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I REMEMBER an American Army Base being at the bottom of Reginald Road, Bearwood, in the forties, almost next door to the swimming baths, and that some Americans went to the Coliseum Ballroom on Bearwood Road, Bearwood, as that is where my Aunt Marjorie and her friends used to go jitterbugging.
Also the older schoolchildren used to run after the American Jeeps shouting: "Have you got any gum chum?" Sometimes the jeeps used to travel up Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, going towards the Langley/Oldbury area which makes one wonder if there was another base close by.See the full content of this document
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