Recent content by Brian95

I got to thinking that when I was 13 , after school. I used to work in the Quarter, sweep the floor and sort the bits for stones, gold etc then take a bag of ????? to the assay office and collect the stamped stuff then back and wrap the registered parcel things and off to the Post Office, would...

My Brothers shop is still in Vyse St, G.H.Moore & Son, been in Vyse Street for at least 60 yrs, handy as we lived in Park Road originally

Does anyone remember Butch & Mo who ran the Murco Garage on CV? he used to also race with Tamworth Jalopy Club

My Father drove for Walker Bros. transport, Wharf Street, Hockley, B18, from 1950'ish for many years, does anyone out there have pics of the vans or flatbeds, Dad drove W24. I have many memories of visits to, Cadbury's, Birds Custard, Wilmott Bredon and Rowntree's also fond memories of "lucky...

The shop this side of Spencers was Pearks Grocery, they also had a shop on Soho Road, next to that was the home killed butchers shop

BOC was on Lodge Road just up from All Saints Road, just after BOC on the opposite side was the canal basin where the coal came in each Saturday and then there was ( I believe) offices that were something to do with the Ford Motor Co but I may be mistaken, keep going up Lodge Road and the...

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...