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I only noticed this set into the pavement on Boad Street the other day. Now hear there's another for Jasper Carrot. I'll have to sort that one out.

Thanks pmc1947 I was trying to recall where it was the other day in a discussion about the Don (Winson Green Tavern?) pub which, I believe, was on the corner with Lodge Road. Although I pass it regularly I now cannot think what replaced that street. I'll have to go and take another look.

Just great! :great: Thanks Mark.

Swimming costumes! What are they? At the age of four I got lost on the beach at Rhyl in me Aertex underpants cos I hadn't got a swimming cossy. :Aah: Mom was going around embarrassed, asking people if they'd seen her little scally in his undies. ??? I d'ain't 'alf get sunburnt before I was found...

Vikki, It would seem there are no records pre-dating its rebuild in 1900/1? Have a look here: https://tinyurl.com/ypfn86

Jacqueline wrote: I read somewhere that art galleries are a very popular place for single people to meet potential partners. :rolleyes: I too spent, and still do, a lot of time at the BM&AG. I once took some Irish visitors there who'd just finished a cultural tour of Europe and they were...

That's right Bob. If they did it's likely to be on the very rare occasion that I'm in there. :rolleyes:

Anne, Forge Lane is still a Lane. Despite what I stated in my earlier post, around there was one of my old haunts. There's a bit about it on the main Handsworth site - "Handsworth and Beyond". The whole area has now been developed into a country park. Have a look here: https://tinyurl.com/269msj

Thanks for the info, Anne, and the great pictures. I don't think you're straying too far. My trouble was not straying far enough. I never got passed the Baggies' ground so know little about that other world.

Has, or did, West Brom have a public swimming baths then?

Yes Phil - it was Eden Place. I recall him as a scriber with a lot of his work being done in chalk on the flagstones. I also heard the rumour that he was picked up by a limo at the end of the day.

Gail still gets her fingers caught in the one we've got when she rushes things on a busy washday. :P If that's not bad enough those wooden rollers can leave the odd splinter behind as well. :Aah:

I think it's in Holiday Street now - can't swear to it though as it's not somewhere I use very often... well not to get married. :redface:

I don't think the Old Rep ever competely closed. Even though they've been only amateur productions, I've seen a couple of plays there in recent years. They always seem to have a Christmas pantomime or play of one sort or another. Here ya go: https://tinyurl.com/27llt6 & https://tinyurl.com/yt8wqm

Here's a few more: https://tinyurl.com/2o6vz5

Anne, You might these threads of interest: https://tinyurl.com/33txqp & https://tinyurl.com/2nqymc

We don't agree on everything :rolleyes: but it would seem my taste in sculpture and public art is very close to Rod's. I loved Forward, Enterpise and the Iron Man. I know absolutely nothing about the making of Forward but I do know there was a slight con in Birmingham being led to believe that...

Yes, Judy, I remember the escapologist. They'd chain him and put him in a sack. It used to frighten me, but I was only three at the time.:redface: Anne, Enoch and Eli (Aynock and Ayli) used to stray over the border at one time now, sadly, one of them (forget which) has died. I recall first...

Anne, that woman would've been selling the Despatch & Mail. Dumbo (so called because of his prominent ears), the usher at the Regal's ABC Minors - "Get yer feet down and stop talkin' or oi'll thow yer out". The punch-drunk gardner at Black Patch Park, unkindly nicknamed Pig Shh...(muck);) -...

Thanks Moma P another bit of me research sorted.:great: