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I am at this moment watching the Longest Day I can`t the believe the coincidence of coming across your story about your brave father and the brave men he fought along side may they never be forgotten..God Bless them all we owe them such a lot.

haha yes to not getting up to the loo when a comedian was on I remember Bernard Manning taking the * when I went to the loo at The Mackadown...I remember the names of The Romulus and Faces but I they were a couple of clubs I never got to......I don`t remember Hawkins Wine Bar I think it was...

Just to add my bit to a very memorable topic.....We watched The Rockin`Berries and The Barron Knights at the Cresta and we used to go to Kings in Great Barr and saw an up and coming comedian Gary Wilmott and Lyn Paul of the New Seekers and many others and not Forgetting the Night Out it would be...

In the mid Sixties there used to a gang of Rockers and Bikers and we would meet up on the car park of the Bagot and sit on the walls it was with a sad heart that I saw the pictures of the Bagot on fire I grew up in Pype Hayes and The Bagot does have a history and my father was Secretary of the...

What a nice piece of history and I was interested to see the address where your Grandmother lived Everton Road just of Cottrells Lane I wonder what she would think now if she saw the changing area with the new buildings in Stechford and the address also brings back memories around the old Pelham...

Hello Alison, I am sorry to disappoint you but I did not know your Father nor did I know your Grandfather I worked there in the Mid 70`s Best Wishes and I wish you luck with your search Alison.

Thanks for your reply..I have to say that the work was hard but the people working there made it fun also.

You have a good memory Malcom I can`t believe how the years have flown....Chat to you again soon...

I worked at Dunlop`s from 1974-1976 and I worked with a great bunch of blokes it was a shame that I didn`t like the shifts and we worked in CID Central Inspection Department and they used to call it Butlins Holiday Camp for some unknown reason ( I can`t think of a reason why :joy::joy: ) It was...

It`s been a lot of years Malcom and yes I do know you I won`t mention your surname on here ..I did throw a few darts with you and your other brother ( I do apologise but I can`t remember his name ) at Fordrough sorting office and you made me very welcome there although I only lasted a few...

Hello Malcolm unfortunately I don`t have any photographs of Switzerland but I do have a black and white postcard somewhere in the archives of Leysin where we stayed (I can smell the early morning Coffee and jam from here) I will have to try and dig it out.. how I wish we had Mobile Phones back...

Hello to everybody reading all your memories brought back many of my own happy memories in and around Pype Hayes I was born and raised in Pype Hayes and lived in Kimble Grove from 1952 until 1964 before moving to Ward End ...I went to Gunter Road from 1957 until 1963 and then went to Paget Road...

Hello Adrian, I was born and raised in Pype Hayes which down the road from the Nursing home and There are a Couple of Cemeteries in the area including Witton Cemetery which has already been stated and Erdington Cemetery at St Barnabas Church in Erdington High Street some of the Graves were moved...