Recent content by Bob M

yes Len, looks like Druckers is the sole survivor on Google Earth Street view, its not any longer the Springfield I knew, nor is the city centre, new Bull Ring. ughh !!! Bob

Of course there were other shops etc in those days, VA Luck the timber yard half way up the Shaftsmoor Lane hill on the left going towards Acocks Green, and I think next door was a small garage/petrol station. Another of my "memory landmarks" was the hardware shop on the left hand side of...

Does anyone remember this shop ? just on the right as you came onto Stratford Road from Shaftsmoor Lane, opposite the College Arms Pub just before the River Cole Bridge. I used to go there for tools etc even though I had no car, a motorbike instead! He was a mine of information and nearly...

Oh yes thats right Bernie, Vicarage Road was where Godwins were, Priory Cycles was the one I was thinking of. I (at least my parents!) bought my first racing cycle from there in about '69, a "Falcon Gnat" claret frame and blue mudguards, very apt considering my football leanings!! (say no...

Yes I remember Bobs Models, just forgot where it was!! Also I used to go to Shirley Models that was up on the parade of shops on the right just past Haslucks green lights, on Stratford Road. (there was a great cycle shop up there as well, was it Tommy Godwins ? or am I mistaken ? probably!!)...

I remember going to Horntons Corner in the late 60's when my parents bought me my first "Airband Radio" which enabled reception of the Air Traffic Control at Elmdon (in those days!) Compared to the gear I have now, it was pretty basic, just a tranny with a bit more coverage on VHF!! I still...

Super pics!!, especially the 2F taking on water in the last photo, looks like the Harborne line, with the locos shed plate reading 21E which was Monument Lane.

They do look a bit like Hurricanes at a distance, there is one Tucano that was painted in ww2 camouflage last year to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle Of Britain, so maybe it was that one!! Machyynlleth is within a low flying training area used by the RAF and USAF, nicknamed "The Mach...

Actually the Planes on your pictures are "Shorts Tucanos", The RAF use them to train pilots. mind you I can see the likeness !!

Hi folks, a Brummy ex pat in Bournemouth here, the "shed on a gantry" is actually a "Goliath Seam Crane" , the shed being the crane operators position. The whole gantry travelled on rails, whereas the loads could be traversed along the gantry, to enable transfer of heavy goods between trucks or...