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Thanks for that link Wendy. As far as I can see my hop-picking story on the main sites under 'holidays' and my bit on Tommy Godwin cycles from Silver Street under B14 has also disappeared. Though if anyone is interested they can still be found here...

Lovely photos and showing a load of blue bricks!

There has been quite a lot said on this forum about those sunray treatments and school clinics. https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1318&highlight=sun+ray+lamp

I've posted this before but I'll say it again I didn't like Taff Jones as during PT I gave my all for him on the horse and really badly dislocated one of my fingers, it went black. Taffy wouldn't have it that I was in pain and wouldn't have my finger seen to; he just said "rub it and it'll go...

Dave, as you may know Trevor Stretch was for some time my best friend, we were very close. The only thing that got on my nerves was his obsession with fire engines, though I never let on so as not to hurt him. I think it was you that told me that he was the first living heart donor, a brave man...

Hi Dave, what took you so long to come up with all those names, reading them was like stepping into a time machine! Clifton Road was my first school and I was known as 'the giant' because of my size, these days when my kids come round I feel more like 'the midget'. Somewhere on this forum I've...

Louisa thanks for the link, Graham.

Simon I too have been looking for a photo as my grandparents were married there. https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5064&highlight=Saint+Gabriel%27s+Church&page=6 & https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3284&highlight=Gabriel%27s Graham.

This summer I spent a lot of time in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and from our little village of nine inhabitants (wonder what Dr Beeching would have thought of that?) took the hourly mountain train into town passing through four tunnels on its way. In the tunnels, due to the constant high...

Interesting Louisa, I've know for some time that I'm Thursday's child but I would love to know exactly at what time I was born. By my reckoning I must have been 10 o'clock tested! :D Graham.

Thanks for the link Brumgum.

Well I've had a dig into my junk box and this is about all I can find that is suitable for non adult viewing!

Thank you again Mike, I had not noticed that as I go to the 'sixties' page via this link https://new.britishcycling.org.uk/50th-anni/article/bc-50-Years-Of-British-Cycling-News-The-60s I will send the webmaster a message about that. Nominations can be made without going to this page, via an...

Jean, lovely photos. I'm so jealous of people's old family photos as I have so few (photos that is):(. Graham.

Thanks Mike, like your before & after photos.

Well said Frothy, I would if I could but don't have a photo of me as a lad that I could use.:( Graham.

Nice one Eric!:)

Hi all I need your help once again. Anyone fancy voting for me in this poll? Then I'll have a good reason to cross that channel again. https://new.britishcycling.org.uk/search/article/20090817-British-Cycling-Hall-of-Fame---Please-Send-in-Your-Nominations-0 Thank you, Graham.

Thanks Fred & Trev. Well things are looking up in Brum! The Birmingham City Council website has just contacted me to say that my page on 'Famous Brummies' has been restored and the link can be found here https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/famous-people The whole URL for my page is still very long...

I'm not sure but I think that this is the place that I worked next to in the early 60's. Any newcomers were always sent next door (to the coffin makers) to ask if they had any empty box's to spare!