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  1. chucka

    Shops Owned By Retired Footballers

    Ray Barlow of the Baggies kept a tobacconist shop in Bull Street West Brom.
  2. chucka

    Acme Whistles

    The arrow mark on the ring is a Army ordinance stamp, almost everything that belonged to the Army had this stamp on.
  3. chucka

    Tower cinema, West Brom

    I went to Christ Church infants & junior then Spon Lane Sec Mod, started work on my 15th birthday. How about you ?
  4. chucka

    Tower cinema, West Brom

    Found this out just for you John. It was given to all the kids for the Queens Coronation, it's a bit battered as its been chucked into different draw's over the years. :D
  5. chucka

    Tower cinema, West Brom

    I used to go there in the 50s to the Saturday morning Minors, it was 6d downstairs and 9d up stairs, like most kids around the country it was somewhere go to at the weekend where you could yell your head off at the picture and not told by adults to "SHUT UP"!!! In later years it was a Bingo Hall...
  6. chucka

    Stevie Wonder In Birmingham In 1963

    I remember seeing him at the Plaza in Rookery Rd Handsworth and if my memory serves me right i was about 17, making it 1963.
  7. chucka

    Perry William aka The Tipton Slasher

    Re: William Perry aka The Tipton Slasher Here is a picture of The Fountain taken by me last Summer. You can clearly see The Slasher on the sign.
  8. chucka

    Perry William aka The Tipton Slasher

    Re: William Perry aka The Tipton Slasher Here is a picture took by me last Summer.
  9. chucka

    Faroe Isles

    I have a picture of my Father when he was stationed there during the War, he was in the South Staffs Regt.
  10. chucka

    Sutton Park

    "was not the US POST OFFICE by the town hall & the main gate where the post office sorting office is now? or was that another one in Sutton? ASTON " I always thought it was there too, just down from Sutton Park Station, where the present SO is
  11. chucka

    British sunset's

    One from out of my back window.
  12. chucka

    Royal Warwickshire 16th Battalion

    He was in A company, 1st platoon,
  13. chucka

    computer art

    Cracking bit of artwork John, what software do you use to do that.
  14. chucka

    Perry William aka The Tipton Slasher

    Re: William Perry aka The Tipton Slasher The Tipton Slasher opened a pub in Spon Lane when he retired from prize fighting; it was called “The Champion of England”. It stood on a site by Chances Glass. He sold the pub and all his possessions to back himself in a comeback fight in June 1857...
  15. chucka

    They are at our Brummie accent again

    My question still hasn't been answered but i think we have said enough on the subject and will leave it here.
  16. chucka

    They are at our Brummie accent again

    Still dont understand why you use the phrase "Tipton Foundry worker" being an ex Tipton foundry worker myself i think i speak like anyone else from the Blackcountry, I think the way you put it was to make out that we are somewhat thick.
  17. chucka

    They are at our Brummie accent again

    May i ask why you want to slag the Tipton foundry worker off, the Black Country people are the salt of the earth, you dont like people to have a pop at the Brummy dialect but are happy to put down the B.C dialect. As a Blackcountry man myself i am more than proud of where i come from and the...
  18. chucka

    Nail Making

    Nailmaking was widespred around the Cradley, Cradley Heath, Blackcountry area were most people made nails in nail shops in their back yards. Try the "Black country gob" forum, lots of people from the areas mentioned are on that site, maybe they can help.
  19. chucka

    Cadburys No.1

    THis one was broken up i believe in Tipton, a place in Eagle Lane. Sorry Pic wont upload. Same engine as No1 only this one was No5
  20. chucka

    Serious threat of attack on computer or not

    I believe the Pals site was closed quite some time ago due to spam with virus's being posted on there.
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