Recent content by trevor bow

I always thought that the Festival Football League was formed from the 1951/52 season onwards following the Festival Of Britain exhibition which opened on the 4th of May 1951 in London. Yet I've seen on the internet various dates for when the league started. One site says 1999 but another...

My wife's grandmother worked in service for the Kunzles when they lived at Ley Hill, and she said that their son killed himself by jumping out of the window. It was all hushed up apparently and he is buried at St Leonards church Frankley. Christian Kunzle also started the 'Give A Girl Health'...

Not that I'm suspicious or anything but it seemed to be the practise back then to make teenage boys/young men swim naked. The wag who wished that there was mixed bathing would have been disappointed. That's because there were totally seperated pools and changing rooms for males and females...

Hi Steve, You've made some very good points. Who would be bothered to save any photos when they were seen as of no interest and only took up space ? Thankfully, yourself and one two others managed to save a lot of them. Apparently, something similar happened when Mason College, next to the...

Hi Steve, Thanks for your informative reply and as you say,if they had been stored somewhere else then it's likely the lot would have been binned. But actually, couldn't someone, perhaps yourself, have asked the planning department if you could take the lot ? Or was there the usual...

Hi Steve, A very late reply, more of an enquiry actually, but were all the photos rescued from the planning department, or was it too late. It's unbelievable that the whole lot would have all been thrown away but for your and others efforts to save them. Well done !

Have you tasted their chocolate lately ? Not a patch on what it used to be like, and I have a long memory. Perhaps the royals have noticed the same thing.

Hi Peter, Yes, it was "Astoness" who I believe is one of the site's administrators, and she told me the last edition of the Brummagem magazine was december 2018.

Thanks for that info.

Hi Peter, What date was the last edition of Carl's 'Brummagem Magazine' please ? I convinced myself that I'd seen it on sale in W.H. Smith about 6 months ago, but I've since discovered that it finished way before that. Many thanks, Trev.

I think Birmingham rugby club started out as Northfield rugby club but changed their name. They used to play in Barron Rd, Northfield but sold the ground for a housing development. With the considerable about of money this raised, they built a brand new large clubhouse with 3/4 pitches at...

I went to Ley Hill School aged 8 when it first opened in September 1954, and left aged 11 in 1957. The head teacher was named Derek Wright who was a real vicious bully. He would knock seven bells out of kids for the slightest reason. First teacher I had was Miss Wheeler and then Mr Wills for...

Quite a story Bob, you were obviously the adventurous type !

Is it still possible to visit 'The Girls Grounds' or is it now overgrown and a wilderness ?

The Wellington pub was my dad's local until our family moved to Northfield in 1954 - I was 8 at the time. It was on the corner of BSW and Wellesley Street and we lived at No 3 'Cottage Row' further up towards Villa St. It comprised of 10 houses and was next to St Saviours Church where myself...