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So very sorry for your sad loss Chris.

Len, Definately Norman Wisdom,I saw it on my uncle Len's T.V.he was the first person I knew to have one.:)

Kathy, I remember that, it was c1951,it was the very first thing I ever saw on T.V.:)

Trade and commerce were the driving force behind the empire.Brummies in particular had good reason to love it,from brass chandeliers made at Southgates in Summer lane,to bicycles made at hercules and numerous other goods that were sold to the empire. The great civil engineering projects of...

Dec, It's just a vague memory but I remember the move you speak of.I did some contract work at the Austin and Walker Bros paid my wages,but I never actually went to the main office.

Dec, In the early 50s.I remember Walker Bros.having a place in Temple Row close to the "The Old Royal"....please tell me I didn't dream it.:rolleyes:

David, The photo.(plate 29)inside a gunsmiths workshop is exactly as I remember it. I worked at the British Hub in Weaman St.in the early 50s.the whole street was a hive of similar workshops,the one I worked in was the size of the one in your photo.and it contained about 15 belt driven...

Great stuff again Stitch...is it all from your own private collection?.

Nothing wrong with Empire Day,when the empire was replaced by the Commonwealth only one country,didn't want to be a part of it,the rest wanted to keep their links with Britain.:) The idea was first thought up by an Irishman Lord Meath,who thought Queen Victoria's birthday would be appropriate...

Excellent job Frothy and John....and the photo.is worth the effort.:)

Brenda, The filthy air we breathed in Aston had it's advantages:rolleyes:...the atmosphere was so polluted the germs couldn't live in it...hence we stayed pale but healthy.:).

An early version of a bollard ???.

If there is something to climb,little boy's will climb it,if there is something to throw little boy's will throw it.There will be a few lumps and bumps:(along the way but it's all part of learning.:)

Jean, Great photo's and knowing who the people are makes them even more special. I am very impressed with your research,knowing how difficult it is with the name Smith. Some research I did on the name Smith (also boaties),only worked when I got lucky. As an afterthought,a favourite...

It was me Paul,(I'm the one wearing a suit) ain't changed a bit in 55 years...I tell lies as well.

Brenda, Working at Johnnie Wrights in Holborn Hill,you would remember the dances they had.:):):) they also had a good boxing club..Did two kinds of dancing there myself.:rolleyes:

Oh yes,and the girls of the fifties,in their smart dresses and skirts,always looked good,more than that...they were gorgeous.

Oh yes the fifties,the best decade of all,after the poverty of the thirties and austerity of the forties,it was a wonderful time.The future looked so bright, we all needed shades.:cool: For me, it began with leaving school,and then a roller coaster of a ride.Two bobs worth of dark in the back...

Thanks Mike,for a very moving story.