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Hi, My daughter has a Peugeot 308, with a 1200 3 cylinder engine which goes like the proverbial. Tax is £20 per year. I have a 2003 Volvo V40 with a 1.8 engine. I have just had a renewal reminder, - it will cost me £200 for 6 months. Never mind! Kind regards Dave

Hi Paul, I only visited once, and that was over 50 years ago, so sadly I can't remember much about the cinema except that it was very awkward to get to from where I was living at the time! Kind regards Dave

Hi Paul, Wasn't it the Cinephone? Kind regards Dave

Hi Susi, My apologies for the error. There were hard times for the Company in the mid 80s, and many staff were made redundant,(including me). The staff knew about about Alsthom's intention to buy Metro but Alsthom was not associated with GEC then, and I had overlooked the fact that they had...

Hi Pete, That sounds like you have an Icom 7300 - very nice. I still use my FT857D for most things, but I do have a few other bits and bobs which rarely get used. Kind regards Dave

Hi Pete GBZ Criggion was the back up station for GBR Rugby. I used to know a radio ham who was involved in the maintenance of both stations. Sadly all gone Kind regards Dave

Hi Susi, Perhaps you are thinking of the Metropolitan Cammell Sports and Social club just past the right hand side of the map in MWS's link in post 2. Metro-Cammell was not a part of GEC or GKN. Kind regards Dave

Hi, For those who have a short wave receiver, the Dutch Coastguard broadcasts a forecast daily at 0940 and 2140 GMT, in English then Dutch, on 3673 kHz USB. Kind regards Dave

Hi, Yes, and on the far right just the corner of where Alex's Pie Stand used to be. Happy memories! Kind regards Dave

Hi, Could it be Powell's Building? Kind regards Dave

Hi Dyarwood, Could you please give a bit more info on Tony and his dad's role at the school. I was at both schools in the 50's, and the caretaker during my time there was Joe Young. Kind regards Dave.

Hi Viv, I have also had problems with "unresponsive buttons" on this forum but not elsewhere. Not all the time, but I've found that using the back key then the forward key seems to reactivate them (particularly when logging out). Kind regards Dave

Hi Rosie, Perhaps you are thinking of George Felton's shop in Bearwood. He was well known to a chap I used to talk to on the radio, and when George died, - about 2016, I believe, - he sent me a picture of the shop which I am attaching. Kind regards Dave

Hi This alumnus would throw Cartland into the mix, as the school was built on Major Cartland's estate. Personally I would like Camp Hill for nostalgic reasons, but then I don't live in Brum now! Kind regards Dave

Hi Chrismary, I lived 3 doors from the school at 44 Frederick Road, and went to school there in the early 50s. There are quite a lot of postings on the Stechford Area thread relating to Hudson House School, so I suggest you search under that thread, Kind regards Dave

Hi Nick, R. Whites in Western Road, Brookfields had the number NOR 3378, - this became 554-3378. Kind regards Dave

Hi, In my teens I walked the Outer Circle route on two occasions, and there were certainly stark differences between the districts it goes through. Kind regards Dave

Hi, The churchyard was landscaped over 60 years ago, and some of the gravestones were from recollection displayed against the back wall of the churchyard. I used to meet my girlfriend there on one of the benches behind the church in the very early 60's, and I married her there in 1965 ( in...

Hi Heartland, Yes, it was pretty busy when I was there in the 50s and 60s, and not helped a great deal by the previous brick arch type bridge, which was not properly aligned with the road, resulting in you having to be pretty close before you got a decent view through it. It wasn't very wide...

Hi Heartland, I lived for 15 years in Frederick Road, just off Albert Road, and knew an old chap who had lived there since before World War 1. He had owned a Levis motorcycle himself, and obviously knew a lot about them. He told me that Levis used the circuit formed by Albert Road , Station...