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Since I left Brum in 1956, the '63 winter was experienced in Crawley, Sussex. However, I do remember the '47 winter in Paddington St. The schools never shut back then, you could have a tornado but you were still expected to go to school, no excuses...Porchester St was our local "ski hill", no...

It's funny listening to Bing Crosby singing White Christmas, a song written in 1942 about Christmases gone by, and watching a video doing the same in 1963 and reminiscing in 2025...Many memories of Christmas in Brum (the best ones). Some not so good, like when the trimmings set fire to the...

My dad was a proponent of the "lean out" of the bike to the sidecar, to compensate for the camber in the road. You may be able to notice in this photo of my dad's last combo which was a Triumph Tiger 100 and I believe, a Swallow sidecar. Dave A

I had a 1958 Tiger Cub, brand new...I had the great pleasure of riding to Brum the first day the M1 opened. No speed limit at the time so you could really get the throttle open. I remember doing over 75mph for the first time. I went to Aston see my old street, Paddington St. My old house was...

This is me on my Norton Jubilee in 1960 Dave A

I often get asked about the authenticity of the Brummie accent on Peaky Blinders. My response is that it doesn't sound like me, does it... Dave A

No worries about age, I'm there too...Yes Wacker Hunt was an Aston lad that played for Cradley Heath before joining the Brummies. He was a great rider that was very popular both at Cradley and Birmingham. I remember crying when I found out that he died in South Africa. Dave A

Happy birthday Lyn! Dave A

That's OK John...I'm curious, were you a speedway fan? Dave A

See post #38... Dave A

Here is a picture of Graham Warren with his fellow Aussie and partner with the Brummies,Arthur Payne

Alan Hunt was English...The Australian was probably Graham Warren AKA "The Blonde Bombshell". Dave A

This is the bridge that my father got stuck under when he was driving a lorry loaded with cars in crates that we stacked wrong. In order to get the lorry out, they had to let the air out of the tires. Dave A

My connection to Aston Commercial...our mom used to work in the canteen, and also, there was a clinic there where I was once taken to have an abscess on my neck lanced. It was a traumatic experience that was unsuccessful and I eventually had to go to the General Hospital. I was 12 years old at...

I'm one of those "snowbirds" and winter in SE Georgia. While it is true about coming in droves, the "drove" is much reduced. There is no boycott, many snowbirds own property in the US south so they can't just boycott it. However, many are selling their properties in response to the political...