Recent content by Jack the lad

Hi, Dad was born 1910 and went off to WW11 around 1940. After the war he returned to Brum with his wife and settled down, so I would imagine he was lodging at the pub around the mid 30s. I was in touch with a long lost relative a few years back who mentioned the name of the pub and was told by...

Hi everyone, I don’t know if anyone out there can help me but I was trying to find information about a pub in Birmingham. Apparently, from what I’ve been told the pub was called “The Sailors Arms”. I believe it had a bit of a reputation as being a pub that decent folks stayed away from. Not sure...

I’m pretty sure it was Mr Pullen who took chemistry at Raddlebarn. The chemistry lab was upstairs over the woodwork room.

Never shot down the airplanes but we used to set up the toy soldier in the garden with shelters and pretend bombed out buildings. Then we would take turns with the gat gun. Remember those? Lol

Nice to see all the children there. Lol

Great pictures of the school. Not a lot seems to have changed since I was there. It was our lower school at that time. The taller part of the building was the woodwork room downstairs and the science lab an a classroom upstairs when in those days. I remember playing “Polly on the mopstick”...

I left in 1966 but I had two younger brothers, Kevin and Paul Dale who were there after me you may remember one of those.

Thanks for the name. All I remember was that the bread was better than anything we could get in the school tuck shop. Another memory was when I was in 4th year calling in at The Country Girl and having a sneaky bottle of brown ale. I actually got caught out at that one and received 6 of the...

I worked there around 1967 and 1968 and at that time we moved from Station Rd to The High St and take it from me there were lorry loads of toys. At that time all of the drivers were firemen who drove the lorries as a part time job for extra money. A couple of pictures I’ve found from around that...

I was at Selly Oak Boys from 62 to 66. Raddle Barn was the lower school in those days. I remember break times when we had to walk between schools buying a small fresh loaf from the bakery on the corner and eating it while it was still warm. Teachers I can remember: Mr Leek the Headmaster , Mr...

Hi Janice, you are correct about McGauleys having more than one shop. He had about half a dozen although I can’t remember where they all were. I worked in the warehouse in Kings Heath, there was a branch in the High St. as you say there was one in Shirley, Alum Rock and Small Heath. He did sell...