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Worst pitches must have been at Billesley Common remember one having a footpath through it.

When we were kids playing in the street you always had to pick who was IT or ON when playing hide and seek ,tag,kiss chase etc.we would choose a rhyme to do this.We sometimes used Eeny Meeny Mynee Mo but most of the time used a rhyme that went(excuse spelling) Air eye dummer racka chicka poppa...

Hello Paul,Many thanks for posting a message on the Forum about your dad,it was nice to speak to you before Christmas .Sorry i can't get up from Torquay for Monday but my thoughts are with you & Carol and when i have finished work on Monday i wil raise a glass to the memory of a dear friend Len...

Re: Len Copsey I will miss my old workmate Len a bright and intelligent man glad that he came to see me last year.Condolences to Carol and Paul.

Hello,I worked at the Lucas Research Centre from 1979 till 1983 and we had a pathway through to the George & Dragon i spent many happy hours in there.Jim

Hello Len,just read an old thread you replied to about John Biddle,when i was 15 i used to play in the Birmingham Works League for Lucas Shaftmoor lane as a guest player because i didn't work there then.The two full backs in that team were John Biddle and Alan Saville both who went on to referee...

How did i know that you would be the first to reply,yes Len i was the baby of the bench but i learned a lot from my two masters,nice pictures of Yardley by where i lived in Harvey Rd.Pam sends her love to you and the rose bush is thriving will send you a photo.Up the Mighty Villa,JIM

Hello everyone out there who were once Lucas employees,many of my family worked in B3,4,5 i was wondering if anyone knew any of the following,Bill [blackbat] Houston,Jean Grieve,Ann Caudwell,Harry Caudwell and myself Jim Houston.Regards to you all.

Thanks Lyn

Thanks Lyn,i keep on trying to find any information about this school but keep hitting a wall if anyone can help this is the site that will do it,the Birmingham History Forum has the most helpful people i have ever come across,many thanks to everyone.Jim

MY Dad always took me to the Lucas legion when i was a lad where i would drink my half of mild shandy,but it was when i was 16 i had my first"Pint" in a pub it was the Shaftmoor in Shaftmoor lane my mate Eric & his brother Jack Davis went into the smoke room we had 3 pints of mild ,i do not...

I remember tall glass filled screens between the classrooms on the 1st floor of the school,the ground floor was mainly the Hall for daily assembley and P E.Thanks, JIM.

I have searched high and low for any photographs of St Pauls school Spencer St/Warstone lane but without Success it was demolished to make way for offices in the late 60s if anyone has any information or photograph's i would be very grateful.Jim

John ,are you referring to Mr.Cockrell who was my science teacher from 63-67.What other teachers do you remember.Jim

A very sad thing to happen to Sparkhill Baths,i spent most of my summer holidays there with my mates from school in the early 60s we all had free passes from our school .Great times happy days ,hope the new one brings as much fun to the public as the old one.

Many thanks Brian .Jim

If anyone goes there ,could they possibly take some photo's of the interior and put them on here.Jim

My old dad would have had a fit if he had lived to see that and also the demise of the Gothic.Jim

Do you know if they had any children and if so what were there names.Jim