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You used to be able to buy them by the bucket load in Smiths shop in Millbank Road (is it still there?)........along with loads of other gorgeous sweets in a 5p mix. Remember Bazzooka Bubble Gum?

Thanks Mr Darn. I nearly took offence there from Swalnalla, glad there are some friendly folk still around!

Can't do that!

And..............I don't live there anymore! Miss it all the same

Exacty. What benefit would be gained from the Home Office employing potential police officers on the basis of their ethnicity/colour. Surely the person should primarily be academically qualified to do the job in hand? I saw some of this item as well. The Aisian guy was very realistic and admitted that he had failed the police entrance exam, therefore he was not fully qualified to do the job.

Yep. It would certainly be a shame to replace one eyesore with another.

Yes, but I've been away for a while now.

That poor old building was my very first school - St Cuthberts First School (about 38 years ago!) The Headmistress then was called Miss Oliver (I think) and my teacher was called Mrs Fox. When it closed down we all moved to Whitley Memorial School (the old one before it was knocked down - or did it get burned down I can't quite remember) Anyway it is a shame to see it in this state. What an eyesore right in the middle of the Front Street.

At last, I've registered. This web site is facinating. Oh the memories come flooding back. Been away for many moons now but stll come back regularly to visit family and friends, I miss the place like mad!