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Used those steps occasionally, I would arrive at the bus station to see "my" bus disappearing out into Edgbaston St in those days I knew that I could turn on my heels be up the steps to Smallbrook Ringway and at great speed make my way to The Horsefair to catch the bus by the chippy, I think...

Reminds me that I was invited to a Sixth Form conference in 1958 at Cadbury's on this theme, the then City Architect Mr Sheppard Fidler did the main presentation.

This tread could become quite diverse, I had friends who worked on the maintenance of milk delivery floats, certainly Co-op transport, my dad was transport manager for CWS Redhill Rd that delivered furniture around the area (moved to Cranmore Boulevard, Shirley) using red Luton vans, remember...

From the Albany were St.Judes, church and school, Colmore Dept, remember 1965 trying out an Austin 1100, then see Mikejee pcture above.

in late 50's/early60's the fish sidings had become red star parcels, certainly no bar, the entrance to the station platforms was still by the yellow dot, it aligned with the footbridge over the platforms, I frequented the rep, struggled with the lack of leg room, needed an end of row seat, or...

She's not familiar with the "rendering" term. "Artist's impression" or "exploded view" depending on if architectural or engineering

My wife worked in a studio that did this type of work "by hand" until around 1970.

In fact the church never got it's spire proved too costly, Mike's picture was taken 1928, the library was built 1932.

The "cottage" is next to the site that was used for the library. The school `top left is the junior school on Warwick Rd and St Mary's church centre back hasn't got its spire it came later! There is a tram at the Green, the building with "Player's" ad in front of the school is in Westley Rd. I...

She did. And sneaked a few pictures from her window.

Or do as my daughter, work in an office on Broad St

I recall that my Mom was a member of Civil Defence, she was a school meal cook and somehow I think the two were connected. She would go off on exercises "cooking in dustbins". I know I use to think they'll need a big dustbin to get mom in, but it was the cooking that was done in the dustbin. Was...

Did GEC apprentices have a link to Castle Bromwich hall, maybe a training centre. Memory of going there to discuss a concert in Town Hall to be arranged jointly by the apprentices of a number of companies, never came to anything. Must have been in early 1960's.

52 Gas St use to be a restaurant called "52 Gas St" now the black painted building, it was white, canal side down towards Holliday St.

Chemistry was all very well, but I did work for a firm that was strong on engineering, so much so that I enrolled on a City and Guilds at Hall Green so I could learn some fundamentals, this was 1965ish