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MartinB Just come across your Post of Nov 2014 . I too went to Bournville Infants and Junior school starting in 1940. Then on to Raddlebarn lane at 11yrs followed by Handsworth Tech leaving in Dec 1953. I have posted various details regarding Bournville School with a few photographs ...

While I was attending Raddlebarn School 1948, we had gardening practical on a patch of land near the junction of Oaktree Lane and Raddlebarn lane. This is obviously now built upon. Possibly my worst experience while at the school were swimming lessons at Stirchley Baths .I doubt any heating of...

I agree modern cars are superior to the 1960s etc. In those days there were clutch problems , poor brakes, body work that when poked in a rust spot developed into a hidden 6in corrosion calamity, batteries heavy and after 12mths needed regular recharging etc. One only has to go along any motor...

!962 Jewellery Quarter Dinner Grand Hotel. Only on the top table do I see any women!!!

Don't know if these have been shown before or even if they will enlarge.

Morturn. Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the fascinating link to the Severn & Canal Carrying co. Ltd. Some lovely pictures and informative texts written so well.

I've looked to see if either of these pictures have been shown before but as the theme is so extensive I obviously haven't done so in detail. Nevertheless here they are!!!The top one is in the Birmingham Basin and the other on the River Severn presumably on the way to join the Worcester Canal...

I bet those players shown in all the pictures could at least score goals unlike today's team who have managed 11 in 21 games in the Premier League!!!!!!

Not such a grand fountain as those above but nevertheless a public one. This ,as many others, does not now exist. It was situated in the central reservation of Weoley Hill north of the intersection with Witherford Way. I can just about recall this during and a little after WW2. The water...

Soot from our house chimneys was saved to line the spade hole made for planting potatoes. This acted as a deterrent to slug attack.

A bonfire memory of just 24hrs!! Last evening I went to a bonfire and firework celebration locally. The organisers had wonderful imagination and came up with this realistic structure of Parliament building. It was about 40/50yds long faced with cheap hardboard on top of pallets and painted...

I hope the print enlarges enough to reveal the names of those being presented with their Certificates of Apprenticeship in 1961

Conkers, Our once very popular childhood natural toys. I cannot believe when I go to the local convenience store, situated on the edge of a large housing estate, that bucketsful of conkers are simply lying on the ground or being smashed on the road by traffic. Children today do not even give a...

Mike Freer and Hurrica nPlanes It could be Dick Picken. If so I have a photo of him. I used to borrow his block and tackle to aid removing of my car engine.

Mike Freer.... Yes I do remember Pat Daniels. She was working in the met Lab while I was in Charge. David Stratford a member of the lab was idlely tapping a 2lb hammer on a work bench and suggested as an off hand remark for her to put her hand under the hammer. This she did resulting in a...

Mike Freer.................. The ghost of Birmetals has reared a favourable head in just 24hrs. Firstly through the Forum and at last finding a photo of a friend , Charlie Higgs and secondly in today's post a letter, after 10yrs waiting, from Ian Campbell living in Canada. He was an...

Mike Freer....... Have you by any chance read my long article on Bimetals on Post 14? You will surely be able to recall many of the moments to which I relate. and correct some no doubt. When I finished my time at the company I was in charge of Process Control with Charlie Higgs as a colleague...

So pleased to see Charlie Higgs. Such a loveable rogue and I like to think a good friend of mine. He was the one to organise stag parties and somehow get magistrates' approval for extensions to drinking time. He often borrowed small amounts of money at the middle of the week . I did get paid...

In Pembrokeshire there is a Spit Fire restoration Company with a charity shop assisting in their money raising efforts. The enamel advertising aid looks particularly impressive with a lovely picture of a Spit Fire.

I live in Pembroke and there is a very active Spitfire Society who have a Spitfire they are slowly restoring. To help with funding they run a Spitfire charity shop in the town. If you would like I could obtain their email address for you and there might be some common thread evolve.