Recent content by ManBaz

Thanks for that. I have a strong affinity with dogs. I was bought up with racing greyhounds belonging to my uncle and grandfather. We raced at Hall Green and Perry Bar mainly. I know that dog racing is now considered a bad thing but at my young age I just loved the dogs. Later when I...

Sorry - off topic but I love dogs to pieces and your picture is of very good looking and friendly hound. Mine died about a year ago and I'm too old for a new one. What is his/her name?

Probably. But they could also use a rumour, a gun, a religious belief (it's been done) or a magic can of beans. A good question and I don't mean to be condescending or facetious. I think there is a problem where new methods, devices, ways of doing stuff can be given buzzwords which gain...

Did Old McDonald kill Willy Wimpy?

AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)? We all have GI and, perhaps, this is AGI? What, in this context, does "artificial" really mean? An earthworm, for example, has some intelligence where it hides from the sun and knows what to eat. What gave the worm this intelligence? It seems to me...

Thanks for that. All the mystery about AI is, I think, based on development of the process originally called "machine learning". It is not impossible that a machine ('puter), if so programmed, could store, categorise and link information from its everyday data processing and then use it later...

'twas always a bit foreign and mysterious to me, a tea drinking uniformed schoolboy on his way to and from Snow Hill station to the 12 bus in Colmore Row and then on to and from school every weekday. Having now left Brum I can't remember whether I ever went inside.

Thanks Vivienne. I found this link that answers many questions about the foundation - https://kingedwardvifoundation.co.uk/our-history/

Thanks Dinger and Vivienne. All a bit after my time I'm afraid. I left the school well before those dates. I'm an old geezer (78) now. I was travelling the world in the merchant navy when most of those pics were taken. Still interesting though, so thanks.

I wonder if there is a real historic link to King Edward. Was he the king who founded a lot of shools? Check this link for history https://kingedwardvifoundation.co.uk/our-history/

My sister's, my mother's and my aunt's primary school. I joined in 1952ish at the age of 4. Wonderful headmistresses, Miss Pritchard taught me that squirrels lived in a drey. Later, Miss Onions took over near the end of my stay. Imagine the nicknames. Mr Friar and Mr Collins were my main...

Thanks Viv (Vivienne14). Indeed, my uncle, I was told, attended a KEG school in Birmingham. That was probably why I fetched up in a KEG school. I think there may have been KEG girls school but I'm not sure. Kentish Brummie! How? There must have been language difficulties?

Just looking for old friends and enemies. It's been a lifetime! A few fellow pupils' names I remember - R.L. Brown, P.H.G Smith, K.Cole, 2 more Smiths, Jones, Skelsey, Teague (Still thinking. We used surnames mainly) Teachers I remember - F Gadd (English), Scott?, Whitehouse? (Sports, Rugby)...