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Anyone remember Bennetts Well Farm,Tile Cross ? Opposite the White Hart (the old one ). I lived there from 1945 until about 1963,excluding army service 53--55. I remember Mr Harrard at the mansion down Gressel Lane.He had a fierce reputation for chasing,shooting and eating naughty trespassing...

Not a window cleaner but a window repairer,does anyone remember: SASHCORD KEN FROM BIRMINGHAM 10. He repaired our office windows in Corporation Streeta few times. Tojo.

Does anyone remember the Grapes just off John Bright Street? It was a small cosy pub where some of us lads used go at Chtristmas when we worked at T.I.(Export) which was then next door to the Alexandra theatre.I reckon that pub was glad we didn't go often as at Xmas we were always tanked up when...

Hello Viv. Shame no MCD nowadays,I just don't remember ice cream tasting as nice as a cone with a melorol. And what about those tubs with the little wooden spoon ? All now gone,just like Mason's Pop. Gonna sign off now before I well up and have to get me hankie out! Regards. Tojo.

Yow from Brum? Ar, thats rite,ar, Berningum. That's one version but there are many others probably depending on wair yo was brung up ! Interestingly,they often merge with those from surrounding areas. Yow orroight ? Ar, bostin ! The best quote I heard was: Jousting That's what Birmingham people...

Hope I'm remembering correctly but I think it was MCD who produced the ice cream rounds that fitted into the cornets to make a super ice cream treat.I think the rounds were called Melarol or something similar. When now travelling in the countryside and seeing those round wrapped bales of straw...

My auntie ran the shop in a small village in Warwickdhire.One day I was in the shop with her when a little lad came in. He was very small and very young. "Yes dear"said auntie and the lad said something like:" IKKABOKKAOYEEOY" Auntie started looking along the shelves,then said "Here you are...

On really cold days,my dad used to say "oooh,it's cold enough for a walking stick". Tojo.

A bloke I knew used to say,if he saw an atractive woman:"Blimey,she'd bost yer bootlaces" Tojo.

An old bloke known only as "old Charlie"worked on my dad's farm and one time I saw him at the local fair. He was at the shooting stall and using,no doubt,one of the dodgy air rifles.He took aim and managed to hit a teddy bear which fell off the shelf.The stallholder said"I suppose you want a...

How do,old Dave.My dad took over Bennetts Well farm from Jack Davis in 1939/40.Jack Davis had dairy cows and he used to deliver fresh milk(in a churn) locally.However,pasteurisation was coming into effect so the milk round ceased and my dad took over growing crops and keeping pigs. I lived there...

Are there any oldsters who remember Tile Cross in yhe 40s,50s and 60s ? I lived at Bennetts Well farm opposite the original White Hart pub,at the junction of Tile Cross Road,Cooks Lane and Gressel Lane. Tojo.

Hello Pete,I think I just missed you. I left in 1953,did a year at Posr Office Supplies Dept in Bordesley Green,then into RAOC. I remember most of the teachers though, "Fred ' Whiteley,the Beak/Boss,a timid looking man who frightened the life out of all the kids,Scotty,yhe deputy head and many...

Attending an appointment I found that my doctor for many years had moved to another surgery.I was seen by a locum who referred me to the hospital for tests.I had a tumour which needed removing. After the op,during recovery,I discovered that my doctor had moved to the group practice nearby.I made...

What about other tube makers and the export company that arranged shipment of their tubes overseas. Anyone remember them ? Tojo.