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The times I have seen lads put the BD under the matress and to see the end result, pure idleness because they had not got time to press it properly and wanted to go out. One thing we did was to shave the inside of the seems to remove the knap off the material this made it better for pressing...

Roy, we did not use the iron as that was for doing your B.D. We used to put a little Brasso in the lid of the polish tin,light it and use the handle of your dessert spoon with plenty of polish on your boot and burn the polish into the leather, this also flattened the pimples. If you burnt the...

Hi Paul, Yes I have had a bad five months what with a leg ulcer and other things I ended up in hospital on the 22-7-13 and came out on the 24th having a very bad bout of Gastro Enteritis. That in the past, thanks for your concern, Paul. The barracks that I signed on to eventually...

Talking about the billet scrounger,we had one who was always borrowing money and was out every night on someone elses cash. Before i moved up to the 4 man billet in the keep at Devises I was in a billet of about 14 with 22 beds the spare could be stacked by removing the top and bottom rails...

I am delighted to see that this sight has not gone dead as I still have many stories to tell. To be honest I have been off colour these past 4 months with a very bad leg ulcer again, a disaster really. Here goes, in my previous post I did mention that the Sgt Major at Goldenhillock rd wanted me...

Dennis did you ever check up on the lead I gave you on Peter Jackson? There is a Peter Jackson who writes on Rugby in the Daily Mail, I wonder if it the same person. Dave

Dennis, is in the process of being pulled down or are the tat men taking it bit by bit. Dave

Rob I did not know there was a fire station in Harborne, ever, I say this as my Grandfather was the fire chief of Bartly Green and the engine was at his house and I do remember him saying that they covered Harborne in the 1920 tys, That could have had a number but what that was I do not know...

Re: Aston Fire Brigade - Turn of the Century - A few more Pictures Keith the photo number two down is slightly different to the one I have as Snowy has put his head through the halter and is one step nearer the camera. Unusual as I did not think they could take photo's that quickly in those...

Re: Aston Fire Brigade - Turn of the Century - A few more Pictures Two, I have just scrolled down the page and what do I see, my Grandfather on the right of your second picture. Where the heck did you get these pictures. I did not think any one alive would know any of these firemen. Dave

Two, I have not been on this site for a long time as nobody seemwd to have any thing to add. What a surprise to see the black and white (Snowy and Blacky) on the left hand side of the picture, I have a photo of the pair of them putting their heads through the halters when the bell rang to let...

Hi Roy, I have not been on this site for a few months as unfortunately only a few of us were adding to it and I got the impression that the stories had run out. Far from it in my case but I felt that that some of the lads wanted a change. Also I have been suffering with a leg ulcer for the past...

Thanks Chris, I could not sort the blooming pictures out, I tried but I thought something was better than none. Dave

Patrick Road is the photo above and the photo in the Thumbnail below (2/2) is Vera Road This is the difference between the two. Dave

GeorgeG, That photo is definately not Vera Road, it was taken by the B'ham Mail and they got the two mixed up as both Vera Rd and Patrick were hit the same night. A stick of bombs fell in a line as they tried to hit Ingram's again after it was ablaze, thinking they had hit something that was...

Hardy Spicers , I did not work for them, I was a service and Demonstration engineer for B.S.A Tools and we put in a hell of a lot of machinery to manufacture the original Birfield constant velocity joint, The first machines were the ones that machined the the ball grooves in the housing and...

Dennis, thanks for the photo's you have posted, the reason I asked about the Cov Rd was there was a remark made about the shops from the chemists on the corner and the shops along that stretch up to the Saddlers and Hemming because after that the shops dropped back, one which was Harris's the...

Dennis, I forgot to say he played Rugger. Have you any photo's of the Swan looking down church Rd side but showing the shops on that side toward Town. Dave

Dennis, I don't know where you have obtained these photo's from but they certainly bring back my childhood. The cake shop was owned by Kunzles before Scraggs and the bank next door was Freemans the cycle shop, on the corner was Harper. The bank had a shop at the extreme left which was Jacksons...

Dennis ,I remember the houses you live in and I think some were pulled down many moons ago. Further up towards the Ring "o" Bells they were rebuilt as you can see they are not as old and many of the old big trees have gone since I was a lad, the school was also there when I was young. A girl...