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Never heard of Carbide Chips. What were they for ? Yes we were dangerous kids werent we ? and little bl###rs as well at times. A penny banger followed by a marley, in a bit of pipe with one end hammered flat used to be my favourite. Never managed to hit anything though. Also once a banger was...

Pity theres never a year included in the date on adverts like these. The Barbs one would be 1974 I reckon. I was at both gigs, Dont remember much about the Be Bop Deluxe gig - Actually dont remember much from those days if it happened after 8 pm. lol - But that Stomu Yamashata gig was wierd...

Sorry, cant remember Plumleys. Used to go to Shipleys in Cattell Rd - He was related to my old man in some way I think - or Regans by Green Lane Library.

Didnt really seem all that bad if you grew up with it. It was just what you were used to. Till I was about 14 in the mid 60s, I lived in a back to back, one tap, one electricity socket, shared toilet, no bathroom, one coal fire etc. 4 kids, a living room about 12' X 10' Didnt feel like an...

Boots still sell itn dunno what it does though. Probably snake oil like a lot of old remedies and tonics. Cant think why but any mention of Sanatogen makes me think of Shelleys Chemist on Coventry Rd.

I've been keeping a lookout for a photo of the Dudley Rd Branch for ages. My first job, around 1968/69, was in a TV shop next door but one to it, with a Cafe in between. But the worksohops were above the Cafe and probably part of Woolworths. Back then Woolies used to employ loads of young...

Heres yer proof. Thought I had one of the Heliport as well but I cant find it. I wonder of the other Circus was Gerry Cottles.

Course you do Graham. Last shop on the left.

2 cars then ... Probably OK in the summer months. I remember there use to be long queues on a friday afternoon. Mates who worked there were all scared of the boss iirc.

It was called the 5 minute car wash. Anerican style, half a dozen kids washing em by hand sort of like a production line. Owned by an Italian guy called Tony I think. At the side of it there was an exit door to the kingston balcony which didnt lock properly. Easy to open from the outside if...

I've seen the picture before, and I'd love to know the house number. Where did you take it ? My G G Grandparents lived in Victoria Rd till the mid 1800's and I cant help but wonder.... He died in 1855 aged in his 60s. so the age would be about right. There are no phto's afaik, so nothing to...

Round about where the F and the I are, there were some newer semi detached houses with bay windows, and a drive or passage at the side of the end one. I remember that well, cos I had a serious run in with the woman who lived in the end one when I was a kid ( best leave it there) The club, or at...

The triangular shape just behind the blue mark ??

Round about 1961 or 62 I can remember playing around in an empty building just behind where the blue mark is on the map. It had been a club of some sort I think. Cant remember there being a shop there, but I seem to rememeber there were gates.

Remember this stuff ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlcxwwd19Qg Bottle of pink chemicals, I used to drink it with my warm chicken and stuffing sandwiches from a cake shop on Pine Square. sounds orrible now !