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    worked as an agency nurse there a lot in the mid...

    worked as an agency nurse there a lot in the mid seventies, good place
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    thanks for that, great pics, i grew up in kirkby...

    thanks for that, great pics, i grew up in kirkby and remember as a kid we used to go to a place just outside the trading estate as it was known, we called the place the airplane dump, there were lots...
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    thanks for that colin, my first job in 1966 was...

    thanks for that colin, my first job in 1966 was in greenwoods menswear near the market, most of the staff were women and refused to get stock from the basement as it was over run with rats displaced...
  4. Thread: January 1965

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    perfectly normal, when i grew up in kirkby my...

    perfectly normal, when i grew up in kirkby my best mate's dad jack was a merchant seaman, absolutely adored by all, and i mean that, anyway he died of heart disease in his early fifties

    when i...
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    i remember going into the pool with my mate in...

    i remember going into the pool with my mate in the 1960's, it was in a small building in canning place opposite the sailors home, think it was like a portakabin type building
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    when i was a kid i remember i had an uncle who...

    when i was a kid i remember i had an uncle who worked at the nicotine factory, what was that?
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    remember it well, used to go every day when i was...

    remember it well, used to go every day when i was a telegram boy on the old bsa bantams down the road at walton park, 1967/68 we knew it as the greasy spoon, many fond memories of the place
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    blimey, the dolls hospital, that's going back a...

    blimey, the dolls hospital, that's going back a bit, was in chester years ago and there was a toy museum there
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    hi allison, go here - http://genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/index.php

    this is the best bit of advice you will get today, this forum is fantastic, most of the posters are ladies who are real...
  10. hi allison, go here - ...

    hi allison, go here - http://genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/index.php

    this is the best bit of advice you will get today, this forum is fantastic, most of the posters are ladies who are real...
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    similar to the old sealed Egyptian jar that was...

    similar to the old sealed Egyptian jar that was found in Liverpool, they took it to Liverpool museum who opened it, inside was a cotton cloth of some kind, turned out to be a sanitary towel that was...
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    lunatic was a medical term which came into common...

    lunatic was a medical term which came into common usage and then disrepute, not the same meaning as we understand today
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    just to add to the story, i worked as a telegram...

    just to add to the story, i worked as a telegram boy at derby house 1968/69, sefton house is the other building, some of the lads who had been there a long time knew how to get across the city centre...
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    i think it was known as the royal southern...

    i think it was known as the royal southern hospital, i worked on the psychy unit, very, very small but a lovely place
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    hi Colin, any pics of the old southern hospital,...

    hi Colin, any pics of the old southern hospital, i worked there for a while in the early seventies as an agency nurse
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    i worked in the telephone managers office in...

    i worked in the telephone managers office in derby house 1968/9, my big mate was king billy mad, anyway gets to the 12th and he says come with me lunchtime for a great time and free food, the lot, he...
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    all john conteh's schooling was at kirkby

    all john conteh's schooling was at kirkby
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    forgot one more, the british geneology BG forum...

    forgot one more, the british geneology BG forum has a section covering occupations, go there and you will find the forum for artists and entertainers, cheers
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    hi clare, i was doing the same thing, someone put...

    hi clare, i was doing the same thing, someone put me onto the stage newpaper for show business, go to the archives, then try the advanced search

    you don't have to pay to see whats there but do...
  20. Thread: larch lea 1934

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    larch lea 1934

    hi all, looking for a robert girling - artist at larch lea, can anybody find him please, thanks for any assistance
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    had to laugh when i heard mention of the david...

    had to laugh when i heard mention of the david lewis, was a place for single men to stay if i remember

    my mams brother uncle joe was always fighting with the wife and getting the worst of it,...
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    hi mandy, i would be really obliged if you could...

    hi mandy, i would be really obliged if you could look up the 1936 directory for ROBERT HENRY GIRLING OR TURNER living at larch lea, many thanks
  23. Thread: roy girling

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    hi, if i remember right he was an AB, hope this...

    hi, if i remember right he was an AB, hope this helps
  24. Thread: Brian Labone

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    as a red, i have to say i saw him play many...

    as a red, i have to say i saw him play many times, he was an outstanding player
  25. Thread: roy girling

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    hi, thanks for replying, i am sure someone will...

    hi, thanks for replying, i am sure someone will remember him, cheers
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