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I was a year above Paul, he married a girl from Normanton that he met when he was travelling. It was William and Gladys that my OH worked for, not seen them for about 5 years though
i think he's still with her, you mean the 1 who had dark curly hair. paul was a good tattooist aswel he could have made a good living from that
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I was a year above Paul, he married a girl from Normanton that he met when he was travelling. It was William and Gladys that my OH worked for, not seen them for about 5 years though
can you remember dean off the cross use to work for dowses? he died about 5yr ago i was only talking to him a few days before he had the haemorrage he seemed fine
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Bottom of Granville Road late 40s. Wow. That's going back. The years are piling on. They used to call the big piece of land the "Fairgrounds," even when the fair wasn't playing. College is on it now I believe(?). Coconut stands. Freak shows. They didn't care bk then. Walking there and bk as we were within walking distance.

 

Circuses? Chippendale's 1954. I was in 4th grade elementary at Woodhouse West. We had a school trip to the circus. There was a man who was fired out of a cannon. We all talked abt that. The human cannonball I think he was called.

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Bottom of Granville Road late 40s. Wow. That's going back. The years are piling on. They used to call the big piece of land the "Fairgrounds," even when the fair wasn't playing. College is on it now I believe(?). Coconut stands. Freak shows. They didn't care bk then. Walking there and bk as we were within walking distance.

 

Circuses? Chippendale's 1954. I was in 4th grade elementary at Woodhouse West. We had a school trip to the circus. There was a man who was fired out of a cannon. We all talked abt that. The human cannonball I think he was called.

eyup rog, sorry i cant remember that its way before my time
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There was a big fairground once a year that used to be on what was called the Farm Grounds on Granville Road, Chipperfields Circus used to come to a large spare block of land on Division Street, as well as a big fair that had the boxing booths etc.

I also remember a fair being held each year on what was called the Atlas & Norfolk football ground on the Shirecliffe, those were great days.

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