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I thought Fleur-de-lys were done for using horse meat in their pies or is my memory playing tricks?

I went to Chandos Road and still remember the painting of St. George hanging in the main hall. What happened to the painting?

Tinned ham and tongue perhaps, trifle, fish paste sandwiches, pickles, potato salad vol au vents maybe, salad.

I'm going back to brum in the new year for a few days, not been in a long time and I'll drop in for a pint. When my wife was a student she worked part time in a pub nearby, I think it was the Vine? Old Victorian pub with original tiles. Lunch time it was packed to capacity but by night there...

Is the arms still going? When a student in 71 I had a summer job with a local firm and on Friday we would drink most of our wages in there... hic.

Sinclair ZX80 @ 1980/1 and great fun it was too :)

Don't laugh but I collect paraffin stoves, Primus and the like and in fact have a couple of working Valor heaters :) Birmingham was the biggest makers of paraffin pressure stoves outside of Sweden where Primus ruled. One of the big manufacturers is still going but stopped making stoves back in...

My step father's father (my step grand dad) was heavily involved in psychic research many years ago. He was Fred Barlow and his photo collection is now at the British Museum in London.

Selly Oak Boy's School ? Edit. A link to Selly Oak Boys School thread is here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/selly-oak-boys-school.46540/

Interesting that Bosh is the Welsh word commonly used for wash house, I presume it was taken as a word by the influx of Welsh workers during the Industrial Revolution.

Great link, many thanks :)

Indeed I do, she lived next door to us and was a few years older than me. I'm pretty sure I've got a picture of her dad somewhere; I think he also had an old Jaguar car at one point and a campervan. Do you still see her? At the garage the owner was Eddie Parker I think.

The Pig and Whistle traded for a few years. It was on a lease from M&B and did a roaring food trade lunchtimes from local office workers. I knew it extremely well in 1986; not sure when it changed to the Catherine O' Donovan. The lunchtime pork or beef roast was fabulous.

I remember the garage being built @1960/61 as I lived opposited at No7 Athole Street. Mom had a Ford Popular off the fella who owned the place, IIRC his name was Parker.

A friend in brum told me of the demolition. Knocking down is all well and good but what is being built to replace the housing now gone? The three blocks including Balfour had three hundred homes; they were (back in the 60's) really nice flats. Just had a look at the area via Google Earth, the...

Great stuff lads. I'm now confused, I think the reference to Birrel Street is wrong, I think it should have been Bissel Street? He is buried in Padua in Italy just to add to the confusion A student from Padua university took the pictures after I emailed the uni asking for help, a nice...

Thank you both very much for your time. I need his birthday now to try and track down where he was born. Once again, thanks Richard

I know nothing of my grand father, is there anything available regarding military records for him? From the CWG site In Memory of Private RICHARD BAKER 9326, "A" Coy. 14th Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment...

I just looked on Google Earth, sadly the pub is in a poor state these days although Dudley Road looks as busy as ever.

My Welsh goddess trained first at Dudley Road in general nursing then moved into Mental health nursing at All Saint's. In the 1980's they had a fantastic nursery for the staff's children and the Social club was pretty good for a late drink. Back on track, there is no obligation to keep all...