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Ben I can't remember a Ben from Bestwood. Which end of Leybourne did you live, were you anywhere near David Ward who lived on the top corner of Leybourne & Eardley opposite Carol Wardle. I lived Padstow end of Southglade near Lanes, Kimberleys & Mortons.

Hi Benjamin. People I knew from Southglade & school. Brian Harrison, Patrick & John Whitchurch, Jane, Judith & Jillian Devaney, Margie & Irene Arnold, Jimmy Talbot, Pat Kay, Ray Bramley, Steve Guy, Carol & Margaret Lane, Joe, She & Valerie Kimberley, David & Derek Morton, Joyce Shilton, Clive, Pete & Delia Brown, David Crampton, Bill, Tony & Ray Bayliss to name but a few. I could go on all day.

I moved to Southglade Road in May 1947, I was 2 months old & lived there until I was 19. I went to the nursery at the back of the community centre on Gainsford Crescent, then when I was 5 I went to the Infant school in the huts across from the community centre in the grounds that would eventually become High Pavement school. I attended Henry Whipple junior school & by the time I left Padstow had been built. Mr Bond was the headmaster for my first 2 years there being replaced by Jock, Mr Gallagher. When I was a young child Southglade Road had only 2 houses after Padstow Road &