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Alf, you are so right about the diesel smoke ! This was taken on the last day of Moor St in Sept 1989.

Hi Does anyone remember Roy Trevor Holder ? I think he was born in Aston in 1946, and went to school with my pal Dave. Roy was picked whilst still at school to appear on TV and has been working from 1961 to the current day in Film and TV, which makes it 50 years on my reckoning. Well done Roy !

Hi Dave M. They open up OK for me, but I`ve reduced the size and posted again. Best wishes Doug

As a contrast, these random views date from Mid 80`s

Thanks Wendy. I`ve got this one, I presume a Carnival in 1967 on Sutton Parade

Hi . Do they still have local Carnivals in Brum these days ? I know they have the Handsworth Carnival still, but there used to be smaller local carnivals. These photo`s were of Acocks Green in the late 1970`s. Any more photo`s ?

I often wondered where Anne`s love of beer came from. This photo, lurking with others in some paperwork, reveals all ! Taken in 1950 near Earlswood when Anne was 4 years old, with a half of mild in front of Anne and her Granma ! Anne says that Granma always had a quart of stout every night...

Hi, Don`t know if this has ben posted before, but this image is from a pack of greeting cards which were passed to me several years ago. I think its a really good picture. Can`t make out the artist (looks like RTL). I can post more if they are of interest. PS just found out that the series of...

Think the wheels may be from a small industrial loco, due to the cranks on the wheel centres.

The one I wished I could have seen (although still alive) The King of Rock JERRY LEE LEWIS

As someone who collected Dinky and Corgi models in the 1960`s, I discovered Mitchells at Six Ways Aston. What a wonderful cave of wonders it was. The shop was very untidy and disorganised by the late sixties, with little evidence that they were ever stockists of the models. After a few visits...

According to `she who must be obeyed`, who googled it, Kardomah is Indian for `pavillion`.

Hi. I`m now very confused as Uncle Wal`s Bren Carrier is in fact a WWII Lloyd Universal Carrier (see photo from Google). Bren carriers seem to have a front mounted gun, and a different shape to the upper bodywork. I don`t know if this was left in Egypt in 1945, or whether it was American or...

Hi. This photo was amongst some family things that were passed on to me. The back of the photo is marked `Egypt 1946` and my Uncle Wal is the person on the right. What I don`t understand is that Uncle Wal was captured during the Korean War, so is it possible to be in Egypt in 1946, or is the...

This is my Aunty Lil and Uncle Stan camping at Morfa Buchan in Wales with their BSA M21 and sidecar, taken in 1955. They went there for years,always camping, always with the Combo. With my cousin Pat in the sidecar, along with all the camping equipment, it must have been an epic journey from...

Hi MAW. Father-in-law was conscripted into war at Norton Barracks at Worcester, which I presume was the Worcestershire Regiment. However later on he was with Royal Artillery. I don`t know anything else about his war record as, although he is still alive aged 94, he has very bad dementia. A Dutch...

My dear wife, as a little girl, was terrified of the stall where they whacked a big leather cushion with a big stick to get the shoppers attention. It could have been the crockery stall. Anyone know ?

Hi Ian. Fantastic photos ! The very first 1920`s shot has a Wilkinsons shop just showing on the right hand side. Was this the first of their shops ? I seem to remember they were at Villa Cross until the seventies.

Hi. Don`t know if this has been covered before. I think it was in the late 1980`s that a medal was struck for D Day participents, but to receive the medal, recipiants had to travel to France. Obviously this was out of the question for many people who could not travel, and the cause was taken up...

lencops. Just noticed that the photo of the Walls ice cream van 388 AMY is actually a Trojan, so beloved by Brooke Bond Tea in the fifties. This is the first Trojan Ice Cream van I`ve recorded (sorry but I collect pictures of Ice Cream vans ! How sad !)