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I had just started working for Marley Tile back then when the sentinels were being built. Marley produced roof tiles and floor tiles or thermoplastics as they were known. The Birmingham branch of Marley was run out of Saltley and everyone of those 32 storeys had floor tiles laid in each flat, an...

yes I agree great times, life seemed so innocent and simple back in our childhood, Arthur Askey ' I thang you" was his line plus his busy bee act. Thanks for the reminder of all the acts we got from music hall entertainment. I remember reading Alfred Marx biography and he mentioned doing panto...

Hi I'm not sure if they have been mentioned previously but how about these two names- James Grant and Steven Knight. One a worldwide best selling author and the other the man who gave us Peaky Blinders. Steven Knight born in Birmingham gave the world Tommy Selby and the rest of the unforgettable...

Hi thanks to pjmburns for pointing me in the right direction to find this- we now live in Australia, my wife and I have special reasons to remember the night of the Pub Bombings. It is now 50 years since that outrage. My wife was in the Tavern in the Town that night and unbelievably came out...

Hi Doug its been some time since we had contact. I have a question which I am sure you can shed light upon- its 50 years since the pub bombings and I was expecting to see some posts on our Forum-did I miss them or is it a bit controversial. I believe that that day should be remembered by us all...

Just a question- have we had two Brummie born players play for England at the same time? We have now with Jude and Jack. And now do we get a Brummie England manager? Well Lee Carsley is temporary boss- it could happen. I used to play against Lee's dad Frank who played for Walsall for a bit and...

As a young lad my Dad would give me the money to get my haircut at Bobs [ I think that was his name) top of Comberton Road shops in Sheldon. Nice guy, wore glasses, ex American Army I was told. He would settle you in the chair, asked how you wanted it and the proceed to give you a short back and...

Me and my wife reckon the office was probably in Cumberland House, masquerading as a local govt office- wasn't that at Five Ways, big multi storey block with lots of offices and a short trip to the A38 by the Bristol Cinema

What fascinated me about the story which apparently was based on fact was that in our city ( yes Birmingham not London, Paris, Berlin etc ) we had spy chasers working out of a building near the A38 out of an office named Alaska. The author mentions many areas in and around Brum before her main...

Hi I never had the pleasure of the Coombes family teaching me chemistry but a male teacher whose name I forget but who took unkindly to me sitting out a chemistry lesson ( literally as I decided to sit in the boys toilet for the lesson-could never get the hang of chemistry ) My hideout was...

I remember some of these guys who I played with for Birmingham Boys team that year, Graham Butlin centre front, Roger Coudjo ? far left and far right Askey ? Later I played with Graham and his brother John for a sunday youth team called BG Brazilia, we won a lot of stuff

Wow some of you guys have seen a lot of live bands- I remember seeing Led Zeppelin at the Town Hall around 1968/69 accompanied by Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig. The weirdest live performance I saw was in 2003, we were in New York and had just done the carriage ride round Central Park and were...

Hi Doug, I found that short story and attach for your entertainment. I'm not sure this is in the right format but hopefully you can read it-regards Richard

Hi Doug, thanks for the kind words. Anyone who even attempts to write a book deserves my praise, its a long haul and not easy. Looking back, the idea germinated in 2005 but with work and life interrupting it took me until 2017 to complete it. I am proud of my achievement but if you want big...

For me living in Sheldon obviously the Sheldon on Cov Rd was my local although it was a fair old walk from my house in Frodesley Rd. Then the one at the Swan, the Tivoli? That was a bus ride. Saw many films there, loved Zorro. My mum bought me a plastic sword with a section at the top end so you...