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  1. JohnJames

    The Ackerdocks

    The Ackers was a real alternative from Small Heath Park in the 1960s. No parkie. Ride your bike wherever you wanted to. And a swing over the cut. Great days. As well as riding our bikes over the tracks we had made up, we also laid around listening to our transistor radios. Whiter Shade of Pale...
  2. JohnJames

    Golden Place of Opportunity

    My mum and dad came to Birmingham in 1953 from Ireland with nothing. They lived in a cold water room before managing to rent a small flat in a house with better facilities. Eventually they bought a house in Mansel Rd Small Heath. From then on they prospered. My Dad's dream was to live in...
  3. JohnJames

    Townies

    Do any members remember the "Townie" thing that sort of took off around late 1970 when the Skinhead thing became a bit boring? Clothes we wore were Crombies, Suits, trilby hats and loafer shoes amongst other things. Favourite pubs in town were the Gilded Cage, the Parisien, the Outrigger, the...
  4. JohnJames

    Francis Sumner Engineering, Portland St Aston

    Does anybody remember this factory in Portland St opposite Ansells Brewery? They made military buttons and were still operating in the early seventies.
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