Recent content by BLUEBOY

Thank you Covroad i used to go and watch my brother play football there his team was Rockwood Albion.

Hi Covroad have been following these posts as i lived in Reginald Road and used to play in Adderley park as a kid late 50's early 60's my school was St Saviour's on the Rock and i played football there some times against the local schools like Adderley school although our home ground was Burney...

Thank you for getting back to me i'm glad you managed to connect with your family i'm sure Mom would of been interested in your journey all the best.

Hi catmadjax have just noticed your post forgive me if i have the wrong family but are you referring to the tragic fire in Adams Street if so my mothers family lived in court 17 Adams St and she told me about the fire and how they had to evacuate the court and remembered the sight of the bodies...

Thank's to both Sue and Viv about Saltley market and the mention of St Saviours school i was a pupil there from 1957 till 1964 was the market opposite Reginald road i had moved to castle vale by the time the photo and details of the fire were published . Is their anyone watching this thread...

Thank you for the reply, yes i remember Porters we lived just down from the shop on the other side of the road Kensington Place it was up the entry our house was in behind the roadside houses we used porters for that last minute groceries that mom forgot when shopping on the Rock she used to...

Hi Graham , our paths my have crossed at cubs i think i joined about 58 -59 where on the Rock were you living i was born in Reginald Rd in 52 and moved to Wright Rd in 57 my wife and i will be celebrating 50 years next June 2023 Cheers Blueboy.

Hi Phil, we must have been there at the same time , i was also a sixer but couldn't attend on the night i was to get the Leaping Wolf badge i cant remember why but i never went back like you i left when i was 11 and my mates went off to different senior schools ,thank you for the memories not...

Hi Curly thanks for the info on 151st will have a look at the post you mentioned , and thank you to Trebor i do remember Sellars sweet shop cheers Rich

Hi Curly, know the area, my brother lived in Harts rd and his in-laws lived in ward end park rd their garden overlooked the boating lake spent some time mostly weekends in that house , climbed over garden fence into the park and set up my fishing rod very happy days . Later on early 70's joined...

Hi Curly, must have been 1958-9 when i joined the cubs cant say it was 151st , memory for those details has faded i would like to find out but wouldn't know where to start, were you local to the Rock cheers Rich.

Hi saddlebag Eric, you mentioned the Baptist church i used to go to cubs in the hall at the back of the church cant remember our pack number but our kneckerchief was brown with a mustard coloured edge had many happy times in that hall and spent a few nights camping at Yorks Wood. Rich.

Hi Dave89, Dave i cant remember much about the record shop except i think it was double fronted with records displayed in the left hand window not sure what was in the right window, I'm sure i bought up to date records at that time but i did buy second hand records in fact can't go past a...

Hi annie56, thank you for the post didn't remember the Pigalle cafe never really went to the Gate end of the Rock except to buy my fishing tackle and bait from Chaplins and buy records from the shop opposite can't remember the name, Remember the No 8 bus stop you talk about in Adderley Rd...

Thank you saddlebag ( Eric) no problem with the lists mate i realised they were jumbled, it was the shop names i wanted just to get my bearings on the Rock . Thank you again i hope the family appreciate your book the next generation of forum members perhaps Keep in touch if you have any more...