Recent content by Graham2

first one is looking down the lake in winter, 2nd is me under a load of conifer branches, we had just been to cut the christmas tree.3rd is our house side on .

Birch trees we have by the million, it's also the wood we burn on our stove in the winter, so i have a 4wood sheds full of Birch logs!! garden is looking good the rhododendrons have now finished, I wish they flowered for longer. Can just notice the nights getting a little bit...

Does anyone remember the Y M C A restaurant nearly opposite the end of summer lane , they did a good lunch there.

That is right next to the yard of the firm that I worked for" Preedy's, wholesale Tobacconists and confectioners " I was there in 1960 to i think 1964. Thankyou Lynn for that

That would be Luing Preedy. He was a gentleman, he was the company chairman in the 1960s and 70s My Dad worke for Preedys for over 50 years and knew Luing very well, they even played in the same Rugby Union side!! When my Dad was in hospital in Kidderminster at the end of his...

Matador , i worked for a tobacco firm, and we had cigarette machines in loads of pubs , they had to be refilled every week. One of my routes was Birmingham and the Matador had one of our machines there . On arriving there one Thursday morning to refill it, IT had GONE!!! nicked...

I do remember having to do M/T guard duty, provided us with a pick axe handle!! then we had to walk around the hangers where all the land Rovers were kept, other drivers kept nicking your spare wheel off the bonnet of the land rover , so it was an excellent time to nick...

I think the gates you can see were the gates to the firm I worked for Preedys, that was their yard then, this was in 1963 about

Cant understand schools closing, ours never did . I now live in Norway, but was born and bred in place called kingswinford, i also worked in brum in summer lane 1963

nor me 1947 was bad winter

Now obviously this is not in the U k. Its western Norway where i live, not much garden at the moment just a lot of snow. i will find some summer ones

There was a guy that was Landlord there in the mid 80s called Danny Mooney, as you might guess he was irish. Not sure where he went from there.

I remember the Matador !! the firm I worked for had a cigarette machine in there , up the stairs. I used to fill it up each week. Went one week and it had gone !!! It would have taken 3 men to have got it downstairs,, it never came back again. I bet this was an inside job LOL

Did any of you go on the exercise to North Africa, was it Starlight ? we had to have training sessions at Lyneham Airfield on how to get on and off an airplane. We flew out in March i think to El Adam? then our vehicles arrived by sea and we collected them from there, mine was...