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  1. tali

    Amesbury Court,Moseley

    Thanks for info Phil and Colin :)
  2. tali

    Amesbury Court,Moseley

    Amesbury Court, 6 Amesbury Road, Birmingham, B13 8LD (not Amesbury Manor which is further up ), i believe this imposing building opposite the rear of Moseley Hall hospital near Salisbury rd side is now divided into flats.But does anyone know history of this building -wasn't it connected to some...
  3. tali

    Golden Hillock Road School

    https://www.dinoregister.com/search.php?detailsearch=06206-2
  4. tali

    Car registration numbers

    999KOP sadly seems to be no more.
  5. tali

    Golden Hillock Road School

    Basil Wainwright is he same one who duped Noel Edmonds ? I recall the premises on Walford Road and Medlicott Road. Always a yellow Ferrari Dino parked there - which was a unique event back then.Those Dinos are now priced at 250 to 300k !
  6. tali

    Car registration numbers

    I recall near Sparkhill Police station regularly parked was COP999 - and afaik the owner was not a PC
  7. tali

    90s Pop Video Brum

    Very Rare 90s pop video featuring Brum -some places obvious , but anybody pinpoint ? Impressive Police chase Cracking song one of my faves from the 90s( although may not be popular with the Werthers Original crowd here!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCouhOXywU4
  8. tali

    Montgomery Street School

    Plenty pixs here including Mr Brazier https://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/montgomery-primary-school/b/2e4722b1-e2fd-410e-bc72-443a2fc12c7e
  9. tali

    Vehicle Registration Letters - Issuing Authority Listing

    Afaik O1 was first number issued in Brum and followed numerically O2, O3 etc......so lettts get reaaady to ruuummmmbllle!!!!:triumphant: O1 today O2 =Ferrari 575 Maranello Registration O3 Make VOLVO Model V70 De SE LUX D5 AUTO
  10. tali

    Italian Car Dealers in Brum in the 80's ?

    Mario Dellioti himself retired.He is 80yrs old and lives in Bell Heath near Belbroughton
  11. tali

    Motorcycle - How To Find My Old One

    Registration LKW2 Make MERCEDES Model VITO Description 111 CDI XLONG Fuel Type Diesel Date of Liability 01 11 2013 Date of First Registration 12 11 2004
  12. tali

    Montgomery Street School

    Hi GillianJH, Mrs Askew, -my elder siblings remember her .Miss Gorniack -yes i remember her - looked like Margaret Thatcher with her bouffant hair! Do you remember quite and placid Mrs Hingley - she retired after 40 yrs i got email last year from Mr Brazier's grandson in New Zealand -...
  13. tali

    Toy car shop Walford Rd Sparkbrook

    Phil, Yes it seems trawlings is on wrong side of road! I loved that shop -even though it was very dark inside!
  14. tali

    Car registration numbers

    yes and they also have 0E60OEO
  15. tali

    Toy car shop Walford Rd Sparkbrook

    I recall it from mid 70s -it was a small shop selling Matchbox, Lesney toy cars and practical jokes.It was on Walford Rd Sparkbrook , in a block of shops near the Royal Mail sorting office (which is still there) Does anyone know name or do a directory look up ?
  16. tali

    Motorcycle - How To Find My Old One

    YOB50 number plate must have been worth quite a bit - not showing on any other car - so seems to have died with the bike My dad had an old BSA bike in 1960s -TOK544 - recently i found out that is now on a Ford Maverick
  17. tali

    The Causeway Yardley

    Strange little path of Church Rd , Yardley - no more (but on Street View) as Tesco sits there that lead to recreation area .Was it always like this or were there houses/properties on the Causeway -(seems odd to name a path with a road name) https://birmingham.streetmapof.co.uk/the-causeway/
  18. tali

    Car or buggy?

    Dollman St Museum warehouse have a C5. Clive Sinclair - i suspect used his Porsche 944 rather more than his C5.
  19. tali

    British newspaper archives

    Google had a good news archive - i said had , because like most other google features some lunatic working there is hell bent on wrecking all the good bits. As for Lancashire Libraries i'm not truly convinced they will have archived news stories from other regions
  20. tali

    Aberfan Disaster 1966 Pantglas Junior School

    14 Moy Rd is the house directly opposite where the school stood - don't think i could live somewhere that directly confronts you with such tragedy
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