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I personally never went in the pub it was only what I had heard but it was rough around late 80s till it shut down .I think there is a mosque school in it now the building must be listed as all of it was knocked down except the front.

Yes the gaffer was called dot she had blonde hair and my mum was called ruby she came from the lamplighter pub she was only the gaffer for a few years .

Yes lyn I agree but there was a lot of sexual innuendos on these programmes which we loved to hear and they were so funny but I cannot understand these are banned on programmes now but not the full sex scenes you see on telly these days .I THINK THE WORLDS GONE MAD!

I think I will be classed as one of the young ones ha ha .I was born in bracebridge st Aston in 1959. My mums first born was born in Dudley rd hospital the rest of us were born at home .WHen my mum was in labour with her first our dad had to walk her to the public phone box to call the ambulance...

Yes two episodes are on ITV 3 every afternoon but I only started watching it at the time when hilda Ogden sold her house to Sally and Kevin Webster but bet lynch is still in it running the rovers return!!

My fave programmes I watch at the moment is the classic coronation street from the 80s cus I cannot stand any of the up to date soaps that are on now.Also I'm watching the invaders ,land of the giants.and lost in space all from the 60s which I remember watching in the 60s .you cannot beat...

I have not heard anyone mention the old hen and chickens on constitution hill it's still there but it is a restaurant now (like a lot of old pubs)my mum worked there in the early 80s .she met dexys midnight runners(come on eileen)who use to drink in there when they were appearing in the cedar...

Of course it was one of my first threads to see and thanks to everyone who supplies the photos a lot of work goes into giving us all the history so thanks AGAIN!!

Yes we lived at 174 from 1955 to 1971yes and it was only when I joined this forum that I realised the bottom half where I lived was surrounded by factories .I know we had to move it was a compulsary purchase for progress I suppose .we did not mind cus we moved to a house with blow out heating...

The memories I have of Aston park was nearly every Sunday in the summer all the family would walk from bracebridge street to Aston cross then up the hill passing the brewery and hp factories,I knew the smell of the factories combined was bad enough in winter but on a very hot day the smell...

Yes that's probably the stall I went too in the market as I was well into reggae them days .I remember the stall being on a corner and very dark and about you chatting the girls up in woolworths it was all in jest ! Nowadays it would be classed as assault . How times have CHANGED!

I've lived on trinity rd since the 70s and the rat pan was a bit rough but not as bad as the guild arms( known as the guild) on witton rd by the sacred heart church.

Sorry lyn I did not mean the songs went out of fashion (I know they never will) I meant the vinyls there put on .

My first single I ever bought was kung fu fighting by Carl Douglas in 1974 before that my mum worked in a pub and she bought single records from the man who came to change the records in the juke box even though they had no middles in them but I think all the records them days had removable...

I moved to trinity rd in 1972 and yes all our shopping was done on witton rd or newtown.there use to be 2 launderettes on witton rd one on the corner of bevington rd witton rd and the other opposite the post office on the corner of trinity rd it was a very small one though also down from the...

Back in the 70,s I was in the pool deck bar in the holiday inn with my boyfriend having a drink and in walks Amy turtle with her new husband who I think she just married ,well I was so excited I had seen her but looking back now you have to laugh she was famous back then and it's the only famous...

When I was young I remember seeing a number scratched into a brick in the wall right next to our back door after reading this thread I know now it was our co OP number as our milkman always came up our alley to the back door to get paid.he also had the famous brown leather bag with all his money...

It was definitely a bingo hall in the late 60s as we lived round the corner in bracebridge st till 1972 and my mum and auntie were always in there ! Also the second photo that astoness sent down of the hippodrome if you expand the photo you see one of the billboards says super jackpot .

Sorry I spelt assassinated wrong !!!!!!!!

I only remember it as a bingo hall but I do remember my mum telling me that she and my dad was playing bingo up in the gods which was called that because it was so steep upstairs where they were seated one night that the bingo was stopped because they announced that JFK was just assinated .