Kathleen McCarty · 1960s · Christ the King
Fire in the old church, 1962
When Father Clancy came he undertook the task of building a new Church, the foundation stone of which was laid in April 1962.
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Kathleen McCarty · 1930s · Christ the King
Father Byrne gave it all away
Fr Byrne was a young man of 32 when he came to Kingstanding as the first parish priest.
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Crown bowls on the Kingstanding green
Both my father and my mother were bowlers and played in the pub teams. Most pubs had bowling greens in those days. At the Kingstanding the green was off to one side, near the King’s Road.
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Cubs, Scouts and a wedding at Ebenezer
I lived in Brackenbury Road for 19 years within 200 yards of the church.
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With the Boys’ Brigade at camp, August 1945
Around 1943/4 I joined the 29th Birmingham Boys’ Brigade company which was attached to Kings Road Methodist Church. The minister was a Rev Conibear who left to become a missionary in China.
Read the full memory: With the Boys’ Brigade at camp, August 1945H.O. Swain · 1950s · King Charles pub dances
My boxer, Wally Yardley
Upon reading the Observer (April 13 and 20th) concerning Wally Yardley the Kingstanding boxer and champ.
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Nurse Cook’s bicycle rounds
Hawthorn road I have seen no mention of the bike shop next door to Mattys and also who could forget the aroma that you got when you went into Corkings the hardware shop.
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Crowning the May Queen at Kingsland
The May Day celebrations took place every year at Kingsland Road Infant School in the early 1950s.
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