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  1. dereklcg

    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    Thank,s Phil that,s restored my brain back to normal,(not) i was sure someone would know thanks again mate regards Derek.
  2. dereklcg

    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    hi ger22van,i can remember a shop that sold toy cars me thinks the gap was bombed out buildings in between the paper shop and the pub i thought it was farther along, mite have been past the square,it was that side though i think?it was a long time ago,things were,nt that important then being...
  3. dereklcg

    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    hi phill we,re on the same side of the road then, i also with my older sister used to have to fetch the fagots and pea,s,was,nt there a shop there that did the accumulator batteries as well? regards Derek.
  4. dereklcg

    Gosta Green Through Duddeston

    hi lad,s just thought i,d say hello and to say i remember the shop in grt Lister st. is that the shop that had the yellow type cellophane on the windows, or am i on another planet? as ger22van said by the royal oak,not sure if that one sold the corgi car,s or was that the news agent on the...
  5. dereklcg

    Yardley Wood Bus Garage 70th Birthday

    You were busy Dave nice pic,s though. Did you have to show my rear end again to the right of the engine, i was on there quite a lot even in the video on youtube, myself son and grandchildren. regards Derek.
  6. dereklcg

    Brum traffic images from 1960s onwards ?

    i bet he,s checking for beer bottle label,s instead of tax disc,s mike, did they use them then or was it earlier? regards Derek. (the photo in Perry Barr)
  7. dereklcg

    Yardley Wood Bus Garage 70th Birthday

    :) hi Dave is that you,fraternizing there? pity we did,nt get to meet. i had a very interesting chat with the depot manager, younger than i would have expected to run,the place, seamed to know his onions though,see you at the next one...
  8. dereklcg

    Yardley Wood Bus Garage 70th Birthday

    :P As you say we had to wait for him,he went walk about,should of had sat nav maybe. don,t put yourself down could see what the pictures were. it was cold though.. regards dereklcg
  9. dereklcg

    Yardley Wood Bus Garage 70th Birthday

    i did see you Dave milling about,i was also outside just to the left of the door when the geezer cut the tape. i did read that people were going to be there but same as same as did,nt know faces, well worth the trip from Redditch cheers Dave.
  10. dereklcg

    Yardley Wood Bus Garage 70th Birthday

    nice pics Dave, the photo of the scania engine with me standing to the right, of it it the black Liverpool cap on,i was there with my son and the grandchildren, well organized,nice morning out they loved it.
  11. dereklcg

    Toy/Model Shops City Centre

    hey sorry guys but what the heck memories are made of this, i remember the stratford rd shop as well grt story and thanks Graham, we spoke on the 60s night but it was a mad evening. there was another shop opp the capital cinema and one in lea village we all loved our models, not on...
  12. dereklcg

    Where is This? 104

    model aerodrome. my fav shop in town. happy days dereklcg.
  13. dereklcg

    Yardley Wood Bus Garage 70th Birthday

    i happened to be traveling up haunch lane earlier today and a greet big gleaming bus was coming towards us a sight for sore eyes looked fantastic. no 70 on the front for the event and a well turned out driver in nice new uniform, Mof 225 nice looking bus. regards and happy birthday hope...
  14. dereklcg

    Photo Editing Programmes

    i use picasa 3 very good program and a big easy watch album regards dereklcg
  15. dereklcg

    Birmingham City Parks Dept.

    i was told that the RAF used to use them,hence the colour? i used to work on plant hire many moons ago we had them with a brush that were hired to a tip that used to have to keep the road clean outside, also a tract air with a compressor on the back,also post hole borer,s and as you know...
  16. dereklcg

    Birmingham City Parks Dept.

    My mate works for a company in Birmingham that road sweep the parks in brum i hook up with him,every month. canon hill billesley depot lifford res kings norton and a lot more, he has a bunch of the said key,s bigger me thinks that you need in winson green nick. thought these mite be of...
  17. dereklcg

    Petrol Price's

    cheer,s msgk £1.15.09 for diesel in redditch. cheaper would be nice,happy days regards dereklcg.
  18. dereklcg

    Did you meet your partner In Brum?

    have we any photographs of them early years, be nice don,t you all think? we all have to go in the loft soon, for the Christmas dec,s, that's where most are kept. happy days regard,s dereklcg.
  19. dereklcg

    Aston - Miscellaneous Pictures

    The whole photo shoot is fantastic Michael well done what a find. regards dereklcg.
  20. dereklcg

    Did you meet your partner In Brum?

    i met my wife in ward end park,1967 she and her mate were sitting on a bench at the side of the lake, me and my mate were in a boat, and asked if they fancied a trip on the boat, they agreed and we have been as you say together since,we married in 1971. we have two boys both doing...
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