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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#CC3366" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04106732dkcfyw.png"> <bR> <div> <B>ORGANIZATIONS</B></div> <div> <B>BOYS BRIGADE</B></div> <div> <B>CHURCH BRIGADE</B></div> <div> <B>Friends of Black Patch Park</B></div> <div> <B>**************************</B></div> <div> <B>Please note any views expressed on this web site are those's of the sender and not necessarily shared by the web site owners.</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> **********************************</div> <div> <B>LATEST     UPDATES</B></div> <div> 23 Birmingham Phoenix Scout Group 16/02/06</div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #CC6699;" BGCOLOR="#CC99CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#993366" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> Birmingham, England. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B> </B><B> </B><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Birmingham, England. 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B.B. from 1954 to 1958</B></I><I> </I></FONT><I>when we used to meet at </I><I><B><U>Benson Road School</U></B></I><I>. I wondered if any of your browwers were members there? </I></div> <div> <I>Once again a great site keep up the good work.</I></div> <div> <I>       Regards Bob Williams.email:</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" ><I>bobthebowler@hotmail.co.uk</I></FONT></div> <div> <I>_____________________________________________</I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="960" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 395 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="30ec2000.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="256" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>ST CUTHBERTS BOYS BRIGADE Coy.  1939 aprox</B></div> <div> Linda Daniels (nee DOE)      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Email:</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>ladan@blueyonder.co.uk</U></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 23rd Birmingham, Phoenix Scout Group <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >16/02/06</FONT></div> <div>  Taken in the early sixties, and they are</div> <div> from left to right: Tony Bastock, Dave Manning and Martin Hanchett </div> <div> Thanks to Martin for the photographs</div> <div> <IMG SRC="6b2c03c0.jpg" border=0 width="448" height="316" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 418 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="310c2500.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>ST CUTHBERTS  St John Ambulance Brigade  </B><B>1935 aprox</B></div> <div> Linda Daniels (nee DOE)<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >    Email:</FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>ladan@blueyonder.co.uk</U></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> 23rd Birmingham, Phoenix Scout Group</div> <div> Taken in the early to mid sixties,</div> <div> with  David Smith receiving his Queens Scout Award. </div> <div> Thanks to Martin Hanchett for the photographs</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6b1c0430.jpg" border=0 width="448" height="323" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 419 WIDTH="472"><bR> <div> 253rd B,ham 1st Brookfields scout group band county champions 6 years running 1960'sthis was taken about 1967 in the playground of Camden street school. </div> <div> Pictured, me second from right front row and next to me best mate Alan Williams </div> <div> <IMG SRC="79cd12c0.jpg" border=0 width="465" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="469"><div> 23rd Birmingham, Phoenix Scout Group</div> <div> Taken  in the late fifties, showing the whole troupe they used to meet on a Thursday night in the hall of Foundry Road School.</div> <div> Thanks to Martin Hanchett for the photographs</div> <div> <IMG SRC="6b0c00c0.jpg" border=0 width="448" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="558eef70.jpg" border=0 width="750" height="503" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>39 B'ham coy BOYS BRIGADE</B></div> <div> <B>Winson Green  </B></div> <bR> <div> I wonder if this photo is of interest to anyone, it is of a Boys Brigade camp  it was taken in approx 1956 57 at the Exmouth camp, second row from back fourth from right is myself , back row second from right is Jim Branscombe third from left same row is Henry Woodcock we three were cousins, the rest of you will know yourselves if you see this, of course the good old gent in the middle of front row seated is Tom Rich the Captain to whom we should all be gratefull and remember fondly.The rest of the "officers" on the front row I cant remember their names except I think the third from right was named Eddie. </div> <div> <B>Does anyone remember being on parade</B> at the opening of the Weston Rd annex to Dudly rd Hospital, and being inspected by the <B>Queen Mother?</B> at least I think she was inspecting us, ... or was it just that she couldnt believe what she saw <smile> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>01/07/04</B></FONT></div> <div> Frank Beckstein      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >E-mail</FONT>     <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>frankbck@clara.co.uk</U></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U>MORE NAMES</U></div> <div> Adults seated. Joey Nutt, Horace Jukes, ?. Tom Richards,Harold Russon,Eddy Rogers. </div> <div> Row behind. Roger Harrison, Parker,Bradshaw. ?????????? </div> <div> Next row up. 10th from left. Colin Walton.Beckstein. </div> <div> Back Row. 4th from right. Joey Garfield. </div> <div> I know a lot more of the faces but can't put a name to them. </div> <div> Regards                                   Alan Horton. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 39th Company  Boys Brigade      </div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2425ee60.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">            <IMG SRC="244faea0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Left Photo<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > taken summer 1956 at Bembridge Isle of Wight at annual Boys Brigade Camp. </FONT></div> <div> The 39th Company was based at Winson Green Congregational Church on the corner of Villiers Street and Winson Green Road opposite the Prison. </div> <div> The picture is of kit inspection ,which took place every morning after breakfast. </div> <div> Left to Right,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, Albert Atkinson, Brian Southall, Maurice Evans, Clive Roach, Gary Hale, ? ? ? ? ? . </FONT></div> <div> All the boys came from the Winson Green, Black Patch area. </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Arial" >*********************************</FONT></div> <div> Right Photo<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Another Boys Brigade camp  Location ???                 Year Approx 1954/55? </FONT></div> <div> Boy with bucket on head Brian Selvey,  Lying on Dinghy Clive Roach,    puncher Frank Beckstein </div> <div> Regards Clive Roach</div> <div> <U>cr021g8930@blueyonder.co.uk</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> *****************************************************************************************************************</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>F</B><B>RIENDS OF BLACK PATCH PARK (FoBPP)  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >29/09/03</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Can I draw attention to a new Group - "<B>Friends of Black Patch Park</B>" -formed on 18 August 2003 to challenge current plans by Sandwell Council -under their Smethwick Master Plan - to build factories on most of the Park and over adjoining Merry Hill Allotments (all well used).</div> <div> We (Brummies and residents of Sandwell) see these as extremely attractive popular and well-used places on the Sandwell-Birmingham border near the Birmingham main-line canal (and its tow-path cycle route) and a close-by metro stop (which the council claims has so increased the value of the land that their continued use as parks and allotments is no longer sustainable - from a paraphrase of the report for Sandwell prepared by London consultants, Llewellyn-Davies Ltd.). Sandwell Council claims to have engaged in extensive local consultation about their plans for the park and allotments but the Friends group is already finding a</div> <div> great many local people who had no idea about them and on hearing of they are deeply opposed.</div> <div> I am a supporter of the new group made of people from Smethwick and Birmingham. I have contributed to their campaign by taking photos of the park and some of the people using it for sporting activity over the last</div> <div> week as part of the Friends' campaign. I and the committee of the FoBPP would be most interested in any information about the history of Black Patch Park to add to the growing pool of memories being collated about the park and allotments as part of the campaign to challenge the Council's plans, which appear to depend on displacing users from the current green space to other spaces in Birmingham.</div> <div> Simon Baddeley<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  Email: </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><U>s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk</U></FONT></div> <div> If you would like more information about this group and what they are trying to achieve please Email  Simon. </div> <bR> <div> *************************************************************************************************************************</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>