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Don't forget Drucker's in Temple Row.

It wasn't the Kardomah was it?

Dogs and food, we had a German Shepperd that we left in the back of our estate car. She had water and the window was open so we thought she would be fine. When we came back she was sitting in the driver's seat looking really pleased with herself. On the floor in front of the back seat was what...

I used to cook both of them as a chef in Bristol in a French restaurant, beating the steak flat for a Steak Diane always gave me a feeling of satisfaction. I also made the pate for the Tournedos Rossini it was my own recipe and people used to ask me what it was, let's just say that a load of...

Looking back at it now I'm amazed I survived

Something else that has come to mind that I still look back and think of as funny and a slap in the face for those involved. A friend of mine and I went into a Chinese restaurant in Needless Alley for a meal. My friend was from Hong Kong, his father was from the UK and his mother was from Hong...

Sorry, I can't help you there, but on a Tuesday I used to go to a wine bar in Needless Alley have a few glasses of wine, then on to The Burlington for a meal with a G&T to start, then a bottle of wine and to finish a brandy. The up to Snobs to dance the night away drinking Vodka, Tia Maria and...

Our local cinema was refurbished, but it seems that asbestos was found and now it's not going to reopen for some time. Sad really as it's just like one of the old cinemas we grew up with. It's one of the very few cinemas that are allowed to use the old Pearl & Dean logo

I used to love going to the Burlington Restaurant under the Midland Bank in the Burlington Arcade. You went downstairs and it opened up into a bar and then you went into a long room with a balcony to the right. It was silver service and you sat in the bar until your table was ready. They took...

It was down an alley on the left-hand side of Broad Street, all most opposite the Towrope Cafe. It was used as a setting for the made for TV series Gangsters.

Used it go there and watch B&W Flash Gordon and Batman shorts.

I used to go out with a driver called Ken delivering films to the cinemas around a wide area of the Midlands down as far as Ross on Wye. Middle of the night dashing out to the cinemas unlocking the doors, dropping off two large film cans, picking up the previous week's films and then dashing...

It was the Rajdoot at the top end of Albert Street on the left.

I used to go in there for a meal as I worked just along the street, it was the oldest Indian Restaurant in Brum. The Shah Baaa was not as old and I can't say the food was good. Went there one evening with a friend and we noticed mouse droppings and looked up to see mice wandering around in the...