Recent content by Solihull54

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Bike clubs as in motorcycles you mean I guess you knew the Cycle tramps Sixtynine and Gypsy way back then and maybe you went to the Yewtree pub amongst other places ?

Born at the Sorrento hospital Moseley in 1954 when mum & dad lived in Studland Road, Hall Green. Moved to Wolverhampton in 1960.

Nb. My mum was Ceridwen Dean-Jones the family was originally from Hawarden in Flintshire Wales and the great aunts surname was Evans, I think Mollie, Mamie and Henrietta. All the aunts were teachers but I'm not sure where?. I'd love to go back over the old villa and see inside it sometime I...

Indeed it's changed somewhat!. My mum was born in 1928 at 56 Westminster Road and my 3 great aunts lived at the big house Westminster Villa 229 Church Hill Road. I drove through the area and yes very much rundown nowadays in fact before last week my last visit to the area was in 1976 when the...

Yes your recollection is similar to mine about Hilver and Harry Lucas. In fact Joseph also lived at Trafalgar House in Trafalgar Road Moseley for some years. I worked for Lucas since 1985 and attended many training courses at Hilver, its a lovely house well restored by Sir Kumar before his...

Not sure about monied but certainly children of the Birmingham middle classes growing in prosperity through the 1930s eg my dad attended Stanley House school on the Bristol Road and my aunt attended Edgbaston college. My grandfather worked at the Birmingham Gas department as Chief coke salesman...

There is a Waverley school but remember this was over 110 years ago. I think my Gran lived then in Forest Road Moseley where her father was a bedstead manufacturer. She met my Grandad in Moseley when he lived at 63 Church Road Moseley with my great grandad & family.

Waverley School exists I think but obviously not in the guise it was when my grandmother attended in 1906 Some not very good photos of the book & yes I will donate it back if Waverley School exists..

I'll do photos tomorrow of my Gran and the school book prize she won and share them on the group for interest

Well after the time I was interested in sorry. My grandmother Dorothy Jeffrey's was a pupil in 1907..yes 1907 and won a prize for history. I have the book with.the Waverley school crest on the cover and her name and prize details inside. I was going to return it to the school if it was wanted...

I'm not ex-employee of Cannings just tracing my fathers work history in and around Birmingham 1950s and 60s.

My dad Jeff Dry was publicity manager at Cannings Great Hampton Street around 1960 and knew Sir Ernest, my dad then was 35yo and I was a 6yo nipper. Dad left Cannings in 1962 to move to a job in Wolverhampton but told me tales of his interesting life there

Okay Richard always happy to talk motorcycles and music from 50 years ago even though my last bike was a suzuki 750 I sold in 1985 still fond memories of Brum scene back when?

True but I'm not sure what that has to do with what happened to the DZ club in Brum in 1968. Yes many people in the UK now own HD motorcycles I wish I had kept mine it cost 3k back in 1978 from Fred Warr London and worth more in 2024. I thought the history shown here says a lot about attitudes...