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  1. Mickymoo

    Saltley Secondary School

    Yes Viv,that was the picture that I was referring to.I remember most of the lads in it... 4th from the right on the back row is the late Carl Wayne,but known to us then as Colin Tooley !
  2. Mickymoo

    Mcnabs Ice Creammaker Sellers

    They are still going....https://www.mcnabscashandcarry.co.uk/
  3. Mickymoo

    British Restaurants

    This has been the Irish Centre for many years.It looks like this now..
  4. Mickymoo

    Aston, Lozells & Witton Photos Reposted thanks to Ray Griffiths...

    Thanks very much Tim,I'll probably have a glass or three of Rosé ...I don't drink that much now,I spill most of it !!
  5. Mickymoo

    Aston, Lozells & Witton Photos Reposted thanks to Ray Griffiths...

    Hi Lyn,I'm in several of the Facebook "History" groups and do see the odd picture that has been taken off here,but I don't really let it bother me..But yesterday this man just kept posting one after another of your pictures,for about an hour or so,I got very angry about it and just thought I'd...
  6. Mickymoo

    Aston, Lozells & Witton Photos Reposted thanks to Ray Griffiths...

    Hi Lyn,thought you should know that lots of your pictures on this thread are turning up on the Facebook page"Old Pics Of Brum"..Here's one I've "snipped",showing the person posting them...
  7. Mickymoo

    Gupwell Look ups please

    Here's a great picture of Gupwell's premises in Park Street,with a couple of their fearsome looking lorries parked outside.Added bonus is the Phoenix Hotel as well !
  8. Mickymoo

    Rag Market

    It's Sheffield,my daughter lives close by there...
  9. Mickymoo

    Rag Market

    It looks like this now..
  10. Mickymoo

    Rag Market

    Sorry,this isn't Birmingham,it's Sheffield Market.
  11. Mickymoo

    Advertising in the past

    Strangely,it's my Dad's birthday today,he would have been 108 !..He passed away in 1994.
  12. Mickymoo

    Advertising in the past

    My Dad worked at the Velocette for over 30 years and was heartbroken when they went out of business..He got another job fairly soon after with BSA Motor Cycles and then they went out of business a couple of years later !
  13. Mickymoo

    The Lad In The Lane The Green Man

  14. Mickymoo

    Coventry road Police station.

    Here's a pic of the Cock Inn https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/cock-in-coventry-road-elmdon.20019/
  15. Mickymoo

    Coventry road Police station.

    I never knew any of the people living in the other houses,except the family (Mr.& Mrs.Hedge)in the first house at the bottom of the hill,next door to my Great Aunt's...Here's a picture taken in the back garden,with my Grandma on the left,with her sister Nellie...
  16. Mickymoo

    Coventry road Police station.

    Here' an early map,the houses were between the arrows.
  17. Mickymoo

    Coventry road Police station.

    The houses were after the Cock,on the other side of the road,but just before you got to the Clock..There was a row of about 12 pairs of 1920's semis going up the hill,a petrol station,post office,oh and "Ann's Pantry" cafe !..I think they were actually in Bickenhill,not Elmdon.
  18. Mickymoo

    Coventry road Police station.

    My Great Aunt Nellie and My Grandma lived in Elmdon,in one of the houses just past the Cock on the opposite side.The row of houses were compulsory purchased by Birmingham council in the mid 60's and demolished for the runway extension,which wasn't completed for another 45 years ! I wonder if...
  19. Mickymoo

    The Cabin at Sheldon

    Nearly right !..The Gee's shop was next to the outdoor on the corner of Cockshut Hill,it was a sort of deli/grocery shop..I went out with the daughter Lynn for a short while round 1959 !!!
  20. Mickymoo

    Barn Street Diner - Barn Street

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