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Great. It could only be the "Harp" And with reference to your earlier post, EVERY night was an "Irish night out"!!!! Appreciated!

I was at that Gig. It was fantastic. IIRC, was it just after Ziggy Stardust had come out?

Used to work at the Embassy in Walford Road in the early 1970's whrn it was Zetters Bingo...after the bingo had shut, Derek the manager sometimes used to take us out for a beer. The Harp Club just over the road was usually first port of call...could get a bit wild in there sometimes, then...

Great to hear this about Mr. Reagan...I never knew the Ritz club in Kings Heath in the 60's but my mom used to work there when it was a bingo hall in the late 1990s. To look at Mr. Reagan wandering around with his change bag you'd never have suspected he was one of the original movers and...

Warren - I've ve been posting here for a few years now. Thanks for the site - it's a privilege to speak with you all and I appreciate the effort you and your dad have put into this fantastic resource for our benefit.

OK no problem. I thought you might be another John L that I know...

Yes I remember in 1963 the snow came over your welly tops but school never seemed to shut (thanks Mrs Deakin, headmistress...) and walking to school through fog so thick you literally couldn't see your hand 6" in front of your nose...gawd knows what it did to our little lungs... Well before the...

Is your name the opposite of "highe", by any chance?

Might pop in for a pint, just for old time's sake. Don't know if anybody remembers, but the James Brindley had been "decorated" by the brewery with a (not unsurprisingly) "canal theme". On one of the walls was a large photograph, proudly labelled "Gas St. Basin, 1910"....the picture showed a...

A boat I was involved with in Gas St, Summer 1986...on our way from Northampton to Ellesmere Port. Built in 1936, a Harland and Wolfe Small Woolwich motor boat, Bargus. Original fleet number was GUCC No.18. Her registration number was 567 and she featured in the opening shots of "The...

Can confirm this.....wandered up and down that bit of towpath since the 1970s and no recollection of any such tramway. .. Who remembers the shonky plank bridge across the stop lock at Worcester Bar? Long before the silly brick footbridge was built! I certainly do!

Give it a listen. It really brings that time back to me....

Did Clark Hutchinson ever play there, or anywhere else in Brum??? Just listened to "Retribution" on YouTube. It's still really great!

Yes, the Canal Museum is still there... If you are still interested in the subject, this is a good book. ("this" is a link...click on it...) A bit technical, but very, very interesting...

One forgets the passage of time....you are correct!

They look to be aluminium so no older than 1925-ish?

Nope, your memory is A-OK! It was indeed a roller rink...

Arrgh. When I was a kid in the 1960's we used to go down the Dingles. The bit just at the bottom of the park where it used to go under Trittiford Road used to be swarming with horse-leeches. We used to collect 'em in jam-jars. Not nice.

Clothing shop was "Simpsons"....it survived against all odds until not too long ago. Empty for ages, but otherwise untouched. Those of us who could not afford Simpsons had to resort to "Patricks" just around the corner on YWR, near Jones' bike shop and "Decorate".....

That was the point.......none of them are there any more.....