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Hello elle-jay, as it goes my sister in law has been there today, she said they,ve poshed it up. we lived there in the 70s in the town center in cheshunt house, and the top of chelmsley rd by the greenwood tree pub. just found this on Google if it,s any good to you...

Hi Patty nice pics of your Mom, she looked well for not a very nice place, remember it all to well. as you have seen just back a bit on this thread. regards Derek

hi Pete hope you,re well, i,m paying 99.09 a Lt for diesel. what,s that all about. i have that fuel price checker for my area, it,s been that price for a week or more,i have,nt heard of a price increase, perhaps they don,t think we notice you ask at the garage and all you get is a shrug of...

Hi graham you certainly lead a charmed life at locko, i was there then,and missed out. i bet you wished you were there now? mind you i wish i was in Cyprus on ladies mile beach. regards dereklcg

It looks as if it could be in Coventry to me, but as you say it could be anywhere? dereklcg

hello graham. i was in Mr Cummings class,although i was in the wooden huts and the annex above the co-op in Francis st i,m not on any of the photo,s you have posted,if you back up a bit on this thread as you can see i can relate to what you have said. there are a few faces i think i...

No i,m Derek his mate,who you know! from kelynmead but yes his dad did work on the railways,you have a good memory,he was at tyseley i believe. john use instant messages, look forward to chatting. regards Derek

HELLO OLDBRUMMIE I WAS BOUGHT UP WITH TRIUMPH BY DAD WORKED THERE AND MY STEPBROTHER AS A TESTER HAPPY DAYS. CLICK ON THE ABOVE BLOG IT,S BRILL. REGARDS dereklcg. sorry mate did,nt look properly.

hello Birmingham bus collectors. i found an interesting pic on the web, is it fact or fiction did it happen ? and i bet there are a few faces people know or knew on this pic? regards dereklcg

hi ragga i would say your settings are not right on your printer i have copied it OK, Derek.

Nice one Mayfield,and still there on my map near to whites and fletchers, i was 5yrs old, and if i had,nt already i was about to start school at locko. BO. ho. regards Derek

Hi Lyn yes it has been posted and no doubt copied many times. me thinks, as a youngster living in nechells used to go there,so it,s in the right place. happy days regards Derek.

Summer riding maybe ,we had some bad winters then did,nt we? i wish my car would do mpg like the comet though. i think this is a cool picture ? regards dereklcg.

HI Ann,we have been getting progress reports on the ring o bells sad really, was a grt pub, in our youth happy days mariew has been keeping us up too date she lives just down the road. regards Derek

Don,t leave it to long O C i can relate to the sheds in diuddeston mill hanging over the wall in Malvina rd the brick yard crossing Adderley park,Rupert st loading coal coke. Happy days regards Derek

Hi Dianne i seem to remember the glebe if you turned right at the pub and it was down there but it is a long time ago,and i remember Fred parkins shop,but as to the location sorry mate. i know there was a co-op shop as you came up to the pelam from town before the pub that sold furniture. Derek

It was Hereford county hospital for me took the lights out under the canopy, with a barrow hoist when i was on plant hire. happy days. Derek

I remember Lathoms in nechells pk rd the poolway and the glebe, if i remember right did,nt they put that colored cellophane up when! when! we had sun to stop the stuff in the window,discoloring. there was a program on the TV not so long ago a couple up north and one in Cardiff it was called...

hi stitch, i like most started with van driving,panic stuff nights days even of all things taking them to magull,for to go to Scotland. The panic stuff was to all the ford factories, it had to be there at all costs then they used to keep you waiting there all night,but i used to enjoy my job...

Wow stitch,my bum is numb with the memory,of so many hours on the road albeit in modern time,good days bad days but happy memories. Derek