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Article: Those were the days: A lasting legacy of true Brummie Jack.(Features)
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2005
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Byline: CARL CHINN
JACK Higgs was a proper Brummie, hard-working, persevering and determined to build a better life for his children.
Sadly Jack died in June last year, but he left his family a precious gift - a written account of his life. This is part of it.
'I was born on June 7, 1923, at 2/25 Latimer Street, Edgbaston. 2/25 meant we were No 2 in a row of terraced houses at the back of number 25 Latimer Street, hence the term back to back houses.
'I will try to describe the house briefly.
'It had a cellar which was very dark ...