Recent content by steveb

Great to read about Kingshurst, many memories moved there with family about 1957 until 1962 in a maisonette in School Close, which was very damp and mouldy, but we had some great times there very friendly people, i remember my elder sister went to the school in School Close and me being younger...

Yet another new one doing the rounds, be careful. So many scammers and parasites about, note the urgency required, closes on the 19/10/24 so dont think about it too much or you will loose your chance to claim, just send them all your banking details and they will empty your account for you. !!!!!!!

Agreed, nice to turn the scam onto them for once, free taxi ride in this case but it just highlights some of the dodges these people get up to, getting more and more sophisticated. Got to have your wits about you at all times.

Another scam i was reading about the other day where some unsuspecting person had their bank account emptied as follows, The police say someone had their bank accounts emptied after they paid a taxi driver with a debit card. The passenger had wanted to pay with their credit card, but the taxi...

Spam fritters god they were awful, also another horror for me was corned beef fritters, maybe how the cook done them but they were like a sponge full of grease horrible things, i think most kids didnt eat them, another dinner i disliked was pilchards with salad like an overgrown sardine still...

Had an e mail about a week ago and apparently my TV Licence has expired, they told me the bank had declined the direct debit, and i had to click on the link provided to up date my information, if i didnt do this within 7 days my information would be passed onto a debt collection agency. So...

Hi Lyn doing a bit of research to see if i could pin a date down for the photo, however looking at the photo most houses where empty which kind of fits in with with the 1921 census when only houses 7 8 9 & 10 are showing as occupied, but then there is no Oxygen Street listed in 1939 so i assume...

Hi Lyn looks like MWS might has answered the numbering as for 9 Oxygen street on the 1881 census see below, Patrick Rook Head Married Male 60 1821 Shoe maker Cork, Cork, Ireland Mary Rook Wife Married Female 60 1821 None Cork, Cork, Ireland Transcript of Mary's record First...

Yes you are probably correct never thought about it, just remember mom saying it, and those shoes were the forerunner of Crocs of today wasnt they called jelly shoes. Also remember boys used to throw a half ender. Half a house brick.

Remember my mom used to say when us kids came in from playing "you look manky" get yourself cleaned up, this was usually teatime and you came home starved after being out all day, something to eat then out again until dark. And when playing someone say whos got the pill (meaning ball) not sure...

Another one thats just come to mind, my uncle would say your nans gone to bed she came home KAYLIED.

Yes it must be a brummie saying as my nan was born in Aston in about 1880 living in Oxygen Street then the family moved to Folliot Road Lea Hall for the rest of her life and as far as i know didnt live anywhere else.

Agreed but as i remember my nan used to like a tipple or three in the Lea Hall Tavern so i suppose on another day it could have been go suck your apple, ha ha happy days.

Ha Ha you are probably right memory not so good now a days, after all that was about 60 years ago, lemon it is.

My dad used to work as a driver for a chap called Gordon Waldron who used to own a green grocers shop on Station Road it was called Loves of Stechford, as well as selling fruit and veg at Stechford he used to supply school kitchens and works canteens and hotels with fruit and veg, after a few...