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I also remember when Ron Flowers had been the manager Of Telford Utd, when he left the post he had a sports shop right next to Telfords ground, if my memory serves me right, about 1974.

Lee Dixon ex Arsenal, I believe had a 50% share in Shimla Pinks at one time, the curry restaurant on Broad Street.

Stan Jones (ex West Brom.) had a Cafe in West Brom/Handsworth. "The Savoury Duck" was just the old Birmingham town hall side of Broad street.

Sergeant E.J. Egan, reported killed during the Battle of Britain and crashed, the crash-site was excavated on September 11th 1976. The pilot's remains could not be identified and he was buried as 'an unknown airman' in Brookwood Military Cemetery, with full military honours. Please read the...

The other side of the coin, a young Hurricane fighter pilot goes missing in France in 1940 and how they tracked him down. see below the people involved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmZ3t4LAkVE

During the 60s, Holland decided or needed more land and a project was set up to reclaim land from The Zeider Zee. The project was started, and as the water levels dropped, aircraft started to appear from out of the sea. The dutch then started to investigate the crashed arcrafts, first to...

This is not off topic, it tells the story of The Wilhelm Gotloff, the worlds greatest sea disaster. A story about a sinking from the German side. When I tell a story, I like to balance both views. .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff

Paul I remember reading on here how long it took for "The Government" to recognise actions like Palestine, Aden etc......I was very happy for "The Old Sweats" on this site to be finally publically accepted about what they had done, with the issue of their medals. The worse sea disaster during...

Paul So we dont go off topic: 1. The original thread deals with the sinking of The Lancastria, how I found out about it by word of mouth from a woman who is the daughter of one of the survivors. The last paragraph deals with the then government covering the episode up " Because of the effect...

Glennys Jean The Government, I believe could be sued for overloading The Lancastria, if they go public, I am only guessing. But what a slap in the face of those who died, and the families brought up with out knowing their fathers, and only having a black and white photo of them.

The site of the Lancastria is not protected as a war grave. The British Government has repeatedly refused requests for the site to be given that status. The records were unsealed in 2005 when the first petitions were put it. The request was rejected then and rejected again in 2007. It is...

I live in Italy now and thought I had covered most subjects about WW2, I was in for a shock. I was attending a class to improve my Italian(trying to talk in italian with out my Brummie accent!), in the class was an English woman, she was about my age, her name is Ann Sweeney. She has an accent...

I read an article on this forum about a week ago, saying how the french soldiers rescued at Dunkirk went back to France to become prisoners of war. I have researched WW2 for too many years and this article really set me thinking did it or did it not happen? Did the french pull their weight in...

I always listened to the stories my late mother told me about the bombing of Birmingham, especially in the area where our family lived at the time. She spoke about the noise of the German aircraft engines, she said " It sounded like I'm a coming, I'm a coming". My mother also spoke about the...

Astonian Just to jog your Memory, it was called Morgan's, just up from The Gate.

I heard a story about a German bomber being shot down and crashing by The Two Brewers Smethwick.

Wendy & Alberta Thanks

Astonian We are drifting dangerously off topic, I will send you a Private post Thanks

Astonian 1. The first photo put up by Moss, is the pub on the corner of George Street West and Camden Street, by the old rec, there was another pub in Camden Street called The Napier, it was by The Ten O'clock shop. 2. The second photo by Moss is the pub was where Notary was born with Key Hill...

Astonian I remember the Trainers, as I went to school with one of them. There was another guy who use to drink with them in The Mint called Bobby MCearney, they were involved in a a bad car smash and If I am right poor Bobby was killed in the accident and the rest of them in the car were...