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Brummies would say goodbye to each other in a distinctive way,I noticed. For example,taking one's leave from another person,it would be: "Tarrar a bit" Saying farewell to two people,it would be; "Tarrar both" And for more than two people it would be: "Tarrar each"

Not to mention of the legendary Amy Turtle!! I also seem to remember The Beatles giving a broadcast performance from the Aston Studios in about 1964.As word spread,the studios were beseiged,and the Fab Four had to be spirited away via the back door!

Very interesting photos,John. There are some short video clips of the old Digbeth bus station on the Media Archive for Central England website: shown here in 1956 and shown here in 1958 There is also some scenes of Snow Hill station too in the 1956 clip!

I found this photo at a railway collectors fair a while ago which shows the clock on platform 7,c1954/5.In those days it was adorned (if you can call it that!) with the 'Craven A' advert.

Hi folks,thanks for the welcomes. As Dek says,the power stations were where Star City now stands.Access was then either along Watson Road (Off Aston Church Road),or from Tyburn Road,through the area belonging to the Drainage Board. There had been 3 power stations built there over the...

Hi Bernard, There have been a lot of changes down the Wellington Road extension over the years,most of William Cook's foundry has now gone. I moved to Barton in the 1980's and the village has grown quite lot over the years with new schools and housing estates. The news about the Bass Museum...

Having recently joined the Forum I thought it about time I said hello to one and all. While browsing the 'net recently I found this interesting clip on the British Pathe website of the visit of the then Prince of Wales (later to become Edward VIII) to the City in 1923.Footage includes the...

The smell of the Marmite factory in Wellington Road still hangs over the town!When I first moved to the area some years ago,it took a while to get used to some of the local phrases and sayings,such as "Ay oop me duck"!And the locals thought I sounded odd with a Brummie accent!

Definitely worth a visit.Amongst the collections there is a very interesting model of old Burton town showing the breweries and the extensive railway system that once criss-crossed the town.The breweries had their own fleets of steam locos.The museum has the last preserved 'Bass' loco and the...

Bottles of pop were usually 'Corona','Vimto' or 'R Whites' lemonade,all of which came in proper glass bottles I seem to recall!

The cholera outbreak of 1853 wasn't just restricted to Birmingham,but affected areas such as Wednesbury and Walsall too.This led to the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company being formed at that time to provide clean drinking water.Their first waterworks was in Lichfield.

Re: Canals of Brum Would there be any chance of obtaining a print of this photo ? I used to work at Nechells Power Station late 1960's and I think this photo shows the old A station (or Princes Station as it was also known) during demolition,and what I think were the remains of the temporary...

There was another saying: "If yo can see the Wreakin it's gonna rain. If yo cor see the Wreakin,it is rainin' " And if someone suspected they were the subject of a wind-up: "Yow must think oi come up on the down train"

Yes,it is possible to obtain prints of Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance photos.They are obtainable from Nigel J Clarke.Here is his website. Click on 'Picture Library' and that will take you to the list of what is available.

I think the mosaic is near the entrance to a subway near Snow Hill Queensway.It was designed by Kenneth Budd and Alan Kemp and unveiled in 1969. On the Livery Street side is a part of the old station that I think was built into the new station. I took a photo of it about 1980 when the rest of...

Or being sent to the stores for a bubble for a spirit level. Then there was that most useful and versatile of tools-the Brummagem Spanner (a big hammer!). And this could lead to being told "When oi nod me 'ead...'it it"

According to the book 'Powering Forward' by W.Robert Taylor,the firm of R.W.Winfield teamed up with Crompton & Co. to provide some of the first electric lighting in Birmingham,for the Triennial Music Festival of 1882 . Crompton's generator was coupled up to a 30 year steam engine at the...

I think that building of Nechells Power Station (later Nechells 'A') started about 1913,and when the First World War broke out the Government had all work stopped.The extra demand from munitions factories led the Government and the Electricity Supply Dept to construct a temporary station in...

Re: Canals of Brum Building of the first power station at Nechells started in 1913,after the City of Birmingham Electricity Supply Department felt that their plant at Summer Lane might have been overtaken by increasing demand. Work stopped when WW1 broke out,however,demand for electricity...

I think you are right John,as that is also my recollection from visits to the museum in Newhall Street when I was a kid.There was a bridge over the canal,and in the 1950's it was possible to see working boats still using the canal.I also recall there being some glass cased models of early steam...