Maggie - Introducing Myself To Forum Community

[Maggiem]

Hello,

My name is Maggie and not being a techno wizard I have at last navigated myself to this site where I can speak me mind and post me preferences.

I first joined Birmingham History Forum 3rd Feb 2015 and due to my lack of technological knowledge I tend to land on the right locations by luck more than judgement. Hence my not being a regular visitor. Birmingham born in Loveday Street Hospital I started my life in the Jewellery Quarter. If anyone on the Forum came from Kenyon Street I would be very pleased to hear from you. I lived in the yard next to the cop shop. Eventually moving to once posh Handsworth.
I went to Saint Augustine School then onto Saint John Wall School when it was still situated in Hampstead.
Now the acid test. Will all of this typing end up in the Forum (fingers crossed) If there is anyone out there who wants to talk to me, don't be shy.

 

[ChrisM]

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It certainly worked, Maggie, and so, welcome!!

Chris

 

[mikejee]

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Welcome to the forum Maggie

 

[Alberta]

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Welcome Maggie.

If you go to the top of the page on the right hand side there is a white box with Advanced search under it.
If you type in Kenyon street and Click it will bring up all the threads that have references to Kenyon street in them.
you can use this box to find any subject on the forum, enjoy. Alberta

 

[Maggiem]

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Thanks Alberta

 

[I Am Nico]

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Hello Maggie

I had forgotten the saying cop shop. And when we played cops and robbers in the playground.

 

[Astoness]

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welcome to the forum maggie...hope you enjoy it

lyn

 

[Maggiem]

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Ah the day's before computer games Nico when the other choices were cowboys and Indian's and Doctors and Nurses.
Very please to meet you Nico

 

[carolina]

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Cop shop

 

[Astonian]

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Hi Carolina
Great picture do you know when it was taken is it still there if anybody knows love to know
Is there any retired officers on the forum whom may ha e worked there I wounderthat was B,Division,
And inspector Bauber started off and became chief inspector of brum at steel house lane way back I think it was around the 1958/9 period
And he used to be driven around in a big black car. By a personal driver when on business
My oldest brother that car from the auctions when they sold it off with o her old police cars
And one day whilst coming home from work at The old ME B Board electricity board drove up to the Aston Cross
And there was a young police officer doing traffic control duty in the middle of the road in the centre of Aston cross
The young police officer stopped the traffic for him and wave him through thinking it was the inspector baumber ( chiefs of police )
Must to his amazement it was clear the officer was not aware of the disposable of his car and it was changed
Have a nice day best wishes Alan,, Astonian,,,

 

[Phil]

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Maggiem

Here is another photo of Kenyon Street. I'm not sure if I have posted it before on here.

 

[Old Boy]

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Hi Alan,

Just to put you right Kenyon Street was 'C' Division not 'B' Division but more importantly Gerry Baumber was never Chief Inspector of BIrmingham. I think you mean Chief Constable but he was never that either. He was Detective Chief Superintendent and in charge of the CID.

Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

 

[Maggiem]

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Hello all and thank you so much for welcoming me to the forum even though my technical ability is better suited to an abacus.
I remember Kenyon Street police station with fond memories as the lovely police ladies located there would spoil me rotten.
As a youngster I was often taken into the canteen and treated to a cake. Smiling innocently at these kind ladies always got me a treat.
Thanks so much for the photographs of the station which brings back memories of us kids playing in the horse road.
We would run towards the station at the sight of a black Mariah pulling up and wait hoping to see a criminal being escorted from the van.
In answer to the question regarding Kenyon Street cop shop. Afraid it was demolished a long time ago.

