Recent content by oldroddy

I used a pub here in Leicester called The Dominion,in Leicester talk,The Dommy. Anyway i got talking to the landlord one day,hearing my accent asked where i was from. Telling him i was a brummie and giving him a rundown of my old haunt.s,he said he managed The Swan once upon a time,but the pub...

The swirly bit's remind me of a solenoid.

Thank you for the photo,truly wonderful.

When I lived in Gt Russel Street it was Newtown Row,(Up until 1963 aged 8,going on 9))it seemed to be a natural divide between Hockley and Aston.

See my post no.13,i remember most of the names you mention,yours and Susans too,did Linda James have a brother?,Robert perhaps. My name is Roderick Kennedy,Happy Easter.

The version i know goes like this,you know what thought done,went to bed,and thought again.

Did that become Bloomers?.

The white frontage was where i started work,my first job,it was the old offices/showrooms of the old MEB,as the building towering above was MEB too,see the arched top of the windows high up,those window frames were made of phosphour bronze,and worth a pretty penny. Also Tyreweld made remoulds,as...

Aston Manor PO,Startins,and The Big Broom,all premise's i have had to visit running errands in days gone by,The Big Broom was like an alladins cave,Startins was where my old boy would send me for spares for his minivan,then his Austin Cambridge,and i used to collect my mom's family allowance...

Great pub in its day was the Swan,there was a manager for every room,had some good times in there,followed by Bloomers across the road.

Avenue road,in Aston was partly wooden blocks,they were there untill i left Aston in 1971/1972,they were at the rear of St Mary's up towards Aston Road.

I used to go to the social club they had on a Saturday night,this was in the early 70's.Used to go with a lad who worked there,and other friends. We used to bus it from Aston Road,the bus stop being opposte the old toilets over the brook,and stagger back,good times.

The old M.E.B building was on the corner of Chester St,and Rocky Lane,i worked on the Chester St side,and there was a stairway inside the building that led all the way around to the Rocky Lane side. I was given the job one day of removing the old window frames from the main building on Rocky...

I have posted previously on another thread that my first job was just about opposite Stretton Rd,in part of the old M.E.B premise's,all these years later,my first grandchild,who is almost 6,has the last name,Stretton.

You are correct about KK motors starting on Ladypool Rd,a friend of mine bought motor from them in 1976,and i have been on those premise's on a number of occasions,they used a finance company on the corner across the road from their site,as my friend and i paid them a visit,as the car he bought...