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Nice one Billy. I can see our house in Southbourne rd! Wobaston school is there as well.In `57 we bought a house in Taunton Ave. which backed on to the railway lines.At first the noise was horrendous,but after a few weeks we never heard a thing,and they used to roar past!Worst time was at night, if you couldn’t sleep you could hear the coal trains coming from as far away as Featherstone, 10 mph chug chug chug getting louder & louder till it passed,then it was clank clank clank as the wagons passed.That passed away an hour or so.
Whats the story of the lady in the lions cage then? I`ve still got Peaches Lions & Heroes,bit dog eared now though.Well,this is the “hat trick”,my first bike was from Viking cycles as well! After my granddad died in
54, nan said Ill buy you both a bike as a last present from granddad. Mine was same colours as the Wolves, gold frame and black mudguards,sisters was blue. Just the job for an avid train spotter like me (and every other kid in Fordhouses) Many a time it saw 3 up as we went off on a mission somewhere.
Later on the Tropicano/Rollerdrome/Star Aluminium club/Queens/Pubs/Girls/Motorbikes/cars,all the things of growing up in the 50s/60s.
All harmless fun(well most of it). By the way Bill,any photos of Fordhouses in your seemingly bottomless stash? Love to seeem if you have. Got a book called “Peaches Lions & Heroes” with one picture of the shops at the Vine bus terminus,tis the only one Ive come across. Yours Malc.(aka Miff)Oh that Morris 8,after father got fed up of motorbikes & sidecars,our first car was a morris 8, then quickly on to a Morris 8 series E,which took us all to north Devon,Isle of Wight,and North Wales,amongst other places.Later on a standard 8, Austin Cambridge (which I passed my test in) Mini, Princess 1100 and many more.
My first car was a Friskysport,1959 Earlscourt show car, boy did it shift,How I wish I still had it! I chopped it in later on for a “proper car”,(wait for it) a Commer Cob van.
