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Was it Mr Timmins? or Mr Timms? He was the Metalwork Teacher during my time at Golden Hillock (1963-68), Hated metalwork, so boring, so when the opportunity came in I swopped for Art lessons. Was useless at Art but preferred it to Metalwork! Then I spent my working life (50 years) working with...

I'm sure there was a Miniature Railway in Drayton Manor Park, to carry people from the Main Gate down to the amusement area. Before the park expanded to its present size.

No problem Mike! Thanks for the map Janice. I must have walked past Stratford Street loads of times as we used to visit a family that were very close friends of my family very often. Also as I went to Golden Hillock School for five years I toured most of that area but without paying attention to...

Sorry Mike, but is the address you gave correct as 66 is by Henley Street in Sparkbrook, and I don't remember a beer retailer there between 1954 & 1964

Was gutted when I saw that the Dolphin had been demolished! It was my grandfathers favourite pub where he used to play dominos. He was in the pub team for many years. Was also a focal point for that side of Acocks Green. I remember sitting on the car park wall waiting for the no.44 bus. Think I...

Great photograph of The Alhambra cinema A Sparks! The first picture house that I ever used. I remember very well queuing in front of those steps on a Saturday morning to get into the 'ABC Minors Saturday Club'. My mother used to take us there also on school holidays to watch the Disney films...

Snap jmadone! My mother got married in September 1951 and nine months later I came along! She always looked back on Fillery's as the job of her dreams. She always had a sweet tooth!

My mother's first job after leaving school was at Fillery's Toffee in about 1947/8. She always told us so every time we passed there on the no. 44 bus going into town. If I remember correctly it was up a road by the side of Brooke Tools factory in Greet. Mum always loved slab toffee, bought in...

Happy Birthday Lyn, hope you had a good one! Btw nowt wrong with being 69 :)

Spot on all points John except for:- a) It was Four and Nine a gallon. (still work in gallons & miles now, multiply litres x five) b) The stera tasted creamier and didn't cool the tea down (It would last without being refrigerated, good job cause nobody could afford fridges in the fifties. The...

Brumbird, did you or your mother live in Sparkbrook? If so, when & where?

Yes, you are right about the Baptism date. It was 1878. Also the parents were not native to Birmingham as you probably noticed from the 1881 census. I had known for a long time where my great grandfather was baptized, but I had miss read his birth certificate to read it as High St, Aston, which...

I assume that the area of New England is the Tesla Building now. I used Google streetview to see how far they had to travel to Holy Trinity Church for the baptism (its a journey I have made by bus hundreds of times when I was younger) and its seems strange that there is no flyover there now...

I am sure I have seen a post on here recently from somebody looking for photo's of Lewis's lift attendant

Brilliant work MWS & RobT. Great finds. I was just checking and wondered why he was Baptised in Holy Trinity Church, Bordesley on 13 March 1878.

I have watched this thread with interest as I thought that my Great Grandfather had been was born in High Street Aston in 1878, But on re-checking his birth certificate it states that he was born in New England High Street in the district of Aston, Sub district of Deritend. I have searched for...

Every year from the time myself and my brother could walk we were taken to meet Father Christmas in his grotto and then we were allowed to explore the Toy Department to see what we would like for Christmas. Happy, Wonderful days. And a visit to the Food Hall in the basement to look at all the...

Great film. I could have been in that queue. It may have been 1963/4. My father was after a sink unit which was advertised in the Mail for half price, We queued for ages outside the store and when they opened the doors it was like a full house at Villa Park! We ran down the stairs to the...

I gave up working in industrial construction in late 1982 due to the long hours, lack of holidays and also because I had got married and my daughter was born in the November. Commercial construction was a bit more laid back and the demands were a lot less. I eventually had to give up welding...

The original install to the SD1 paintshop was by Carrier Engineering (not to be confused with Carrier air conditioning of America). They had been bought out by Haden Young in about 1970, who did not know anything about the industrial side of industry. I worked direct for Carriers for seven years...