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I learnt to swim in The Staff Swimming pool at Cadbury's, like a fish to water I swam quite naturally and have enjoyed swimming all my life. I took my children to the lessons that were run in the school holidays that were advertised with The Birmingham Mail, we lived in Northfield when my eldest...

We nearly bought one in the January sales, we have one at work, we have that much on the PC we have a dedicated one just for music, its great have made up loads of CD's from it.:)

One of my old time favourites, I did not realise Buddy Holly recorded it too:)

My dad used to buy the records off jke boxes, we used to have to go and buy centres for them :redface:

The 1st record I bought was Travelling Light - Cliff Richard I bought it out of some Birthday Money I had , sure it was 1959 as I thought it was my 10th Birthday, was I chuffed with myself at the time? lol:D

What an interesting thread and some wonderfull photo's!

Yes thats right, I posted the same further up the thread but then found out it was Frankley Reservoir that was the one they were looking for, I was told years ago that Frankly reservoir was on the site of a farm that one of the local roads was named after, it turned out to be Hoggs Farm.

Hawleys was another Birmingham baker that used to deliver, my dad had a mobile greengrocers , he used to go all over the place.

Re: Cadbury's Bournville Thats so sad :cry: why do they not restore it??

Thanks Mike, when I have finished cooking and eating I will have another look at it:)

Brilliant photo's and so many memories June, thank you

Thats wondeful Mike thank you, I was looking for St Leonards Church but could not see it on the map but then thats me I'm terrible, a real dumb blonde with maps:redface:

I'll have to find a few more of the old photo's out, I have to upload loads into our galleries on my website so I will post some on here then June xx

Great!! I was told years ago that it was named after a local road by the beeches pub so there we are, I wonder why its also called Westminster Farm Pool??:)

I am trying to remember the name of the old farm and the name of the family that owned it??where the Highlander Pub is now?? It was a shop when we first moved to Ley Hill and the Old Lady and her sons used to serve you from their front door, the stock used to be all up the staircase, goodness...

No that was another one,There was a farm called Tinkers Farm and the school I went to was named after it:)

I may be wrong as its also known as the Westminster Farm Pool so could that be it, you have got me wondering now :D

You mean the semi circle not far from Frankley Water Works?? I worked there temporary for 6 months on the reception desk and yes there was a farm and im sure one of the roads by the beeches pub was named after it??:)

Re: Queen's Visit 1955 I can just about remember being so excited walking up to cadbury's holding mommy's had because I was going to see a real life Queen!:)

Re: Cadbury's Bournville My first breath I took in contained the beautiful amoma from the not too far away Cadbury's, Wow!! how I mssed it when we moved to Northfiled although very occasionally even from there we received a whiff of it even from that distance.:) I think Cadbury's chocolate is...