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Aldridge Athletic and Gene Hunter: what do you know?

Posted on February 25, 2016 by BrownhillsBob

An interesting one reachers me from friend of the blog Lisa Ashby who’s spotted this appeal floating around Facebook – we seem to be doing a lot of football-related photos lately, and we’ve been so successful I think this one’s worth sharing too.
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Down with the yoot – but watch out for the Teds

Posted on February 2, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

The irrepressible Mike Stackhouse contacted me a week or so with an interesting comment that may well stir memories of the postwar kids in our midst – Mike was inspired himself by the recent interest in those lost green gems, Harpers Busses.

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Burnal Martin and the class of 1922-3

Posted on January 24, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

I’m very pleased to note the continued interest in Watling Street School’s history, a thread started by Adrian Reid before Christmas – a couple of days ago, I received the above scan from reader George Martin, taken around 1922 or 1923, featuring his father.
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