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Hi, Gerry here. Just a few points. As I said I worked all of the above EXCEPT the Cannock service, that you have as a 104. This was not worked by me during my first job at Sutton, 1957 to 1959. The other service that I did work was the 119, Birmingham, Perry Barr, Great Barr (Scott Arms) and the...

Excellent, thank you. I worked all of these. My wife went to school.

Ok, here we are back in the seventies. The days when the 42 traveled along College Road, Erdington bound, from the the top of College Road ( by the Seminary.....) As we travel, over on the right across the duel carriageway, was The Mayfair Cinema. We carry on until the Ridgeway, where we take a...

College Road by the Monastry, down the road past the Crossways, left at the island toward Six Ways Erdington, and that was the terminus, then round the island, and back down the road to the island, right past the old cinema, and up to the top by the monastry. Short & sweet. The 42E was something...

That name rings a bell ( no pun intended...) but it was so long ago....Mickey Brookes I know, and he was there a long time. I talk with him now and again.

Yes, by later standards it was, but, back then the bus was up to date, with semi-auto box, 10 litre unit (Cummings) a decent brake system, and so easy to drive. I loved it, out of all the buses I had to drive, it was a wonderful piece of engineering.....Then, along came four Volvo Ailsa's from...

As I mentioned before, I was at Sutton garage as a driver in the seventies. the 105 was a listed turn. I remember doing that service on a scorching hot day in 1976, in a "D-9" the bus windows all open, my cab windows all open, including the big one over the engine, and it was so hot, with...

Way back on here, a person posted that her father was a drummer at the theatre. This was in response to my enquiry about me going to the Aston Hipp on a Wednesday night, every week, with my parents, and having a tray of tea and biscuits brought to the seat at the interval....I know, I know, but...

May I add my congratulations on this posting, regarding the Midland ReD. As a conductor and then a driver, I enjoyed reading the old routes, and the pictures are quite spectacular. May I suggest that Wythall Museum of Buses would love to have these pictures and their stories in the Museum, and...

If I knew how to upload "Me Mom Said" I would. Its an mp3. Any ideas?

Leslie Hutchinson, was a pianist and singer, loved by a lot middle aged ladies. Known as "HUTCH", he did the variety theatre runs.

This took me back. I was a youngster back in the fifties, and would catch the bus from great Barr, and then walk from Wellfield Road, Perry Barr, to the Serpentine Ground. I loved the Onion Fair so much, that later, when I started to do bits of radio, I did a piece for Carl Chinn's programme...

Yes, in the later years, but we were talking about the late 1950's. I operated all of the services in the seventies. Thanks. Gerry

Hi Bob, I came off the Red in 1959, and went into the army, as a career soldier (Coldstream Guards) and then after I came back into civilian life, I went back to Sutton garage, as a driver, and did it all over again. All the same Red routes, plus some horrible WMPTE turns into Birmingham and out...

Hi Bob, yes, 107's and Main Roads, 102, Clarence Road/Hill Hook into Birmingham, 111, Roughly, also Tower Estates, then Brum, X12 and 112's yes all of them matey.

In 1957 I was a conductor on the RED, working out of Sutton garage. A service that we did, hasn't been mentioned. When doing a 119 (Birmingham to Great Barr-Scott Arms) and the 118, (Birmingham to Walsall, via the main road) we had to do a 105. Now this ran Scott Arms to ALMA STREET, in Aston...

I recall back in 1957, I was in Conductor Training upstairs at Midland RED Sheepcote Street, off Broad Street, and we all had to go on a visit to the works.

Just found these old pictures of the BMMO Carlyle Works. They are courtesy of STILLTIME. Thought bus fans might be interested to see them. Gerry

Funny isn't it, I mean how over the years the Broadcasters have slowly got rid of presenters with a regional accent....Tony Butler/Malcolm Boyden/Carl Chinn/and now dear old Danny Kelly (I know, I know he was a scouser, but we took him to our hearts...) I bet those presenters with local accents...

The Stage Drunk Freddie Frinton.