Recent content by hewittbj39

Wow.My old classmates in 1954, my copy is only in black and white so some kind soul must have had it coloured. I lived at 8/94 Arthur street from 1939 to 1955 so Oakley Road School was the place we were sent at age eleven. I wonder if anyone could pick out Helen Bloxham as my memory can not...

hi wacky. thanks for that it seems very possible that what you outlined could well have happened as there is nothing to say a bomb did hit the actual Wimbush factory that I have been able to discover. many thanks Acklam19.

hi Alan here is a photo of my 1954 class a bit before your time at Oakley road the headmaster was Raggy Allen. Regards Acklam19.

hi ladywood 2. If its the one in Icknield port road I remember it well as I did my courting with a girl who lived in the yard right next door and is now my wife of 62 years. Regards Acklam19.

hi all the photo above fits perfectly with my memories of 8/94 Arthur st Small Heath in the 1940/50s, the cupboard behind the lady was as near mom came to a food store, there would have been a bay window behind the boy with the sandwich and along that wall was the door into the house, our table...

Hi all I too did my courting there in the late 50s early 60s with my now wife, if it was a Sunday we would complete the evening with a steak and kidney pie from the wagon around the corner. If I remember correctly down the left hand side was a canopy to protect you while you queued yes queued...

HI ALL, My memories of the Comet were the free and easies on a Saturday night in the early 1960s they had some fair singers in those day but one lady springs to mind who was there every week and insisted on singing "bobbies girl" a big hit at the time well you could not get in the Gents while...

Hi all I learned in 1989 that I had a brother who was adopted in 1941, I went to the Register office and gave them what scant info I had and they said they would look for me. About half hour later an official called me in to a back office and asked in a kind manner if I knew that he was...

Hi Valerie. So sorry for your loss. It is nice to have a name for that dear lady who we tormented it seemed good fun at the time she turned the tables on us the one time though by inviting us in for tea and cakes which being backstreet kids we soon gobbled down but on the way home some comedian...

hi Pedro42. thanks for the pictures on #9 and#10 they allowed me to relive my life from 1945 to 1955 when I used all of the facilities in your photos from the library where we would hunt for the latest Enid Blyton to the swimming baths where we had Friday night baths (the water was always too...

Hi all I was a member there for many years it was one of the best clubs in Brum the president was Barry Acker who seemed to have a good grip on the main reason the club was well run as a ex- council official. The shows there on a Saturday night were nearly always first class and my wife and I...

Hi Valerie. Would you remember the piano teacher who lived almost opposite you in Chapman road? I was a choir boy at St Aidens Church and when we finished practising we went over to her house and howled outside her window to show what we thought of the child playing as they were just learning...

Hi Astoness. Thanks for the great photo brought back the happy memories for the wife and I, I did most of the alterations to the windows myself to get more light into the property which was quite dark I also removed some walls for the same reason and I can assure anyone who owns it now that...

Hi Astoness. Thanks for the great photo brought back the happy memories for the wife and I, I did most of the alterations to the windows myself to get more light into the property which was quite dark I also removed some walls for the same reason and I can assure anyone who owns it now that...

Hi all. I bought a house at 3 St Benedicts Rd when my wife and I first married in March 1963 and spent 13 happy years there. I have included a picture of it in 1940 the remains of it behind the two gents digging the hole I hasten to add that when we moved in it been rebuilt to a very high...