paul stacey
master brummie
astounding Viv!!
yes and it could be the Lonely Pup (In a Christmas Shop)Is that Adam Faith on the right?
Used to go to Bingley hall to the Motor Shows before they went to the NEC . In those days you could sit in the cars and used to come out with a load of brochures for all the different cars. Does anyone remember the Joke stall the man selling the bird sound reed like thing which you put in your mouth and made sounds like a bird. Well he did when i tried to do it i nearly passed out.An interesting couple of models built in Bingley Hall. Wonder what they did with them afterwards. Its nice to be able to say the full size buildings still exist. Viv.
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if you had passed out and needed medical help and depending what year you would have been helped by my mother in law who was duty nurse at bingley hall for a few years...Used to go to Bingley hall to the Motor Shows before they went to the NEC . In those days you could sit in the cars and used to come out with a load of brochures for all the different cars. Does anyone remember the Joke stall the man selling the bird sound reed like thing which you put in your mouth and made sounds like a bird. Well he did when i tried to do it i nearly passed out.
Early to mid 1970s .if you had passed out and needed medical help and depending what year you would have been helped by my mother in law who was duty nurse at bingley hall for a few years...
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Lovely memories of your Champion Otty nice one.In the 60's there was a pet show held in Bingley Hall and I entered my pet rat Otty for the small animal section that he went on to win. I still have his prise a pet book written by Betty Tay of the Daily Mirror. I still have the book signed by her.
“Beer infused fog” we used to call it “getting blitzed”Anyone go to the CAMRA beer festival there ? I remember it well, went on the Saturday ... but ended up in a beer infused fog. But what I do remember is the range of beer on offer and it was good. Still hunt down a pub with a good beer or two on offer today. The BH festival taught me a thing or two about beer. Don't know if CAMRA still exists, but it would have its work cut out today to find pubs pulling decent pints. Having said that, though, we have a few micro-pubs selling really good beer and cider here. You have to wonder what the victorians would have made of a beer festival in Bingley Hall when it was mainly used for cattle shows and other worthy events.
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Just googled and found out that the book he won is very collectable. Comes under Daily Mirror Pet shows prize books.Lovely memories of your Champion Otty nice one.
Priceless to you though.Just googled and found out that the book he won is very collectable. Comes under Daily Mirror Pet shows prize books.
I remember the beer festival well as it coincided with my 21st birthday. I bought a glass with the name of the festival and the date and some tickets going in and exchanged a ticket for a glass of beer at each stand. I kept the glass as a memento of the occasion and lost it just a year ago when a visitor to the house managed to drop it. I was pretty upset having kept it carefully for all those years. The festival was popular and was helped by a strike in (I think) Ansells brewery which meant that near half of the pubs in Birmingham didn't have any beer.Anyone go to the CAMRA beer festival there ? I remember it well, went on the Saturday ... but ended up in a beer infused fog. But what I do remember is the range of beer on offer and it was good. Still hunt down a pub with a good beer or two on offer today. The BH festival taught me a thing or two about beer. Don't know if CAMRA still exists, but it would have its work cut out today to find pubs pulling decent pints. Having said that, though, we have a few micro-pubs selling really good beer and cider here. You have to wonder what the victorians would have made of a beer festival in Bingley Hall when it was mainly used for cattle shows and other worthy events.
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Great piece of memorabilia!I remember the beer festival well as it coincided with my 21st birthday. I bought a glass with the name of the festival and the date and some tickets going in and exchanged a ticket for a glass of beer at each stand. I kept the glass as a memento of the occasion and lost it just a year ago when a visitor to the house managed to drop it. I was pretty upset having kept it carefully for all those years. The festival was popular and was helped by a strike in (I think) Ansells brewery which meant that near half of the pubs in Birmingham didn't have any beer.