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I used to drink Breakers,during that long hot summer of 1976,at the Earl Grey at the bottom of Balsall Heath Road,they used come out of a chiller of some sort,the can's covered in ice,they were strong,but that cold lovely all the same.

My old art teacher at Slade Road Boy,s(later to become Erdington Boys on Fentham Road)used to write SAMSON on a plimsole in chalk,in such a way that it was printed correctly on the offenders rear,he was a great teacher,and an equally great shot with that plimsole.

And on occasion,Lyles Golden Syrup.

I still say tip tops,to my children,and grandchildren,they call them ice poles,remember swizzles,they call them mini refreshers,funny lot these Leicester folk. Just remembered,they don,t know what kali is either.

I worked at Thomas Ash and sons in the early 70,s,sheet metal,mostly ductwork,though a lot of other items were made,water tanks,tank supports,machine guards,and a host of other items too,i was the welder there,they also had a sort of factory within a factory as it were,called Cycle Parts,making...

My first job was opposite Stretton Road,on Chester Street,making and repairing scrap bins,it was on the premise,s that were the old meb,and had a stairway that led to the main building on Rocky Lane,that was then a steel stockholders,European Steels.

Thanks for those,i went to that school after leaving St Mary,s in Aston,quite exciting at the time,big school,and a nice bus ride there and backl,a couple of the classrooms were pre-fab type things,one for art,and the other was maths if memory serves. Happy days.

Don,t remember her,but did she have a brother?,the reason i ask is i recall the surname,and the lad in question thought he "owned" our part of the street,due to his surname. The only other people i remember are the Hopkins,who lived in the topmost righthand corner of the court you stepped onto...

Wow i don,t recognise it at all from how it used to be,i had a few mates/school chums lived down there,it was a cul de sac,first time i saw that phrase,and found out what it mean,t. One particular pal moved from there,to Balsall Heath,and the house didn,t seem to be much better,or...

Banned here too,my mate at work no longer buys HP as well,we both use Branston now.

What a cracking wee thread,anyway,the last time i remember using one of the "old fashioned" type urinals was in 1974/1975,in Icknield Port Road(i love that name),not been down that way for many a long year,now living in Leicester,and have been since 1979.Any pics,or even information on if they...

Sad to hear Johny is not so well,i met him in about 1971,at a steel stockholders he owned somewhere in small heath/bordsley.(around the back of Green Lane rings a bell). My gaffers got the job of building some big metal gates at his yard,(they did a lot of work for the Broadhurst,s,also in the...

When i left Aston,in the early 70,s,Avenue Road,from the Aston Rd North end,still had wooden blocks,for quite a way down,though not all the way down as far as Chester St. I remember them from going to school at St mary,s,and playing darts for The Avenue,and also years of walking up and down...

I remember a lot of the rhymes posted,nearly all infact,though with a few changes to the words. Not last night but the night before, three little monky,s came knocking at the door,one had a trumpet,one had a drum, and the other had a pancake stuck to his bum. The above being just one. I...

https://forum.birminghamhistory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25179&page=21&highlight=aston Here is one looking up Avenue Road,probably others about,did you attend St Mary,s?,i did from around 1963.

https://www.search.digitalhandsworth.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?theme=547&originator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault.asp&page=&records=&direction=&pointer=6&text=0&resource=405 This chap owned it,went there in late 1976 i think it was,and the man himself was there. He was very friendly...

The first time i heard the name,The Odeon Warley,was work related,in 1973/74,and i made,and fitted, a lot of metalwork for the,as then,new highrise building there. Mostly steel platforms,for each floor, for the inspection of the pipework that ran from top to bottom of the building. I also made...

Thanks for those,i still miss those days now,saw a lot of life,good and not so during my time living in Edward Rd,happy days for the most part.

Lovely picture of Edward Road,i lived there with my grandma,from 1972/1976,right opposite the chemists,and next to the car showroom on the corner of Mary St,and Edward Rd. Her house was the first one that you can see after crossing over Mary Street on the right hand side. The stairs were in...

I,m very sorry to have to say no,i have no photo,s of my own from that time,in fact i can,t ever remember anyone in my family having a camera,nine children in the family,life was tough. I remember being bought a pair of shoes for school(second hand of course) from Gertrude Falls shop,and a few...