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Hi Time Traveller 66 did you go to Rebeccas in town .

Hi all does anyone remember Peppers in Erdington it was at the side of The Queens Head pub it was good there was a bloke in the Disco in a black leather jacket he would encourage the girls to have a ride on his motorbike i think his name was Ken not sure apparently he had 6 toes on one foot...

Hi all i worked there from 2000 to 2005 it was mostly good but there was a little irritating man there Mick Carolan he was a yes man to management .

Hi all my wife,s friend Linda is married to Robert Preston, or Bob he worked at Kalamazoo for years .

Hi all i think much later this building became Burlington Hall which housed our youth club which i went to when i was 14/15 years old it was good X

Hi all we had our wedding reception there in 1974, £1.50 a head it was good , no honeymoon couldn't afford it afterwards back to our flat to start our married life together X

Hi Astonian i used those tokens on the buses when i was an apprentice travelling to Brooklyn Tech in Great Barr from Clifton Road Aston that was between 1968 to 1972 they wouldn't need them nowadays because they have cars . x

Hi all my best mate Colin Hunt [rip] use to drink in there , manly for some company , not a bad pub back in the day but nowadays i think it is far too big its seen better days. Raz

Sorry about that just stating what a lot of Ansells Workers and Colin thought at the time of the strike.

Hi all i am thinking the building on the right is the old Picture House at Perry Barr i might be wrong .

Hi all i new a John Clews between 1968 to 1972 he was our Woodworking Teacher at Brooklyn Tech Great Barr he was a nice bloke and we use to have a right laugh that was back in the day .

Reene the barmaid from The Temple Bar was brilliant she was about 75 years old and still doing a good job

Hi Williamstreeter i use to go to these pubs from 68 to 72 not so much the Top 10 Bar but manly The Grapes on a Friday night and then over to Rebeccas to dance the night away At the time I was going out with a lovely girl in 73 Jane from Shirley Solihull i bought her a nice leather handbag...

Hi all my best mate Colin Hunt worked there as a Carpenter until the strike wrecked his job he worked out of Telsen Stores , maintaining the pubs making Back Fittings , Counter Tops etc etc it was a good job Colin enjoyed it his dad Frank also worked in the stores at Telsen. RIP Colin >

There was also the Top 10 Bar and The Grapes Pub which i used to go to before going to Rebeccas with my mate Colin Hunt We took two girls from Wales one night and they couldn't believe it had three floors different to the clubs back in Wales we had a good night Raz

Hi all i also went to the Temple Bar the cellar bar was done in a ships theme and the barmaid was Reene she was brilliant she was pouring your pint before you had ordered it and there was Clive the other barman he was a 'nice' man, would often meet up with my brother Eddie and my best mate...

Hi all does anyone remember The Park Keeper ginge in Aston Park you were worried if he caught you in there after 8.30 / 9.00 i think it was respect back in them days . Raz

Hi all does anyone remember the School Board Man he would appear walking down the road in a mac carrying a brief case looking for children who had wagged time off school i don't think kids would be afraid of him nowadays . Raz

Hi all i had a mate who lived in Vicarage Road 1950s to the 1960s his name was Victor Baker , when i was a lad we put up a small tent in his garden with another lad well the other lad burnt it down accidentally myself and Victor went into the garden in the morning and found it luckily the other...

Hi all i think the tower blocks were Birchfield, Calder and Tweed and i did maintenance work on them between 68 to 72 i also boarded up some very old Victorian houses opposite lifting floor boards from the inside and finding old photos 100 years + of people was very scary especially as it got...