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Keith43

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About Keith43

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    Hot Springs , AR, USA
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    Motorcycle touring/restoration ,painting
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    Retired
  1. Ok thanks. I found the website and blog. Great. Must keep an eye on it Keith
  2. Hi Gillykins Thanks for the " lead ". Could be me. I had Curley black hair in those days That would be turn up for the books Ok so where do I look ? I. think I got into that site once not bookmarked it Can you give me an idea Maybe Archive Sheffield I will let you know if I find myself ha! Keith 43
  3. Thanks Gillykins Sounds very interesting I must look up the Ecclesfield parish website and may be learn a little bit of my roots . All I have is a picture of me in. Tin pedal car. Outdoor tin baths etc from Potters Hill Italian Pow camp Did you come from that area Highgreen in the 50s? Bye. Keith43
  4. Hi Balsalt Thanks for your informative reply Very interesting. I am the same ,memories of this place and Highgreen are just a "fog" after being away from the place for such a long time Cheers Keith43
  5. Dear Basalt Pleased to meet you and talk to every one around that "time frame" who lived there I should have called myself babyboomer43 ha !I cannot remember much about the place ( 19 steps down to a front door at some house in Highgreen) but the pictures and google help to recollect memories In the future I would like to go back, Have you any fond memories of the camp? Keith43 ---------- Post added 31-05-2015 at 18:34 ---------- Dear Basalt I wonder if you or any one out there went to the 105th Scout group down Horse Packers Lane Highgreen I was only a cub there Keith43
  6. Hi scoobz thanks Vickers rd and Fosters way cannot recollect those places Yes they must have been safe decent neighbours just waiting for the end of the war keith43
  7. Hi cuttingedge yes I was only a baby and lived there maybe 5 or 6 years from what I can remember or gather it was basic rough living My father came out of the Navy and worked for Telephone Rentals that made us fairly hardy and tough as you might say .I missed a lot in the way of education compared to what kids have today There was good clean fun to be had in all the country side around there Again looking at google Angram Primary School appears to be the old site must be covered over now I remember the Chapeltown primary school ,a cricket pitch, Worral Rd and a scout hut near a stream not far away , THose concrete block slatted houses and steel window frames :ring a bell" in my mind, pubs were not a landmark for me in those days . Keith41
  8. ok thanks I though P H c and B H camp were the same thing Did the latter B H camp have any connection to P OW camps? Must see if I can find them both on google Keith43
  9. Thankyou everyone Babs 1 for the dolls house furneture story nice funny I did a simalar thing with my kids wrinkly67 I looked up wilkmapedia answered the question on the name .....camp ,interesting ,Ill look up movemoresheffield.com bullerboY Ill look up Sheffield hearts and roots My father spent time in a Italian POW camp after being captured at Trobruk strange my mum and dad ended up being housed in an ex POW camp for Italians at PH ( Bracken Hill) Keith43 ---------- Post added 31-05-2015 at 10:55 ---------- sorry cannot find this site Sheffield hearts and roots any ideas ? thanks Keith43
  10. Hi Janet that was such a lovely story must have been a real thrill to see and remember how it was and meet people who are genuine ,helpful and friendly must admit I cannot remember any details you describe ,I was brought up in Potters HILL only remember one girl guides leader and at the time of the Coronation we lived on Worral RD high green walked every day down to what is now High Green Primary school remember the stone work Google Maps is a fantastic realistic" live "video of all the streets as they are today you toggle the arrows in what ever direction you want The streets are clearly marked just like driving a car with colour scenery, so I saw my old school and travelled up Worrall Rd ^^>><<<< not the same as doing it for real but gave me a good idea Keith43
  11. Thanks Called Potters Hill Camp 127/296. Pow Is Bracken Hill Camp the same place ? Shows Angram Bank Primary school on same site on Google map Cheers Keith43
  12. Thanks Stpetre Yes I can imagine some of the Pow would not want to go back. Once they met some of the local lasses I have not been into that neck of the woods since I left it was good fun in those post war days All the old Industrial Cities ,, bombed out including Sheffield have changed a heck of a lot for the better I still need to tour them all again Keith43
  13. Thanks cutting edge I just started looking into my roots I was brought up on the pow camp potter hill. Can you tell me is that Bracken Hill Camp. ? Cross field Tavern does not ring a bell. Only the cricket pitch and a scouts hall. Plus. The primary school down the hill I also remember visiting. A friend must be 19 steep steps down to front door On Sheffield Rd or some major town Rd. We moved to Warral Rd for some years Thanks again Keith43
  14. Ok thanks mr Bloke. Imm a. Bit out of date. No matter. Am just getting into this kind of thing There is another site sheffieldhistory.co.uk. But cannot handle too much at once Cheers Keith43
  15. To every one Glynn Bali Tradesscanthia. I was born there Potter Hill. Ran in the fields after cows. Ex Iti POW camp. Later moved to Warral rd Hg then. Sheffield later nottingham Now in the States would sooner be back home. I can recall quite a lot Will keep an eye out for your replies Look forward Keith43
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