house was Selborne. I attended school at an emergency school (no other school being available) in a hall attached to the church of St George in Station Road Dorridge, Mr Doyle being the head teacher and Miss Vaughan looking after the infants class. I attended that school until the age of 14 years when I left to enter the working world, after one year I joined my Father at his work, my Father had joined us in 1943.
My Father and I were window cleaners in Knowle for a number of years. Every Saturday afternoon after finishing at Dorridge we would walk to Knowle pushing... Read more
Shirley Baptist Church
I attended Shirley Baptist Church from around 1962 until about 1968. I was about 11 when I started and 17 when I left to go to Yardley Wood Baptist Church. I found the church services boring and dull but I joined the Girls Brigade and got many badges and played the trumpet in the parades. I also attended the youth club on Friday evenings. But the best was the Sunday night youth group that took place after the evening service. Many of the youth who were older than me were fine Christians (including my sister Janet) and were excellent role models. I became a Christian myself during an Easter Baptismal service when I was 15. After badgering Mr Keeble (the minister) every week I was finally baptised the following Easter along with my friend Pauline, her Mum and other adults. I remember grinning from ear to ear as I felt so happy and knew that God loved me and I was now his child. After church Sunday evenings we went... Read more
Wiseacre Croft And Area
I remember the Co-op milk and bread deliveries and also the laundry being sent off, mainly the sheets and towels as we had no washing machine or central heating so washing and drying was a problem especially in the winter. The river Cole would flood the back garden regularly. I also rememember the Co-op shops, butcher and grocery shop in Baldwins Lane and walking there regularly. Later my mother and I would walk into Solihull to shop at Sainsbury which was in Mell Square at the time and then walk back again to Wiseacre Croft. I went to Peterbrook School and the Headmaster, Mr Hughes, lived in the old Priory in Priory Road. There were stables on the corner of Aquaduct Road and the High Street and the horses grazed in the fields up to the canal, before the new houses were built. We also had the man who was the Milk Tray man in the advert living locally. The underpass under the railway bridge on Colebrook Road was not... Read more
My Year in England as A French Assistant Malvern Hall
This is the street I used to go to the station.
My School.
This is the school I taught in from September 1967 to July 1968.
Schooldays
I attended Malvern Hall or Solihull High School for Girls as it was known at the time from 1962-1967. I loved the old part of the school and the imposing staircase which I never got to use as I left after my 'O' levels and it was for staff and sixth formers only. I also have an abiding memory of the cellars, which were strictly out of bounds of course! Happy days spent in wonderful surroundings.
