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My God! What an awesome looking bunch! Better behaved and more respectful than the crowd we have today, I’m sure!

I’d hazard a guess that picture was taken at the junction with Springthorpe Road, looking up towards the junction with Pype Hayes Road, just before Chester Road.

I remember the stream next to the Dolphin Twins chippy. Can't remember the Apollo- I only remember it as the Fine Fare. I also remember the Spinney and the stream that ran through it. My dad always warned us to keep away because when he was a lad he had polio and reckoned it was caught from...

Re: Dreams Ain’t they just lovely? Pity it doesn’t last past their teens! I can remember my mom always said ‘sweet dreams’, to us at night. ‘Night night, sweet dreams, mind the bugs don’t bite’. We had it put on her gravestone. I still can’t listen to Patsy Cline’s rendition without a...

I agree, Frothy. Meccano building the new library? Here’s the original design: https://jay.kusnetz.net/pics4ext/3q2004/DiffEng1_Front.jpg Inspired by: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1025607/See-new-skyscraper-New-York--built-Meccano.html But on a more (or less!)...

I agree with the consensus. It is horrible. And why does the old ‘new’ library need replacing? There may be an issue of storage space but I suspect the concrete it is built out of is nearing the end of its life. I am sure the people of Birmingham wouldn’t mind the extra cost of a good solid...

Here's my view from my desktop- of course, when I'm on my laptop, I can choose!

Well, Sir Paul! I've been called some things, but Sir! Thank you, Lady Jean! And thank you Stitcher for your indulgence.

In that case I offer my sincere apologies to you both. Always the defender of the fair sex I do occasionally (and increasingly so) put my foot in it! Stitcher, I am not sure I want to know what a BRAWoman is!

Well said, Jean. While I am sure Stitcher meant no disrespect or real harm, one should, as I do review their comments and other’s posts several times before posting and consider the feelings of fellow Brummies. What you see as a little humour and inoffensive may well be distressing to others...

So sorry to hear of your loss, John. While you will always miss your wife, I sincerely hope your pain and sadness has and will continue to decrease with the great healer time. Back to Queen Victoria, she mourned the loss of Albert for the rest of her life wearing only black, the first ten...

Just a thought, Patty. I could do with a break after 19+ years raising 2 kids!

If you fall over and can stay there without hanging on you're not drunk! :D

do you need anybody to carry your bags?

A saying I've only heard in Tamworth where I currently reside, and then only rarely by older folk 'lend us yer face to go ratting'.

Thanks, Ian. As I remember it I always had the impression it didn't look natural but have never found a definitive answer. Until I find evidence to the contrary, I'll take it as read. PS The Conker Whitegate I knew as a boy was in Walmley. A farmers field who chased you off if he caught you and...

Does anybody know if Pimply Hill (as I knew it as a kid in the '60's) is a natural or man made feature? I've looked around to try to find out but there doesn't seem to be a reference to its origins apart from it was used as a fort and by the Romans and possibly before that in the iron age?

Yes, I am not an out and out atheist, just tend to that position. But seeing that was extraordinary.

Glad to be of assistance.

OK, thanks Macca. Here's a Google Earth image of Cranby Street and Farndon Road. They're not too far away from each other!