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Hi all again - Baz, talking of “nicking stuff” how about this – In 1939, Solomon Linda recorded a song “Mbube”, also known as "Wimoweh" for the South African Gallo Record Company. In 1960, the John Barry 7 recorded “Rockin’ Already” – the “B” side of “Hit or Miss”. In 1961, the The Tokens...

Hi all I've been watching channel 81 "Talking Pictures" and recently saw the film "Beat Girl" 1959...what a fabulous soundtrack! The John Barry 7 were really good - there's some rock'n'roll classics on this - here'e the theme tune which recurs throughout the film (later covered by the Damned...

Yeeahhh.....Cyclops Records in Piccadilly Arcade - I'd totally forgotten about that shop...had some very strange times in there - still got the LP's (Captain Beefheart & Frank Zappa) I bought from them......and Virgin, where you could sit on the beanbags and listen to your album through their...

How about THIS then......just as I remember it.......including the original jingle!

Hi Jukebox - excellent piece from the Mail - it makes you realise what we've lost:(

...Never heard of that one.....they did used to repair towpaths with fly-ash & cinders, though....so that might be where that came from!

Hi all - think we've been here before.... Anyway, Happy New Year to all! Cheers S23

The smell of steam engines always does it for me....I remember when I was small going on the train to the usual Brummie destinations of Weston and Rhyl - a few years ago went on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire Railway and the smell of the smoke took me straight back to my early days when...

Could have dropped in at Cofton on the way to Sweden?

I'm going to buck the trend - it reminds me of the British Rail "power box" by Navigation Street - I don't think it's too bad. Now Selfridges and the so - called bl**dy "Bullring" (did they forget where the space bar was?) - that looks as if it's just been dropped from orbit and hit Brum in a...

When New Street looked like THIS... Interesting article from the B'ham Mail - but (as they say on QVC Channel) - that's not all! At the bottom of the page are some really good links to other things historical. Enjoy S23

Spent a few nights in there when I broke my arm (radius AND ulna) in Daisy Farm Park in 1961......they set it but it didn't knit correctly so I had to have it broken again (ouch)!

Yes please, count me in. Cheers S23

Re: Bier kella Hi Viv IIRC, it was in Needless Alley. I went in there quite a few times - I used to (and still do) really like German beer - do you remember when you could get Dortmunder Union and Kronen at some curry houses? Like so much else, a thing of the past, these days . (Clue...

I was a member of Yardley Wood library in School Road....as a working class kid from Warstock it literally changed my life ....forever grateful to the founders of our library system...we can't let it vanish without trace.

Still enjoy an OXO cube as a drink.....at least you don't get welded - on jar tops like you do with Bovril!

Hi Viv Years when July 11 was a Sunday (for the purposes of your query re. this advert lest I get castigated) were 1971, 1976 and 1982...judging by the prices, I would go for 1971..... Cheers S23

Hi all It was really good to meet everyone today - nice to be able to put faces to the names you read about all the time! Big thank you to Lyn for organising the do...to Postie for making it all possible and all of you who have helped me out with various bits & bobs over the time that I...

Hi all How is the blue plaque application going? Please count me in for £25 donation. Regards S23

For all you Rowan and Martin fans out there.......Try This Veeerry Interesting indeed..... S23