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My most abiding memory of the onion fair is the mighty steam traction engine "Goliath", used to stand and watch for ages. Then when the fair moved on, we used to stand at the bottom of Gravelly Hill and watch the fair come over Salford Bridge, turn right onto the Tyburn Road, with lorries and...

Once on Dartmoor, 1956, driving one of those square nosed Bedford's, tried to get the Bedford over a bridge that was two inches narrower than the Bedford, made quite a mess of the side of the lorry, and knocked a few bricks out of the wall. Got over though. Soon scarpered.

SMUDGER, that army myth, no, I've seen it done. Trying to work his way out, didn't work though, just got extra jankers. Another was told to go right at an island, and yes, yes that's just what he did, daft begger. More jankers.

What a load of tosh, never had anything like that when I learned to drive at Blandford, but then we were real drivers.:triumphant:

Definitely an air raid shelter. There's one on Gravelly Hill. Been in it many times.

Can't remember the name of the curry house, but we used to go to the Cavendish to watch the group BANDY LEGS. Used to play a lot of MUD'S songs, very good they were too.

My Father was in 8th Batt. Royal Warwickshire Regiment, I have one of his medals framed and on a wall in my house, have no idea where the rest went to. He fought at Gallipoli so I so I consider myself lucky to have been born when you think of what happened there. Wish he was still here, I would...

Reading this thread again the name has come back to me. (I think) the son's name was ERIC and his surname was Cheadle. Anyone remember?

I remember the big freeze of '62/63 very well because we were in what the council called a HALFWAY HOUSE. Those who went through this system had it hard. A halfway house is where the council put families before them gaining a better house. It was so cold that when you did the washing up, when...

The 1950's was the BEST decade EVER. 1950 I was still at school until December 1952, got my first job Jan.1953, National Service came along and by 1960 I was married with a family. With all that happened during the '50's, Rationing N/S, job to job very easily (You could walk out of one job...

Hi Paul, Can I ask what is your connection with Oval Road,? I ask because that was my stomping ground as a young lad. I lived on Gravelly Hill, went to Ryland Road School, and spent an awful lot of time in Oval Road, including the circle at the top.

I have my Dad's whistle that he used as a fire watcher on top of Dunlop Base Stores. It looks like a referees whistle, made of brass with chrome plate (Badly worn). One side has AM with a crown and 23/230, the other side has 293/14/ & L1795 This is obviously an Air Ministry whistle, but Dad...

Regarding the carrier bag lady, as a very young lad going into the Bull Ring with Mom and Dad, being told to go and buy a bag, Dad used to say that she was blind and I musn't go trying to rip her off with foreign coins. Is this true, or was the old b****r winding me up?

I remember an army barber working the system the other way. My Brother in Law who went through the war, was a barber in civvy street. I had seven brothers go through the army before me. Two during the war and five N/S so we knew something about haircuts. My brother in law gave me a very short...

Thanks Jenny, you are quick. Will read it later, just about to start sorting our tea out. No peace for the wicked.

Married 54 years and still have and use a wooden ironing board bought from Woolworth's, High Street, Erdington roundabout 1961/2. Wife says, it's had a few different covers, do they count? Shan't bother getting a new one, wouldn't get me monies worth out of it.

Talking of milk roundsmen, can anyone give a name for the dairy at the bottom of Fentham Road, Erdington. The milkman there delivered the milk to Slade Road Garage (where I worked as a grease monkey) with a horse drawn cart, the type with a walkway through the centre, so the milk would be loaded...

Another explanation I've just found is as follows-- A CRUMPET is a thick PIKELET and a PIKELET is a thin CRUMPET.

I've just caught up with this thread, and it raised a big smile with me because on another thread that My wife runs, there is a battle (friendly) raging about what these things are called. Being a true Brummie we have always called then PIKELETS in my family, however, my wife being of...

Just been doing a bit more research and found out that the club was BARBARELLAS, and was in 1974.