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I don't know brummie. Maybe there were instances but nothing like the roguery and thuggery that goes on today. And if caught, they would almost certainly be locked up, and in a real prison, not a soft touch! As for forcing they're way into a pensioners house and slapping them about till they got...

Lovely old pics, John. Thanks for sharing them.

Jennyann- from your description of the arch, we are talking about the same building. Now I think of it, there were no other buildings in the park that could have served as a shop/cafe. It was just I had few cans that night and wasn't at my intellectual best! I seem to remember more than six...

Parkes Ok, williams. Just thought Id let you know. If you do get any connection, let me know. I managed to get in touch with the daughter, Jacqui Parkes recently after more than 40 years!

Do any of you folks have any information, in particular photo's I can download of this street? Even the old gas works, any stories of the surrounding area. I was born there but have no pics. Couldn't afford cameras in those days! Anything before the old Victorian back-to-backs were pulled down...

Yes, mates. My dad was there, and I like to think I'd have done the same, given the circumstances. But I'll be dead honest and say I don't know, unless put in that position. I bet all them brave men felt similar, but went anyway. That's what makes a man brave. Not going, but being scared to go...

Hello, Margaret. Sad isn't it? Sign of the times, I'm afraid. And I mean AFRAID! What do my kids have to look forward to? Violence and death. Not nice. Where did the community spirit go? The nicely mown lawns, the clipped hedges. 'Good morning' to a stranger? Say it today, and they'll likely as...

Thanks, Alf. Phew! Not often (I am a member of several forums discussing varied topics) that I get such a vote of confidence. Isn’t it a shame we don’t know our neighbours anymore? This loss of local interaction I believe is the root of today’s social problems. We don’t care enough about each...

Pdsa Thanks for the info, Peter. Though quite new to the forum, I think the more posts we get, the greater history we build about our great city. It may seem unimportant, irrelevant (I don't mean your post- just a word to new readers who may think their memories aren't important) but post what...

Pype Hayes Hi, Jennyann. I was born in 1957 so it is a little before my time. I remember the cafe. Are we talking about the same building? Between Pype Hayes Hall (then a children's home) and the swings etc. I remember there being a stable there, and I am sure in the early to mid sixties it was...

Pdsa Hello, Dorothy and Jenyann. I remember taking my pet rabbit on the No 66 bus to the old PDSA. I also remember going with a friend of mine and her mother from Tamworth where I now live about 5 years ago to have her dog looked after. It was like going through customs! She had to produce...

Trams Hi, Rod. Not specifically related to your pic, but my dad, now sadly deceased used to tell us of a story when he was a lad (he was born in 1907) he saw a boy decapitated by a tram on Salford Bridge. Anybody have any information on this? Thanks.

Hi to everyone. Old post, I know but thought I'd contribute. I was born in a Victorian back-to-back in Cranby Street Saltley. No hot running water, just one cold tap in the scullery. No cooker, a black-leaded range on which we cooked, heated bath water and it heated the living room. Outside...

Pype Hayes Hi. Pogmalion. Not often I see Pype Hayes posted anywhere! I lived there in Varley Road from 1957 to 1980 when I moved to 'Twilight' Tamworth. Where in Pype Hayes did you live? Be interesting to see if our time there 'overlapped' and we have any memories to share.

Cyril Sorry, Rod. I don't know. Anyway, just as a little bit of memorabilia, I used to go to the Hardy Spicers working men's club in the mid 70's. There was a drag artist on, and when he did his turn, Cyril got up to give us his famous rendition of Carmen Miranda's 'I think your very nice' (yi...

Parkes Hi, williams. I was born in 1957 at 37 Cranby Street Saltley. My mom and dad rented a room from Sam and Rose Parkes. If this rings any bells, post back and I'll help if I can.

Hello, Sylvia. What fantastic news! Its so nice to hear something personal like this. I must let my sister know! Thanks so much for letting me know.

Yates's-Australian White-drunk and disorderly and refusing to fight the police-no visible means of support- and I visited the Tamworth one which isn't Yates's. By name, but not by reputation!

Hi, Dave. I remember the Tyburn House and Cyril. To refer to your comment ‘He was as gay as they come and didn’t care who knew it’. I can remember Cyril often saying ‘I live with my friend, and don’t care who knows it’. I moved to Tamworth in 1980 and have seen Cyril around the town. Sadly (he...

First pub First pub I went into? Sheesh! I really can’t remember. It’s a toss up between The Norton arms, Tyburn Road, The Swan, Erdington, The Roebuck Erdington, The Acorn (not the Little Acorn re-built on the site) or the Queens Head, Six Ways, Erdington. Wonderful – what was I saying? Oh...