Recent content by John L

I'm another that has seen Roy Wood, in my case in Perry Common and at Sainsbury's. I have also seen Andy Townsend, Ian Taylor, Gordon Cowans and Juan Pablo Angel (all of Villa fame) at local supermarkets. I have sat with Barbara Castle and Douglas Hurd on trains to/from Brum and seen Matt Busby...

The final hammer price was £400 yesterday.

If anyone still has any tickets from concerts that they attended back in the day, you may well be sitting on a gold mine. I noticed the ticket stubs below for Birmingham concerts, are up for auction on Monday at Richard Winterton (Lichfield) and the current bid is £340! ;) The 17 tickets...

My lad came back on Saturday night with his ears ringing, as had been anticipated. :grinning: It was a great day for all those lucky enough to be there and it was so nice that all of the bands took no fee for their performances. Acorns Children's Hospice, Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity...

I dropped my son and his mate off earlier. They have just played a message from Dolly Parton to the audience. So, it's not all heavy metal. ;), but each act is building up the occasion to what will be quite a crescendo (I'm getting regular phone clips), when Sabbath come on at the end. I'm sure...

It began as The Saltley Picture Palace in 1911:

20 Lyn.

Dame Hilda Nora Lloyd, DBE (née Shufflebotham; 1891–1982) was a pioneer in many senses. After becoming the first female professor at the University of Birmingham in 1944, she rose to become the first woman to be elected President of any Royal Medical College at the Royal College of Obstetricians...

I had my first pint of lager at the Boars Head in the early 70s. It took a bit of getting used to, but it proved to be the first of many. :laughing:

I watched the film "Tolkien" on Film 4 today, having recorded it recently. I think it might also be on Amazon Prime, for those that have it. I can highly recommend it. Birmingham obviously features quite often, particularly Barrows (obviously filmed somewhere similar elsewhere) where Tolkien...

It was sold for £6,597.60. I wondered about the 60p. Could it be that the bid was made in another currency, which might indicate that it is on it's way abroad?

Currently the bid for the Daimler stands at £4,800 with 24 minutes of the timed auction left. Only £1,337 below it's delivery price back in 1952. Some late frantic bidding could yet, see the bidding near the 1952 cost. Hopefully it might be bought, with a view to putting it on public display...