A Conversation for Knowle/Dorridge, Solihull, West Midlands
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Tatsuya Started conversation Mar 31, 2002
About 25 years ago there was a fantastic model railway shop in that small shopping square near the station, and lads and ladettes of a certain 'got to have the latest XYZ from Hornby' age used to come to Dorridge from miles around just to shop there.
As I recall it closed though. Certainly its position (as perceived by a young me) as the 'bestest model railway shop in the midlands south of Brum' was taken by a shop halfway between Warwick and Leamington. Which also (as I recall) moved, to smaller premises, three-quarters of the way to Leamington. Not that I've visited that for at least 20 years either. Maybe the one in Dorridge didn't close at all, and the one in Warwick/wherever just offered a better class of chair for my mother to sit on and read her book while she waited ... 
Got to be honest that I don't really remember Dorridge as a village though (not even one that could fool a German tourist). Is there actually much green land separating it from the Birmingham splodge?
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Lord Preston Posted Apr 1, 2002
The train shop is indeed gone, i don't remember it being there, though i did only move here about 11 years ago and i may of forgotten about it anyway.
Dorridge does actualy contain a lot of green spaces, the council seem to of spent a fair amount on town beautification. Although it doesn't display a country Village in the proper sence it shows the border between society and the wilderness. It being surrounded by green belt land does seperate it from birmingham as well.
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Knifee, Thingite in charge of stuff you shouldn´t run with. Back from being away Posted Apr 24, 2002
ha-ha an entry about Knowle 
very cool, when i'm at home i live in Temple Balsall, which u may or may not know is 2 miles outside Knowle, i went to Arden school and SSFC.
Although i have been away for 9 months now, so i'm yet to see touchwood.... but i'm back in 3 weeks so i can have a look then
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Lord Preston Posted Apr 24, 2002
i went 2 Arden and SSFC 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wow, cool. was Womble (Mr Chamberlin) in charge wen you were there?
Touchwood is nice, changes the whole dimentions of Sollihull center and it gives students of SSFC something to do durring their frees!
Lord Preston OMFC
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Knifee, Thingite in charge of stuff you shouldn´t run with. Back from being away Posted Apr 24, 2002
arrh the womble (aka penfold), yes he was there...... with Mr fudge and Mr Moss..... arhh those were the days LOL
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Lord Preston Posted Apr 26, 2002
i know them all too well!
*shudders*
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- 1: Tatsuya (Mar 31, 2002)
- 2: Lord Preston (Apr 1, 2002)
- 3: Knifee, Thingite in charge of stuff you shouldn´t run with. Back from being away (Apr 24, 2002)
- 4: Lord Preston (Apr 24, 2002)
- 5: Knifee, Thingite in charge of stuff you shouldn´t run with. Back from being away (Apr 24, 2002)
- 6: Lord Preston (Apr 26, 2002)
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