Recent content by Brian95

I remember working at Cincinatti/HME over looking Castle Vale Airfield, had my first driving lesson on there, a few years later , working at Leyland on Nights on internal transport watching the Vale being built and seeing the growth of lighting showing during the night, Butch Edwards ran the...

And now we wait ???? remember you well Phil & Keith

I lived in Park Road until 14 yrs of age (1961) and can't ever recall a back house or front house with those steep steps, be interested to know where it is, we were at 2/208

Hi Bob, Did she live on Kingsbury Road?

Does anyone have pictures of Harry Walkers Transport trucks from Wharf St, Hockley. In an idea world van no. W24 would be great. Dad worked for them and we used to travel with him to exciting places like Cadburys, ( guess why) the docks, Birds Custard, Rowntree, getting up at 5am and sleeping...

2/208 Park Road, Hockley, B'Ham, 18. I didn't realise there was an "H" in Hockley till I was 15 !!!!!!!

There are a couple of books by Gary Smith " A Trip Down the Flat" & " A Walk Up The Green" with excellent pics and history, having lived in a back house in Park Road until the age of 14 and attended ( sometimes ) HNR school, I can recommend these if you can get hold of them.

I was born and raised in a back house with my 3 older Brothers, all sleeping in the attic, we didn't find life that hard as we didn't know anything different, the highlight of our childhood was when our family got our own outside loo !!!

We used to meet up at the Tyburn House for a blast down the Tamworth Straight on our bikes, I nearly got up to 60 mph on mine !!, I worked at Cincinnatti /HME overlooking the Castle Vale 63/64, my first car driving experience was on the old runways on the Vale and then went on to work at...

We lived at 2/208 Park Road, 5 Houses in the yard though there were only 4 outside loo's ???

I was a minor of the ABC Saturday Matinee, even had the badge and stood on stage on my Birthday

And don't forget the Palladium,Hockley and the Lyric !!

Walls Ice Cream, I seem to remember that was Ford street?

Not sure if it is the same guy but as kids we used to go to the wharf off Lodge Road ( just past BOC) on a Saturday morning when folk used to go and collect coal from the barge, they used to have hand trucks with steel wheels that they would fill with coal and the customer would have to pay 3p...

I lived at 2/208 Park Road and just below between Abbey St & Goode St was the Rabone Rule Factory? is this a link to the name Rabone ?