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Ray, l can'nt really remember dancing at Holbern Hill, but can remember Ansells & Dunlop to name a few, of course the crown and cushion the tower,crystal palace the swan of course a lot more.....l loved ballroom dancing but got caught up with" bopping" loved that to, quite a few dancehalls...

l was another one who grew up in the 50's happy memories that stay with me today.....did'nt have time to sleep always on the go having a good time, what with going to the pictures and dancing etc, my dad always said he had to make an appointment to see me, working at Johnny Wright too was...

About 25 years ago l left my husband and boys to eat supper alone as l had a meeting to go to....Ron has never been any good in the kitchen and l always complained about coming home to a sink full of dishes....well this particular night he loaded the dishwasher and pressed the start button just...

l think l must have remembered that night because as the sirens went my dad would pickup my brother and me wrapped in a eiderdowns rush down stairs and into the anderson shelter l hated the place it smelled so damp and we always had a parrafin stove going so what with the damp and parrafin...

Ray, you have a nice looking bride, could'nt help but chuckle abouth the 7/6 fee for the marriage license l had to borrow the money to pay for Ron and mine, he was in the RAF so l had to do all the preps and runnungs around etc and we could'nt have the banns read untill it was paid....i was...

Ray, my dad Wilfred Barr lived in Park Road, the family had a corn and feed store there, my dad was born in 1905 so l gather he was about 10yrs older than your dad......still who knows maybe your dad does remember, now about Dyson Hall l have been to it numerous time in my chikdhood and l can...

Dave, like you my dad was in the BB,l have his badge and belt buckle but know very little else, l know it would have been in Aston and l sure it was at Dyson Hall, he attended the Weslyan Methodist Church on Lichfield Road, like you my Parents Married in 1929 so it was a long time ago....l have...

To my father l was Bab never babby....to my mom it was Brenda Bru, to my family and close friends l was and still am Bru, the story goes when l was brought home 10days old from Loveday Street....the boy next door wanted to know my name on being told it was Brenda he immediatley said oh! Brenda...

Max, a nieghbour in Copely st worked at buttons and brought home the rejects, and l would spend hours sorting the buttons into colour groups and sizes etc, then string them into sets of 4,6,etc...and they always came to be useful with so many mothers knitting and sewing ..lt did,nt take much...

Phil, l think it was Catherine st, and l'm sure Buttons were there to...Brenda

Max, only a Brummie knows the smells l'm referring to, if the wind was blowing a certain way the smell of the hops and vinegar were sickening but it was home ...thank you for keeping a lookout for the book l'm after hopefully one day it will float to the top...Brenda

Max, no.3. picture brought back memories to me, as l operated one of those burroughs machines at Johnny Wrights....l walked past HP sauce everyday down park lane on my way to work and of course walked passed Ansells too.......Aston will never smell the same again without those to...

Astonite, glad someone is out there who remembers Dr Gould, l know you can relate to my being scared of him,...but like you said ,he was an excellen doctor and remember him making house calls and always warmed his hands before he examined you...he had a very grough approach but looking back now...

Jean consider yourself lucky you were'nt Dr Goulds patient, its bad enough being sick and then having to go and sit in a very depressing waiting room, but l'm only remembering all this through a childs eye, but there again in those days long ago l imagine all doctores waiting rooms were...

don't forget to add chopped up onion...yum yum Brenda

Jean, do you remember Dr Goulds door into his office....it was a well padded door that you went through only to have another door to go through, all kinds of things went on in my head thinking the door was padded to block out screams etc....the imagination of a childs mind eh!...and after...

Dr Gould was my doctor from when l was born untill l left for Texas in 1958....as people say he was very abrupt and scared the hell out of me, mom told me he was a field doctor in ww1 so he would have been up for retirement the last time l saw him...Dr Gould was a very stout man bald headed and...

Thank you all for the list but l have an addition....my gt uncle John Bertram Barr b27.11.1889 d 20.10.1917 in Belgium....his name is on the honour list at Aston Church.....Brenda

Jennyann, thank you so much l had looked at the church site but l guess l overlooked that picture.....as many times l walked down Park Road l can'nt ever remember seeing that church.....maybe it was because l always turned left off Victoria Road very rarely made a right towards Aston Cross...

Wendy as you know the Barr family were definatly non conformist, the Barrs who are at Key Hill,were very active in the Weslyan Methodists Churchs, l know David Barr was very dedicated etc also l understand he was active in the begining of the Labour Unions ....wish l could get David Barrs...