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Yet again, twice in the same day at exactly the same spot and three times in a week! (see BBC News link below) Are these lorry drivers all following their satnavs, without having any regard to the height of their vehicle and the approaching bridge? Surely word is getting around amongst haulage...

Very plush, wasn't it?

You can't run in high heels, or so I've been told. :cool:

Whoops it's happened again! A lorry collided on Summer Road in Erdington, before 11am on Friday (Jan 3). The road was shut in both directions by police while emergency teams worked to remove the lorry. Train services from New Street Station to Lichfield Station were disrupted by the incident:

He gained a sale the day that my grandmother took me to Lewis's (I remember it well;)). I never got the hang of it myself, although my Dad tried to show me how it should be done (he must have been quite a talent back in the 30s!). :)

Some more photographs:

I'm 67, but not for too much longer ;), as I was born at the QE on 9th January.

Happy New Year to one and all!

Photographs of the late Queen's 1955 visit: 1) All Saints Church Shard End, 2 King Edward's School & 3) From the Mace archive film (link below): Link: https://www.macearchive.org/films/royal-visit-birmingham-1955

Fred Hanks was a well-known sidecar racer, he raced in 12 Isle of Man TTs. Team Hanks below pictured January 1978 (Fred & Norman rear, Roy & Gerald Daniels centre and Carol & Rose front):

Didn't he use that land to run his bikes? I'm sure I heard them, but I never ventured in, which now seems a very good decision.

My friend used to live here (in Erdington) and like Loyd's sign above @ #149 the lane came into it's own at this time of year:

Those head scarfs were often worn by those engaged in war work in WW2.

Thanks so much for posting that, the detail given of the day are terrific and I love the fact that they lunched at The Yenton between their two rounds.

I wonder how many Henry went round in? I'm thinking, it would be somewhat lower than the best round that I ever manged there, in an awful lot more attempts ;) . Really interesting read that.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all! "Christmas Reflections" drawn by Samuel Read, Aston Hall 1857 from The Illustrated London News.

I have "Trefor" as he pronounced it, to thank for sorting out my handwriting. He also taught my father, so our handwriting was remarkably similar. I remember he used graph paper, to make sure that the proportions of all our letters, were exactly right. I well recall Mr Smith bringing older...