• Welcome to this forum . We are a worldwide group with a common interest in Birmingham and its history. While here, please follow a few simple rules. We ask that you respect other members, thank those who have helped you and please keep your contributions on-topic with the thread.

    We do hope you enjoy your visit. BHF Admin Team

Search results

  1. Actongrumpy

    George Dixons Grammar School

    Hi Brumbum, In the early fifties when I attended GD, Walker was always refered to as Piggy - not anywhere near him you understand; not in the same county if you had any sense. The rumour was that his profile was due to the fact that he had been gassed in WWl. I remember him describing how...
  2. Actongrumpy

    Old street pics..

    Hi David Do you have any knowledge of an island just off the Hagley Road, in the middle of the junction of two roads opposite the Ivy Bush? My father claimed that his father was the first taxi driver in Birmingham and that his ‘pitch’ was opposite the Ivy Bush. I found an old map that shows...
  3. Actongrumpy

    George Dixons Grammar School

    Hi Valmy, Sounds about right. I blame Trout for breaking my thumb - it wasn't his fault but I still blame him. He was CEO of the Danes at the time - the lowest achieving house in those days - and was desperately seeking mugs/volunteers for the cricket team. My friend Richards suggested we...
  4. Actongrumpy

    George Dixons Grammar School

    I left GD in 1956 believing that Wally Walker was a descendent of Attila the Hun with a penchant for hauling folk up by their forelock. He heisted my friend Frank in this manner, (running in the quadrangle), and somehow managed to disengage Frank’s bracers. Frank was left standing on tip-toes...
  5. Actongrumpy

    George Dixons Grammar School

    Poor old Trout seems to be getting a bad press; I thought I might add to it. I have two enduring memories of him. He featured prominently in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, a rehearsal of which was recorded on a Grundig wire recorder by another member of staff who shall remain nameless, (...
Back
Top