Recent content by John L

I think these e-scooters and to a lesser extent e-bikes have become a hazard in cities such as Brum and it's outskirts. They are made readily available, with often "climate change" being given as a primary reason for this, but who uses them? People delivering food door to door, with little...

In the infants and juniors, we mostly stayed in the same classroom, with the same teacher (Miss West, Miss Tooney, Mrs Harkin, Miss Staunton and Miss Gaukrodgers, in my case). The exceptions being going to one of the two school halls for morning assembly and for P.E. The senior school at the top...

Another early photo of the school.

It must have been a hot day back then, with all those windows open in the first of the pictures above. Brings back some memories. The first entrance up those steps, is where I walked in for my first day at school and the second, was where the milk crates were left, for us milk monitors to bring...

Just an update on the site of The Cross Keys. Plans were lodged by Erdington Islamic Foundation (EIF) to turn the former pub into a “local community and education centre with ancillary prayer facility” and these were approved in 2024. That appears to be it's current use, it now sports an iron...

Aston Unity CC are still up and running.

I believe so. Aston Park Unity was a separate club that was dissolved 1n 1908. (see Wikki link below): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_Unity_F.C.

I believe (or should I say AI has it?), that it was in the Great Parlour on the ground floor from the 1700's until the 1870's.

Villa's formation followed four members of the Wesleyan Chapel cricket team meeting under a gaslight in Heathfield Road, Birchfield, early in 1874. The meeting was between Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price and William Scattergood, who were cricketers, who wanted to keep their Villa...

Sorry Morturn you are 100% correct. Old Oak Common will be the first London HS2 station to open in 10-13 years time and work is now being undertaken to carry on from there to Euston, which is expected to open for HS2 between 2040 and 2043. One thing that hasn't sped up is highlighted by the fact...

It won't be open for 10 - 13 years though and it then won't be going to Euston from Curzon Street, passengers will instead travel to Old Oak Common (which will be 6 miles from Euston and is adjacent to Wormwood Scrubs). Passengers will then face another 10 minutes journey to reach central...

My son travels between New Street and Euston to his home in London quite often and I'm sure that he would agree, that particularly on and around Bank Holidays, that would still be "quite an impressive achievement" 124 years later..;) To be fair, trains usually take significantly less time to...

What a good idea! My wife and her friends often go to the flicks at Sutton. On Wednesday afternoon's it's £5 for a film and a coffee/tea for Senior Citizens on production of a senior bus pass, for example (should you still look 21.. as they do;)). It works in Sutton, why can't it do the same in...

A bit Mike, but they will probably accept the challenge again. There seems to be little will to stop them or to catch them in the act, perhaps some bobbies on the beat would help, it used to.