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Tarka Jay

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Looking for My Old School
« on: July 31, 2019, 06:11:55 PM »
Hi, I'm 70 now but when I was 9-10 I lived in Shard End.  My Dad was a soldier (Royal Army Pay Corps) and we moved a lot.  In 1959 we lived at an address: "The Bungalow, 3 Command Workshop REME, Hurst Lane, Shard End, Birmingham 34".  Try as I might, I cannot find a map that shows this camp.  Several years ago, visiting a nearby relative, I made a special trip to locate the place, especially my old school.  Trouble is, I don't remember its name; just where it was relative to my home. And the place had altered beyond recognition and I was totally lost. Is there anyone who has a map of the area as it was in 1959 that has enough detail to help me?

Phil

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2019, 06:28:21 PM »
Hi Tarka Jay.


Not my part of the world Shard End, but have you looked in this thread?


http://www.birminghamforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7818.msg262068#msg262068
Phil died in 2020. RIP.

GardenGerald

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2019, 06:46:07 PM »
Hello Phil
The army camp was near the Bus terminus and not far from the new school. The guards were always carrying arms.
Hope this helps.
Gerald.

townie

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2019, 07:12:52 PM »


Hi Tarka Jay.
I think the school you are looking for would be Alderlea. I was a pupil there in the 60s and where the army barracks were, they built a housing estate were I lived. If there is anything about Shard End you want to know just ask and I will try and help.
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?

Edmund Fifield

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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2019, 11:15:48 PM »
My brother finished his N/Service there in1957.He was in the Catering Corp and finished is last 2 weeks at Shard End
Make every day a day to remember
Because this ain't no rehearsal
And you ain't coming back

GardenGerald

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2019, 10:50:37 AM »
Hello Townie
Hope you are well.
That would be the school I went for my audition to play in Rattigans Round Tables.
I had to be semi naked on top of a lady on a table. she was also semi nude.
I waited a few more years and went to Stratford with a brush and dustpan.
Take care..Gerald.

townie

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2019, 11:50:33 AM »

Hi Gerald  O0

I never knew they done things like that at Alderlea. I'm sure I would have been up for an audition (Rattigans Round Tables).
All the best townie.
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townie

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2019, 11:11:39 PM »

Try this Jay.
www.birminghamforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=7818.22

All the best townie. O0
Was it a vision, or a waking dream?

Hi De Hi

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2019, 11:46:08 AM »
The only school I recall up there (because my missus worked there for a while) is Timberley.

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Re: Looking for My Old School
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2019, 11:54:45 AM »
Guardian Angels was on the doorstep,Hillstone possibly?

WolfbUp

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Looking for My Old School
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2019, 09:53:43 AM »
HI ALL CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP ME OUT. IV GOT THIS OLD SCHOOL BMX FRAME ITS DEFO 80S HAS ANYONE GOT ANY INFO ABOUT IT OR DO YOU REMMBER THEM BACK IN THE DAY????


 

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