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    Park Lane...Aston

    Come to think of it, Alf's wife had a Hairdressers on one side of the alley he had his garage in. Thanks. Must have been further up Park Lane..
  2. Gerry Cannell

    Park Lane...Aston

    Unsure...was ALF Lloyds Garage down the entry next to the chip shop? Or was it down another entry further along?
  3. Gerry Cannell

    Perry Beeches Secondary School

    OMG! I was there. Mr. Waterton was the headmaster.....Thanks for the memory!
  4. Gerry Cannell

    Booths Farm

    Calshot Road boy.
  5. Gerry Cannell

    Then & Now

    I love these old pictures Then and Now, they evoke such great memories of Birmingham as I knew and loved her...
  6. Gerry Cannell

    fish and chip shops

    Just to clarify. The REAL and Tasty faggots were BRAINS. The NEW and yukky ones are called MR. BRAINS. Progress ah? I don't think so.
  7. Gerry Cannell

    Birmingham buses

    Thanks. Just what Showmen did with the old buses, bought them cheap, and used them for sleeping in AND as power for lights and rides. If only they had been kept.....progress eh!
  8. Gerry Cannell

    Crossroads programme

    Just in case you didn't know, Jane is suffering from Dementia, and is quite frail these days. I see her quite regularly, and we speak, but she is not very well bless her. Thanks. Gerry
  9. Gerry Cannell

    St Margarets Hospital - Great Barr

    I went to Beeches Road school, and have mentioned this before. I recall the murder, and as we were not far from the Asylum, we had to hurry straight home after the school closed for the day.
  10. Gerry Cannell

    Lewis's Department Store

    The ROOF TOP ZOO was a favourite in the fifties for us kids.
  11. Gerry Cannell

    Teddy Sandfords cafe smethwick

    Both my Dad and my son, had trials for The Baggies. My dad, was Harry Taylor, and he played for HANDSWORTH WEDNESDAY, and that is where he was spotted for a tr-out with them. Sadly the war interveened. My son Mark was playing for LUCAS FC and had a trial at Spring Road, under Roy Horobin, sadly...
  12. Gerry Cannell

    Teddy Sandfords cafe smethwick

    Thanks Lloyd. Brilliant!
  13. Gerry Cannell

    Lewis's Department Store

    A Bradfords Bread delivery fpr someone, in a Commer Van. Happy bygone times.
  14. Gerry Cannell

    Car Parade in New Street

    The run that started it all, was organized by Martin Hone. Here is the advert for it.
  15. Gerry Cannell

    Coldstream Guards

    The dreaded JAN HOOPER: Here he is again, with the young 'uns at Pirbright, where he was I/c Juniors.
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