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I was born in 1960 in Great Barr but moved to Dawlish Rd in 1964 until 1968 with my elder brother Brian. My mother, Irene, ran the shop and my father Dennis worked at GEC Witton. I went to Tiverton Rd School and we lived in the 'Mace' ...Read more

A memory of Selly Oak in 1965 by Paul Day

I moved to Kinver St at about the age of 2, was adopted by Stan Weston, a glass blower, at the age of five. Spent many happy days playing on Fox Hill even remember the cut being dredged and we used to get the coal that was dumped ...Read more

A memory of Kingswinford by Ray Weston

Omg, I remember so many of you. I started at Love Lane in 1965 and left in 1970. I was friends with Susan Harvey, Carol Head, Jackie Kirk, Karen Harman, Barbara Cox, Lesley Davidson, Libby Campbell, June Tyler, Liz Knapp, ...Read more

A memory of Aveley in 1965 by Christine Brown

I was born in Herts Hill. Holly Hall 64 years ago in a house on the main road next door but one to the Doctors, the doctors name was Dr. McCormack. Opposite was a pub called The Stag. My father and his brothers had ...Read more

A memory of Brierley Hill by Christine Turner

I was born in blandford in 1943 and lived there for the next 14 years,,, I remember my dad coming home from the war,,, my mother and I lived with my dads folks who were caretakers at the grammer school at blandford while my dad was ...Read more

A memory of Blandford Camp in 1953 by David [ Dusty] Miller

I lived in Station Road no 24 i had the Surname Sheppard back then i moved to the area back in 1964 or thereabouts,went to Leeson's Hill primary school my neighbours to the right were the Sturge family i cannot remember ...Read more

A memory of St Mary Cray in 1964 by Phil Hill

The year i started school at st Gabriels. I remember being carried up the hill by my mother and being met at the school entrance by Miss Cleary! She was a rather fat lady dressed all in brown and wearing a brown cardigan. ...Read more

A memory of Castleton in 1951 by David Brierley

I was born in 1939. I knew a girl who lived on Harborne Park Road next to the gully. My brother and I used to catch the bus on Harborne Park Road to go to Bournville School. My mother used to buy rabbits to ...Read more

A memory of Harborne by Cynthia Portas

My Grandparents ran the Alexandra Park Tavern before and during the second world war, they were Kath and Albert Allan. I was born in Nov. 1941 in Winchmore Hill and was taken back to live in the pub. There was ...Read more

A memory of Wood Green in 1941 by Angela Scott

I remember going to Alma Road school back in the early fifties when they still gave you a good hiding with a cane if you got into trouble. We changed schools to the new Secondary School in Bexley Lane when it first ...Read more

A memory of Sidcup by Gerry Horn