Gary Bartrop
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Email:
squirrel@lightstorm.com.au
Lived in:
1961 - 1980
Lived at:
278 Handsworth Rd (Opposite Post Office)
Attended:
Handsworth - Athelstan - Brook
Now lives:
Sydney, Australia
Occupation:
Antique & 2nd hand dealer (Nothing too flash!)
Remembers (people):
Graham Goodwin, Timothy Addinall, Phillip Bentley, Andrew Jepson, Raymond Briggs, Julie Hitchin, Deborah Dalton, Mandy Beeby, Mr Stokes (Deputy Head - Brook School....damned fine teacher!) Ian Darby, Craig Fox, David Hill, the staff of "Mantegna Springs" etc etc.
Remembers (places):
Playing in Handsworth woods as children - before the Parsley Hay estate was built. Riding motorcycles on the old mine site - fondly known as "Mount Betsy". Visiting Nuttall's Scrapyard as a kid. Delivering papers for about 3 years for Lee's Newsagents, when I should have had the sense to stay in bed!
Comments:
Very happy to hear from anyone from my past - sadly I never kept in touch.
Great to hear about a dedicated Handsworth site - the internet certainly makes the world small!.....been away for 20 years, after spending the first 19 years of my life at 278 Handsworth Road.....missing it big-time at the moment! Will be a regular visitor for sure!!
Brats' Nowonder Meeting 10 November '08
