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The Dogpool also had a jazz club in the early 60s

If it is the one I am thinking of did it have a model railway in the window. I remember as a young lad looking in the window while waiting for the bus with my mother.

Does anyone know why Warstock Rd is so wide were there ever any plans to link it up to any other roads or make it a major highway.Thanks inn advance for anyones help

Sitting at home in the N.E of England watching T.V and all the time there are adverts for C.D of songs about Newcastle does anyone know if there are any songs about Birmingham would there be enough for a C.D ?

Hi Rowan The grips were made by Jarrett, Rainsford & Laughton. You may know them as Laughton and Sons my mother worked for them in the 50s & 60s by then the grips were sold as Lady Jane

I remember Fosters shop in Kings Heath and how my mother always took me there for my school cloths always bought with a provy check. It was great to leave school get a job and pay cash for my cloths at any shop I wanted

Yes it was on the corner of Highters Heath Lane the plan was to relocate on Druids Heath but I left the area so dont know if the plan went ahead. Could people be getting Hall Green mixed up with Druids Heath ?

living in Warstock in the 1950/60s Fr Murphy was our parish priest and Our Lady of Lourdes our main church even if it was in the school hall. We also had our own little church in Glenavon Rd called St Judes that was a simple prefab hut. I always felt sorry for Fr Murphy such a large parish and...

Yes had the cane many times but the teachers used anything that was handy board rulers, pumps hitting the knuckles with small rules, board rubbers thrown at you, desk tops smashed down on the fingers and I will probable think of more. The one good thing about Bishop Challoners was it was very...

Yes morris sure you are right have been trying to remember what they were called as I am sure London Brick where only produced Bedford due to the clay needed less fuel to fire. I think LBC had a depot to distribute bricks on the A45 but did not manufacture there.

At the end of each term we would play a game called pirates in the gym. All the equipment would be placed around the gym and the floor was classed as the sea you would have 2 teams and the idea was to knock the other team into the sea. Could we get rid of H&S for 1 day to show the kids what fun...

Shebeens/Blues Houses Not really night clubs but a good time was had by all in these establishments. I used to use a couple in Balshall Heath and Handsworth, it seemed that the main customers were irish or west indian perhaps they were a relic from the no blacks irish or dog era. The music was...

Its great to see the history of our mining history being remembered. I n ow live in the north east and you would think this was the only region that produced coal. We are all proud of our manufacturing history but let us not forget the midlands has a great mining history

Hi Alex My grandfather was Noah Shaw I only meet your ggf once and that was when my father his nephew took me to see him at the Swan Yardley to see his FA cup medal I do hope you still have it Keith

Re: gun trade fatories I could not agree more I am disgusted and have sent my views to Birmingham Council and hope that more people do the same to save our proud heritage

Can anyone remember the Ringway Club I think it was in Bromsgrove Street. If I remember right it was open in the afternoon as well as through the night. There was a gaming room on the ground floor and bar and dance floor on the first floor.

I was an apprentice bricklayer with Whittalls in the 1960s and worked on a number of large projects including 3 new blocks at Cadburys, Newtown shopping centre, Lewis department store and Warwick University. Their office was in Lancaster Street and they owned a number of other companies...

If I remember right Yardleys was on the other side of the road and this building was the old Surfside Stop which was a coffee bar on the ground floor and basement with thhe 1st 2nd and 3rd floors being tthe Penthouse night club

Hi Pete I left in 1962 but can still remember Mr Walford and if someone did anything really bad the whole school would assemble in the hall to watch them being canned.

Hi I'm sure pineapple tarts were made by Wimbush's who had shops all over Birmingham. I remember them by the trayful