 

[I Am Nico]

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Hi Carolina
Great picture do you know when it was taken is it still there if anybody knows love to know
Is there any retired officers on the forum whom may ha e worked there I wounderthat was B,Division,
And inspector Bauber started off and became chief inspector of brum at steel house lane way back I think it was around the 1958/9 period
And he used to be driven around in a big black car. By a personal driver when on business
My oldest brother that car from the auctions when they sold it off with o her old police cars
And one day whilst coming home from work at The old ME B Board electricity board drove up to the Aston Cross
And there was a young police officer doing traffic control duty in the middle of the road in the centre of Aston cross
The young police officer stopped the traffic for him and wave him through thinking it was the inspector baumber ( chiefs of police )
Must to his amazement it was clear the officer was not aware of the disposable of his car and it was changed
Have a nice day best wishes Alan,, Astonian,,,

Hello Astonian, on old police chase films the black police cars had bells as I was bon in the 50's as far as I can recall they had sirens as we did the aah aah aah aah in the playground. Do you know when they changed? I am sure when the sirens sounded you had to run and check and see if it was a police car an ambulance or a fire engine . am I correct? Also were't police cars pale blue afterwards? O remember the Black Mariahs I wonder where the name came from.

 

[Astonian]

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Hi Nick
Nice to hear from you its been ages since I last heard of you on the forum
On the subject of the police cars ,yes they was pale blue introduced in the fifty,s known as the panda cars and they had was a silly sounding siren
Like didda, died a then later they introduce to other services like the Ambulance ,and fire services that had them fitted
Yes one would dash out and see what was coming ,( is it a Ambulance,, Fire engine Or Panda, and yes is it the Paddy wagon, IE, the black Marian
As it was known for in those days ,
But as you know in the early sixty they improved the models of all services and of course there sirens similar to the Americans sounds with
The flashing signs stretch across the vehicles roofs now you can verify what is coming and they are louder
The black mariahs was introduced for transporting people in numbers ,whether it been a mob of police officers to trouble ,or running people
Down to the nick, or transporting young juveniles to varies institutes homes remand centres and prisoners to and throw from courts
To prison and the women down to London Holloway prison ( that itself in time gone bye was nick named the jam factory
Because they used to produced jam and surply all government prisons across the country and they used to do the laundry for prisons
Across the nation then the government of the day area.sized its expensive fetching and carrying these things to various prisons
So all prisons have there own laundry facitles now
That was the Marian then it was nicked named the Paddy wagon because of regular fights going on in and around the country
By mostly week end by and within the Irish community in various pubs and the teddy boys gang fights
You have heard of the expression he or she is throwing a paddy today don't talk to them
Meaning argumenting,
In my days of growing up all the emergency service,s had bells on top of the cars and ambulance and the fire engines
I shared an ambulance with ossy Osbourne when I got knock down outside the Astoria picture house in the early fifties and picked him up
From his house in lodge red within he broken his arm and off we went to the general with me on the stretcher and him and his mom
Sitting on the side the Amberlance was bombing up the city and corporation street with the double bells ringing like mad
Because of the state I was in and I was in there for 3 months andi had to have a long plate into my leg because
The whole bone had crushed and it bridges the gap between the two seperate halfs of my leg and they operated on me all through the knight
From four o'clock sat afternoon through till Sunday morning I had blood transfusion one have another to keep me alive
Have a nice day Nick best wishes Alan,,, Astonian,,,,,,

 

[I Am Nico]

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Well you are a mind of information as usual. Astonian. I have been posting on other threads on and off. Hope your leg doesn't give you gyp. We used to sing or say a rhyme at school and I can't remember it all but it was something like liar, liar yer bums on fire, you'll be take in off in the black Mariah. Dis Mariah apertain to Maria? Nice that you knew Ozzie. Have a nice day too Best Wishes Nico

 

[farmerdave]

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Hello Maggie

I had forgotten the saying cop shop. And when we played cops and robbers in the playground.

I hadn't heard of the term "cop shop" for a police station. However, I was walking in Kingston-upon-Thames today and saw the sign on a building for a "Kop Shop" meaning Kingston's Office Precinct". It still didn't really make sense to call it a Kop Shop until I stepped back and took a picture of the whole building, which turned out to be the old Police Station dated 1864. Just shows that other people can open your eyes and make you more aware of what is around you. Dave.

 

[mojorisin21]

Hello,
Hi Maggie......I attended Blessed John Wall as well in the sixties. 64-68.
My name is Maggie and not being a techno wizard I have at last navigated myself to this site where I can speak me mind and post me preferences.

I first joined Birmingham History Forum 3rd Feb 2015 and due to my lack of technological knowledge I tend to land on the right locations by luck more than judgement. Hence my not being a regular visitor. Birmingham born in Loveday Street Hospital I started my life in the Jewellery Quarter. If anyone on the Forum came from Kenyon Street I would be very pleased to hear from you. I lived in the yard next to the cop shop. Eventually moving to once posh Handsworth.
I went to Saint Augustine School then onto Saint John Wall School when it was still situated in Hampstead.
Now the acid test. Will all of this typing end up in the Forum (fingers crossed) If there is anyone out there who wants to talk to me, don't be shy.

Hi Maggie......I attended Blessed John Wall as well in the sixties. 64-68.

 

[Maggiem]

Hi, Seems that you started at the school the same year that I left. It was a brand new school when I first attended. Not many facilities just the smell of new build.

 

[Steve R]

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Seems I read in a classic car magazine some years back that a rural force decided to by 'Panda' cars to enable officers to travel long distances between towns and villages. To save money they first bought three pale blue ones and three white ones. They then simply changed the doors over which resulted in the distinctive blue and white early Police cars. Has anybody else heard this?

 

[mojorisin21]

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Hi Nick
Nice to hear from you its been ages since I last heard of you on the forum
On the subject of the police cars ,yes they was pale blue introduced in the fifty,s known as the panda cars and they had was a silly sounding siren
Like didda, died a then later they introduce to other services like the Ambulance ,and fire services that had them fitted
Yes one would dash out and see what was coming ,( is it a Ambulance,, Fire engine Or Panda, and yes is it the Paddy wagon, IE, the black Marian
As it was known for in those days ,
But as you know in the early sixty they improved the models of all services and of course there sirens similar to the Americans sounds with
The flashing signs stretch across the vehicles roofs now you can verify what is coming and they are louder
The black mariahs was introduced for transporting people in numbers ,whether it been a mob of police officers to trouble ,or running people
Down to the nick, or transporting young juveniles to varies institutes homes remand centres and prisoners to and throw from courts
To prison and the women down to London Holloway prison ( that itself in time gone bye was nick named the jam factory
Because they used to produced jam and surply all government prisons across the country and they used to do the laundry for prisons
Across the nation then the government of the day area.sized its expensive fetching and carrying these things to various prisons
So all prisons have there own laundry facitles now
That was the Marian then it was nicked named the Paddy wagon because of regular fights going on in and around the country
By mostly week end by and within the Irish community in various pubs and the teddy boys gang fights
You have heard of the expression he or she is throwing a paddy today don't talk to them
Meaning argumenting,
In my days of growing up all the emergency service,s had bells on top of the cars and ambulance and the fire engines
I shared an ambulance with ossy Osbourne when I got knock down outside the Astoria picture house in the early fifties and picked him up
From his house in lodge red within he broken his arm and off we went to the general with me on the stretcher and him and his mom
Sitting on the side the Amberlance was bombing up the city and corporation street with the double bells ringing like mad
Because of the state I was in and I was in there for 3 months andi had to have a long plate into my leg because
The whole bone had crushed and it bridges the gap between the two seperate halfs of my leg and they operated on me all through the knight
From four o'clock sat afternoon through till Sunday morning I had blood transfusion one have another to keep me alive
Have a nice day Nick best wishes Alan,,, Astonian,,,,,,

So you would be the original "Iron Man" then Alan? Bet they wrote the song about you!

 

[Maggiem]

Hi Nick and Astonian,
My apologies for not replying to your messages of the 17/8 sooner, and yes I am very late in response. Things have been rather hectic at home and I have been glancing e-mails rather than studying them so please forgive my bad manners. So interesting to read of where sayings/names derive from, especially the Paddy Wagon (also known as Black Mariah
As for you Astonian. Your very bad accident was not a good way to meet the famous Ozzy Osbourne . You sure were fortunate to escape such a dramatic accident with your life.
You mentioned Teddy Boy's. Do you remember the Tow Rope café in Broad Street?

 

[Astonian]

Hi MAGGIE
NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AFTER ALL THIS TIME i WAS RATHER CONCERNED IN NOT SEEING YOUR NAME NOT UP ON ANY THREADS
FOR SO LONG BACK FOR ME TO REMEMBER STILL YOU ARE ON NOW AND THAT COUNTS ALOT FOR US ALL NOW
ON THE QUESTION OF THE OLD TEDDY BOYS I MOST CERTAINLY DO REMEMBER THEM AT THE OLD TOW ROPE ALONG WITH QUITE AFEW OTHER
NAMES OF THE CHARACTORS IN THERE ESPECIAL A GUY CALLED BARRY THERE WAS ONLY ONE BARRY THAT CAME IN WITH HIS WIFE
ALL DRESSED UP IN THERE OUTFITS LIKE SUPER MODELS AS YOU KNOW THEY WAS DIFFERENT FROM US IF YOU GET MY DRIFT
AND BY USEING THAT EXPRESSION YOU SHOULD NO WHOM I MEAN BUT THEY WAS A GREAT COUPLE FROM KINGS HEATH
ALONG WITH LITTLE FREDDY AND LORRAINE FROM PEEL STREET AND FRED FROM HEATH STREET WE SPENT MOST NIGHT THERE
I ALSO GOT TO MEET UP WITH MICKY GREEK FROM THE RONDAVIEW ACROS THE ROAD MANY YEARS LATER THOU I LAST SEEN HIM ABOUT THREE YEARS
AT MY BROTHER INLAWS HOUSE IN SUTTON COLDFIELD WHOM AS ONE OF THOSE BIG HOUSES ON THE GREEN FACING SUTTON PARK ENTRANCE
YES THEY WA THE GOOD OLD DAYS FREDDY AND LORRAINE HAVE BOTH DIED MANY YEARS AGO ALONG WITH AFEW OTHER FRIENDS OF YESTE YEARS
WHEN WE LEFT EITHER OF THE TWO JOINTS ABOUT 2 PM IN THE MORNING WE WOULD CUT DOWN THROUGH THE OLD BACK END OF NEW STREET
IF YOU CAN RECALL THAT WAY WHER THE ROYAL MAIL TRAIN WOULD PULL UP ABOUT 12 OCLOCK MIDNIGHT FOR PICKING UP THE BIRMINGHAM ROYAL MAIL AND FLYING BACK TO LONDON WITH ALL THOSE SACKS OF MAIL AND BANK NOTES AND THE OTHER TRAIN STANDING THERE WAS OFF LOADING ALL THE LOCAL NEWS PAPERS AND YOU GET YOUR GOOD OLD EVENING MAIL AT 12 ALONG WITH THE REST OF THE MAIN NEWS PAPERS FROM LONDON
BUT ANYWAY MAGGIE HOW ARE YOU WITH YOUR SELF THESE DAYS I KNOW YOU SAID ITS BEEN HECTIC BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUR HEALTH THESE DAYS
I MYSELF WAS TAGGED IN LAST OCTOBER OF HAVE ARLY CANCER AND CROWNES DECEASE I DO NOT HAVE MUCH ENERGY OF LATE 4 MONTHS
WITH MUSCLE WASTAGE STATING NOW BUT BEING AN OLD BRUMMY AND AN ASTONIAN I AM FIGHTING BACK AND BEING A LAD FROM THE GREEN
IN MY DAYS SAYS IT ALL WE ARE A SPECIAL BREED A GIRL WELL MAGGS NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND LOOK FOREWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON
I SENT JEAN A MESSAGE REGARDING ALF BUT NO REPLY YET BEST WISHES MAGGS AS ALWAY ALAN,, Astonian;;;;