Recent content by A Sparks

Fleetwood Mac, the original band with Peter Green, certainly played in the area at Le Metro club in Livery Street back in the 60s, my friend and I saw them there at the Blues night they had mid week.

Interesting! Margaret was in the same year as me. I knew she was a Birchfield Harrier. Some of us met up for a meal in Sutton Coldfield back in the 70s and Margaret had us in stitches telling us how she had, by chance, met up with Mrs Cockbain (in a GP surgery I think it was) and Mrs C invited...

A video on the BBC Birmingham website this morning... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c0jld616yzwo

An article from the BBC Birmingham website today... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckge3gge10zo

I don't answer either, my thoughts are that if it's important they will leave a voice mail message or text.

Some comments on a FB page, Great Barr Past and Present... According to the 1851 Census a John Stubbs (born 1800) lived there with his wife Amelia F Stubbs (born 1789) together with three servants. John's occupation is down as a surgeon, own general practice, whether the practice was at the...

This article was posted to another Forum I read - hopefully something positive at last...

An article about Chance Glassworks from the BBC Birmingham website this morning... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrvwrp41deo

So sorry, what a horrible thing to happen. As you say, it's not the money but everything else we carry around and the inconvenience of replacing things.

Nice to see the old images of the Lodge! We lived on one of the roads off Cliveden Avenue and I understood that there had been a lodge to Perry Hall there. The area where the road turns off from the Walsall Road has all been widened off now from how it was in the 60s. To the left of your photo...

I can understand what you've said. Absolutely no disrespect to Ozzy (not his fault!) but I do agree that they seem to be 'milking it' for effect.

Oh dear! Had to check out what it looked like, from a post on another thread...

Thanks from me too! Fairly near to a few and I got the retractable pencil and pin cushion.

Oh dear...such sad news, I'm so sorry to hear about Eric he was a real part of the Forum. Thank you for letting us know, my condolences to the family, I'm sure he will be missed by you and all of us here too. RIP Eric

I wonder where all the items went to and if the bricks were used for another particular building in Birmingham!