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IF THIS IS THE SAME VARIETY ARTISTS CLUB .MY EX HUSBAND USED TO PLAY IN A GROUP IN THE 60s.AND WE HAD SEVERAL GIGS THERE .BUT TO OUR ASTONISHMENT THE OWNERS ASKED THE GROUP NOT TO BRING THEIR GIRLFRIENDS BECAUSE IT UPSET.THE "GIRLS".....WE FOUND OUT IT WAS A GAY CLUB...FOR MEN ......NO PROBLEM...

what a small world ....no i havent seen her since we left school many moons ago .but we used to go to the silver slades .she won a lot of competitions for her ice dancing .i was left way behind .....

Hi ...do you remember a girl/woman called elaine eccleston .she was a friend of mine .she used to be very good at ice skating and went in for a lot of competitions....i seem to remember a man called bert who worked at the garage ....

google in knightwick sanatorium the worcester news gives lots of info on the sanatorium ...

MY GRANDFATHER WAS ADMITTED TWICE IN KNIGHTWICK SANATORIUM ..WITH T.B.IN EARLY 1900s FRANCIS FRITH HAS A COLLECTION OF FOTOS AND INFORMATION ....

bacon bones and lentil soup with onions ....

we used to have a "piece" of jam or sugar .many times sliced apple on bread if the gas meter had been emptied ..also my fave .was scratchings from the chippie .with lots of salt and vinegar many times wed find a bit of fish in with them .oxo drinks were another cheap thing ......just think all...

Re: gun trade fatories CAN ANYONE REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A GUNSMITH ON MOSELEY ROAD IN THE 1960s.MY BROTHER WORKED THERE WHEN HE LEFT SCHOOL.

My first cookery lesson was all about hygiene .how to wash up properly polish furniture etc .then we moved on to how to set a tea tray .pretty embroidered tray cloth .proper tea not tea bags .then i think it was a snack lunch progressing to savory mince cottage pie apple pie etc....our annual...

acid drops.......

HOW NICE TO READ ABOUT THE OLD "accy"...i was in and out of there as a kid ...and worked in hospitals when i left school and yes the matron ruled ....

Blimey liz it is a small world .she probably knew my brother then michael leake ..he worked there for years..what is your sisters name....

The building opposite the mosque in highgate street used to be abrahams.i worked there in early 60s packing silver plated and glass ornaments /and tableware the foreman was called johnny stevens he rode a motorbike and all the girls fancied him me included

Cherry lips and parma violets and everlasting strips......

charlies dead was said if your petticoat showed beneath your dress and having souds in your socks (holes).....

THIS POST SHOULD REALLY GO INTO OLD BRUMMIE SAYINGS ...BUT I COULDNT FIND IT....SO DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE SAYING CHARLIES DEAD .if your petticoat was showing beneath your skirt hem....AND YOUVE GOT SPUDS IN YOUR SOCKS....holes in socks .....

hi got to be there then i dont remember another brownie pack in the close area......me and my sister went on into the guides ...wendy and sandra leake we lived in conybere street......

hi..st patricks school/church was in highgate street ..off belgrave road ....the church is no longer there but the school is.....its not far from the mosque in belgrave rd. ....if you had the mosque on your right coming up belgrave rd youd turn left into what was frank st and then right .the...

did anyone attend the brownies /girl guides at st patricks school hall in highgate .in the fifties.

Hi nicki.. I actually lived in sherborne road .but my brother in law.lived in balsall heath rd .william aiken he came from a big family too and the same age also my best friend diane whitehouse .they lived towards the top end of the road .ill ask him if he remembers any of you