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John Marwood
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I thought your garden went uphill...basil said:
John Marwood
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Aahh yes, hair!Withnail said:
And I could see my toes!
gon2seed
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Taught me aswell, scared the life out of me, but he taught me to swim! In the little pool in the back. Couldn't believe that folks used to use the Brine Bath to hire a bath, and towel, as they didn't have one at home! Ooop North end, we was posh, used to have our own, 'oop stairs', Sunday night was oblusions, ready for school; and we used to get out of the Brine Baths Swimming Pool to go for a pea!basil said:
staffordjas
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Mr Owen is the only face that I remember from my school days. I used to be petrified of the water and can always remember when I was supposed to be trying to swim across the width of the small pool ,around the back, and thought I could fool him by swimming with one foot still on the bottom of the pool lol. Can still hear him bawling at me to this day!John said:
And the time I dived in the deep end for my green badge and had to be fished out with that great big hook thing.
I used to forge letters from my parents on swimming days '......... can't go swimming today,she has a cold,been sick etc'
staffordjas
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I did buy one nail from there and got the bloke to put my dad's numberplate back onto the car for me before I got back home. I'd knocked it off as I drove over the hydraulic jack in the little tyre garage on the corner of Park Street/Wolverhampton roadJohn said:
staffordjas
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I used to walk all the way home slapping my thighs ....... The town pageants/processions (whatever you call them now) are not a patch on those days.John Marwood said:
I used to work in The Old Hough , and one saturday morning when working overtime, we went exploring around the big old house and found a door leading to some hidden corridors behind the walls. There was lots of the pageant floats stuff stored behind there.
staffordjas
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Can't remember whether it was a Woolworths, but I seem to remember some sort of store there. The magistrates court used to be above it.Trumpet said:
....You remember the Roller Skating Hall , somewhere near Gaol Square
.... The cake shop in Gaol square which used to do easter eggs really nicely iced with your name and flowers,chicks etc
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Yes it was Woolworths, it had a big sweet counter along the right hand side and an exit at the top right into the market,staffordjas said:
and most embarrassingly for a 6/7 years old boy all "women's stuff" at the top end.
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Ahh the rollers skating hall in Patrick's st, now a car park for the booze shop, round the hall at top speed and into the changing room at the top end, up the stairs to the stage and a bottle of pop and crisps,staffordjas said:
hire some skates that almost fit, (ignoring the smell of them) and skate to "Carolina moon keeps shining" many happy Saturday mornings spent there.
Gramaisc
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Those who may, or may not, have missed it might like to (re)visit this thread.
staffordjas
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Was it Timothy Whites or Boots next door that had the record department upstairs ?John said: