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I was 13 at the time, living in Abbey Road Erdington. I remember helping Dad screw a broomstale to the bedroom window so that he could hang a large Union Jack on the end. We had a wooden gate at the front Garden. He then found two large screws and proceeded to put them over the hinges. He said...

My Mom had one exactly the same as your mothers Keith. She kept in under her bed full of letters and cards dad sent her in WW1. We were always "ordered" never to look into it, but as kids how could you resist. The lovely cards, mainly sent from France were so intricate and lovely. Then after Dad...

All those poor little Goldfish we used to get in return.

They look lovely and strong Janice. You will now have your own Poppy field

So sorry to hear the news about your father Warren. I never met him and only gathered information from this site. However, had he not put all the work into this site, neither myself or those who have commented over the last few days on the thread, Oldest and Youngest, none of us would be able to...

Hi Lynn, Thought I would let you know we bought some Ranunculus the other day. Already established and in bloom, Of course as usual didn;t stop there and now bankrupt

Wasn't sure whether you had sent away for them or got them locally. We have several garden centres nearby such as Dobbies

Thanks Lynn, I wasn't sure if they could be kept inside during the winter. I will probably try to get some

Those are lovely Lynn. Are they hardy?

Reading all this about Barrows reminds me of an embarrasing moment there foe me. At the early stages of the war my mother was ill. I don't know what it was but the doctor told her the best thing to help her was Oysters. the only place to get them from was Barrows. Even then she had to get a...

Glad to hear Steve is OK. Always look forward to seeing his photos

I expect that like me, many will be glad that Spring has sprung and we are seeing signs of life on the dead wood. One thing I look forward to are all the contributions folk make on this thread, particularly all the photos. Sadly I am unable to put photos on because of the shakes. We have had a...

That's a great model of the Spitfire Morturn, What's the wingspan? Brings back memories of when I was in the RAF servicing a Seafire which was the navy version of the Spitfire. Wish I was still able to build Airfix models

Havn't been on the High Street for many years and feel so sd to hear of the feelings of people today

I don't have any photos now but remember it well. We had a street party and had a visit from the Wombles. I made a large jar of "bubbly" out of wire mesh covered with paper and painted to fit our 8 year old daughter for the children's fancy dress competition which she won. I still have it in...

We also have quite a few coming through. Spring is on it's way

Looking at Donbogens photo #127 I used to have a cannon like that and I spent hours shooting matchsticks at targets. The memories such things stir up.

Wow ! What memories came flooding in as I read this. It was Pedrocuts version I remember and it was my brothers party piece in the 1940s

17-18-40 engrained on my memory as is my service number, particularly using it every Friday morning to get my 28 shillings, "2453082 Sir" Essential to remember DOB which I have to declare on every visit to the eye hospital. I try to forget it otherwise.

I had a number of fences blown down in the last storm. I also wanted a new fence built across the width of the garden. The owner of the firm I use in Lichfield came last Monday and said he would fit me in when he could as they are booked up until next August. To ease matters I said I would...