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Allow me to expand a little on some of the latest comment. Bernie Platt was was my first form master, class 1R in 1959 in room15 at the top of the school. Even then he was starting to show some of his formidable temper. He was very kind at times too. His early "swish" was a broken...

Does anyone recall the Pop Inn Coffee Bar just off Erdington High Street around the the mid 1960's. Opening scene of my first real romance.

Chris, I joined Kynoch CC as a schoolboy, it was very near to where I lived. I was an enthusiastic cyclist and a wanabee Tommy Simpson, Barry Hoban, Rudi Altig or Antonio Maspes (?) on the track, but sadly my parents did not have the finances required for the kit needed. Uni came next and my...

Re: Kynoch's or I.M.I Chris, A small correction to my first post. I was a member in the early 60's and the central band colours on the racing vest were yellow and blue.

Re: Kynoch's or I.M.I Chris, I was a member in the late 60's. Club meetings every Thursday night in a nissen hut at the back of the Kynoch site. There was a club run usually every Sunday with stops at various hostelries and tea rooms for lunch and tea. (meet at Witton Island). Also there...

The first photo brought back memories of the 50/60's. Post office on the corner with Deykin Ave, run by Mr. and Mrs. Wragge. Hardware store, Mr. Tallis (later Mr.Jones). Fruit and Veg Mr.and Mrs. Goody. Barber Shop, Harold Weaver. There was also a Butcher and Newsagent.

Jennyann's brief mention of this church in her fascinating memories of Erdington, reminded me of the late 50' early 60's when I attended the church. As a young lad I joined a boys' club there called " The Jucos" which were a junior version of an older boys' club called "The Covenanters". Many...

Browsing this thread, "School Playgrounds" took me back to Summer evenings in the playground of Deykin Avenue school. A crowd of us kids from Deykin, Brantley, Cheshire and Wyrley would turn up every evening to play cricket. We climbed over the low railings. Stumps painted on a wall, handed...

Do recall the youth club on Monday evenings held in the rooms over the Co-oP in the High St during the mid 60's ? Run by the local Labour Party I assume - not that us teenagers had any interest in politics, only the opposite sex and the record player.

Roy, Old Paraffin Heaters, that rings a bell. The upright Valor with the blue flame could certainly warm up a room. My Father also had a small circular heater that he left under the car engine compartment overnight during the winter months. Mr Tallis was our ironmonger in Tame Rd (Witton). He...

Many Thanks Mollie, Albert Road, it was (is) indeed.

I returned to the UK a while ago and drove down Witton Road and I'm sorry, I was horrified. I recall walking from Brookvale Rd all the way to the library and back in the early evenings when it was dark when I was a lad. Wouldn't fancy it these days. No one seems to have mentioned Jardine's...

I think that through all the damage and terrible loss of life a great deal of humour shone through it all. That's a reason why the British are British if you see what I mean. My Aunt and Uncle were bombed out of their home in Aston and came to live with my parents in Deykin Ave until they could...

There was a Harold Weaver that owned a barber shop in Tame Road Witton during the 50/60's

Thank you for re-siting the Kam Ling for me and the photos. Memory filing cabinet re-adjusted. I wonder could you help with this one. It advertised itself, I think as Persian (as was in the '60's). On the edge of the Bull Ring, on the left as the road went down into Digbeth. I took my first...

Does anyone recall the Chinese restaurant called the "Kam Ling" that was in a basement opposite the Law Courts during the 1960's ?

Mollie Cross, The Co-op I think was on Witton Island and I think was once called "The Home and Colonial". Does anyone recall the bakers on Witton Road run by the Austin family, the son John was at Yew Tree Junior with me. I also remember a shop next to the model shop called Wigley's that sold...

Astonian, nice to renew acquaintance, WPC 56 was a fictional series set in 1956 and was shown very recently in 5 one hour episodes over 5 consecutive afternoons on BBC 1. I think that the bus in the opening sequences was the wrong vintage and the conductor's ticket machine was the type used on...

Did anyone watch the short BBC Series "WPC 56" about the first WPC in Birmingham ? The opening sequence in the first episode showed a No. 11 Bus with its destination board saying "City". Someone not done their homework ?

For those that lived in the Witton area during the 50's, how about the Co-op milkman Fred and his horse called CORKY. They were both such friendly souls, there was always an apple waiting for corky at our house on the weekly bill day.