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Unfortunate business Names seen over the years (I don`t know where, don`t know when ! ) are `Hairport` (Ladies hairdresser), `The Frying Scotsman` (Chip shop), `Fags and Mags` (newsagent), `Nuts and Nails` (Beauty salon), `Fat Kee` (Chinese takeaway), `Bill the Bandit` (Grocers), `Al`s your pal`...

What was the game where you faced a wall and threw a ball behind you to your mates and you had to guess who had the ball. Simple wasnt it ! My trouble and strife remembers a similar game without a ball, but you had to guess who had moved position. Was that `Statues`? Somewere in this game you...

Another of father-in-laws standbyes, Beechams Powder taken dry on the tongue ! Tough or what ?

Do you remember the remedies that my Father-in-law swore by ? Doans backache pills, Friars Balsam, Zambuck ointment, White Fire chilblain ointment, Opas indigestion tablets, Scotts Emulsion, Aspro, Menthol crystals, the list goes on and on. Mind you, so does he ! He is 94 in June after all.

Thinking of the smells from the Pig Bins, my pal Dave lived in Aston and could predict the weather by the smell coming either from HP, Harvo or Ansells depending on wind direction !

Was there a Bham Coop grocery .shop at Aston Cross ? Also what was the name of the Chemist on corner of Victoria Rd. Were the chemist the same as on the corner at Six Ways Aston ?

I worked as a Trainee Manager for FWW in the early 1960`s. What a great training scheme, right from sweeping the warehouse floor through to Management. I started at Worcester 65, a super 2 storey store. The manager (who was always called `Sir` at FWW) was Andy Grey, a Yorkshireman renown for his...

My in-laws used to tell my wife that Ice Lollies were made from canal water so she didnt want one ! The ice cream van chimes were greeted with `oh listen. Its the cuckoo` !

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Just found an old photo of a Jamboree Special Train arriving at Park Station in Sutton in 1957 bringing scouts to the event. The train is hauled by Brittania class loco `Lord Rowallan`, and had a Tudor Rose headboard

I remember that there was an Elmo Supermarket on Lozells Rd. Elmo were taken over by Fine Fare in the 1960`s, and one store was closed down but I can`t remember which ! I also remember the grocery shop called Thelma Stores which was near to Woolies. Up at Villa Cross was a superb Cafe called...

Attached photo (early 1950`s I think) showing Hastilows Tudor Rose coaches in Park Rd, Uncle Harry Watts in the centre.

Hi. Am I getting mixed-up as I thought that Stocklands Coaches operated from Marsh Hill in Erdington. We went on a family holiday with them in 1957 to Blankenburg in Belgium. Down to Dover via Hyde Park Corner at midnight (all the adult passengers were saying `there THEY are !` and me as a young...

Hi. I`m new to this site, but what fantastic memories of Lewis`s. Attached photo taken in 1949 on Santa`s sleigh in Lewis`s, containing my wife aged 3 and her Mum and Dad. I wonder how many more photos of the same shot exist.

Hi there I`m new to this thread and it may be covered somewhere else, but has anyone memories of the Jamboree in Sutton Park in 1957 ? I found a few old photo`s and try to attach.

I seem to remember Shufflebottoms being taken over by Arnolds Stores, who also had a shop on Hagley Rd

S F Collins brings back memories. Their H.O. was in Gas St and their prices were very cheap. I remember a real go-getter manager called Russ Carlyle who was at a few different branches (I think they had 5 or 6) Anyone recall them

Hi virtual_jan and many thanks for your reply. I was only 6 years old when we left Erdington (my mum died when I was 4 and dad remarried just before our move to Kidderminster) so my memories are a little vague.I was a Rep for H J Heinz from mid 1960`s to mid 1980`s and I seem to remember your...

Hi. My father was Alfred Armstrong, the manager mentioned in this thread. My dad spent the majority of his working life employed by Wrensons, starting as an order boy on the bike in the early Thirties at the Sutton Coldfield branch. His first shop as Manager was Erdington High St until 1950 when...