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I went to Whitchurch Grammar School as a boarder and we went to church every Sunday in crocodile fashion. We all put one penny in the collection! On Saturdays we went to Woolworths, the best shop -and bought licorice comfits for sixpence a quarter and an aero bar for sixpence also. There was a cafe in Green End which had a jukebox. Tab Hunter was popular - also the song "Who will be my Jimmy unknown?" but I can't remember the singer. There was a pub in the High Street called the Red Cow (I think) but we weren't allowed in - too young. There was a shop in Green End also which sold fireworks and I stole some but was caught and caned at school. My first girlfriend there was Judy Bond and the headmaster was called Mr.Youatt (Tate). We also had a gardener at the school called Ned and he wore bracelets under his knees to hold his trousers up.

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A memory of Whitchurch in Shropshire shared on Monday, 8th August 2011.

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RE: RE: Whitchurch

I went to WGS too, leaving in 1949...I remember 'Tate' - young face, bald head! Left 5, Brownlow Street 1953 to join army. Visit every few weeks, as my sister still lives there in Dodington. I've lived in Coventry since 1959. Do you still live in Whitchurch? The 'Red Cow' pub is in Pepper Street off High Stret, near the 'Anchor' pub....that's if they're not now closed. Fulgoni's cafe was in High Street. Can you remember Holland's chip shop in Green End? Wagstaffe & Woolem greengrocers, Thorleys butchers? R.D. Edwards cafe was in High Street. Whitchurch was a 'one horse town' when I left in 1953...still is, but has a special place in my heart...& I was born in Liverpool!

Comment from Jimmy Wilson on Monday, 13th February 2012.

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