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HI POSTIE THANKS FOR THE PHOTOS HOW I REMEMBER SITTING ON THE WALL OF THE DOLPHIN AWAITING THE 44 BUS TO GO TO TOWN I LIVED ACROSS THE ROAD IN WOODCOCK LANE AND THE PICTURE OF THE RED LION COULD WELL HAVE BEEN AROUND THE TIME OF MY FIRST JOB AT DAW'S THE FISHMONGERS A LITTLE FURTHER...

YOU SAY ABOUT EVESHAM WE USED TO GO CAMPING THERE AND ONE OF THE PUBS WE USED WAS THE CIDER MILL IT WAS WHAT IT SAID WITH THE BARRELLS OUT THE BACK WITH APPLES BOBBING ABOUT IN THEM AND ALMOST GREEN IN COLOUR I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 9d A PINT THEN OVER ON HUXLEYS FERRY TO THE TENTS OR IF IT WAS...

I KNOW ITS NOT REALLY THE MINORS BUT WHO CAN FORGET THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO AND HIS HORSE SILVER I AM NOT SURE OF THE SPELLING BUT LETS GO KIMO - SABI HI HO SILVER . JOHN

DON'T FORGET PONCHO ?? THE CISCO KIDS SIDEKICK IF I AM NOT WRONG. JOHN

HI FROM MEMORY FREDA WAS IN FACT THE LANDLADY OF THE DOLPHIN JOHN

HI PHIL, MY MOM WAS WAS IN THE WAAF ON THE BALLONS SHE IS NO LONGER WITH US BUT I AM SURE I HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AT HOME UP I THE ATTIC . IF I CAN FIND THEM I WILL SCAN THEM IN WORK BUT I WILL NEED SOMEONE TO TELL ME HOW TO DOWNLOAD THEM FOR YOU TO SEE. THE PICTURE IF I CAN FIND IT SHOWS A...

Re: BIRMINGHAM CANALS HI THANKS THANKS I WILL I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS SINCE I LOST MY MOTHER. WHAT I REMEMBER OF GAS STREET BASIN WAS IN MY PRIME ?? YOUNGER DAYS WAS THE STEERING WHEEL CLUB OH HAPPY HOURS THEN AROUND TO THE RUM RUNNER AND MANY OF THE OTHERS MENTIONED IN THE PUB...

BIRMINGHAM CANALS HI CAN SOMEONE OUT THERE CONFIRM A STATEMENT I MADE THE OTHER DAY THAT THERE ARE MORE CANALS AROUND B'HAM THAN AROUND VENICE OR DID I IMAGINE I HAD HEARD THIS SOMEWHERE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE JOHN

DID ANYONE EVER PLAY STRETCH WITH A KNIFE .TWO PEOPLE STOOD OPP EACH OTHER THEN YOU ONE WOULD THROW THE KNIFE IN THE GROUND AND YOU HAD TO PUT YOUR FOOT THERE THEN THE OTHER PERSON HAD A GO THE YOU AGAIN UNTIL YOUR LEGS WERE WIDE APART AND LAST ONE STANDING UP WITHOUT FALLING OVER WAS THE WINNER...

THANK YOU JOHN

I GUESS I SHOULD KNOW BUT IS BSA BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS OR BRITISH SMALL ARMS OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE. THANK YOU FOR ANY ANSWERS JOHN

I CAN REMEMBER THE CO-OP MILKMAN IN HALL GREEN CIRCA 1954/56 WITH HIS HORSE DRAWN FLOAT AND I THINK THE BAKER AS WELL. JOHN

BEER CELLAR ( KELLAR ) IS MY IMAGINATION PLAYING TRICKS OR DID I REALLY GO TO A GERMAN BEER CELLAR IN BIRMINGHAM IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE 70'S / 80'S DOWN STAIRS LONG TABLES AND STEINS OF LAGERS OR BEERS. I CAN'T BE SURE IT WAS EVEN IN BRUM CAN SOMEONE OUT THERE HELP THANK YOU JOHN

I THINK I HAD A COMIC CALLED " THE TOPPER " OR DID I IMAGINE THIS. ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS BEANO & DANDY. JOHN

JUST SEEN THE SITE ON BOOKIES RUNNERS.THE ONE I KNEW WAS AT "THE GOSPEL OAK" IN HALL GREEN CIRCA 1956/57 HE WAS IN ENTRANCE TO THE SMOKE ROOM IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT. DADS BETTING NAME WAS BUSH 102. JOHN

THANKS EVERYONE WHO REPLIED I CAN ALSO REMEMBER FOSTER BROS NEXT DOOR TO ME. JOHN

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ITS STILL THERE. I USED TO WORK FOR WILLIAMS FURNITURE MANY YEARS AGO AND WE HAD A BRANCH IN THE CENTRE OTHER NAMES COME TO MIND HARDY'S FURNITURE , RUMBLELOWS , BURTONS , THERE WAS BIG SUPERMARKET AND ALSO A BIG OUTDOOR LEISURE AND CAMPING SHOP. A FISH AND CHIP SHOP THE...

CAN ANYONE REMEMBER THE CIGS OF YESTERYEAR , NELSON . DOMINO, STRAND , PARKDRIVE TIPPED. WOODBINE TIPPED, AND IF WE HAD ENOUGH POCKET MONEY PASSING CLOUD OR SOBRANI ? THE ONES OF MANY COLOURS I AM SURE THERE MUST HAVE BEEN MORE I GAVE UP LAST YEAR AFTER FORTY PLUS YEARS BUT I STILL THINK OF...

YES I HAVE CAMPED AT YORKSWOOD IN THE EARLY DAYS I USED TO BE A PATROL LEADER IN EAGLE PATROL IN I THINK THE 23RD ST MICHEALS. I THINK THAT WAS THE PACK.WE HAD OUR BASE IN THE CHURCH HALL JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM THE 31 / 32 BUS TERMINAL IN HALL GREEN BY THE GOSPEL OAK.I CAN REMEMBER THE BUILDING...

THANKS FOR THAT JOHN EDWARD