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Yes Paul...Stitcher was very into the memories there! Talking of which i remember leaving the more expensive ones till last before lighting the blue touch paper and retiring.....They would have been Calling all cars..Jack in the box.....Standards super sonic bang.....One i do recall was called...

What are your special memories of Guy Fawkes night? For me it was buying the fireworks over time and storing them a shoe box...(Wilders..Standard.etc) Such anticipation. Mum would aquire one of dads old suits and we would make the GUY.... We would collect anything burnable for weeks for the...

As they say here......Good on her.....No Worries!

G/dAY Astonite....... Interesting Thread......My imaginary friend was named Guspud......He lived under the floorboards in our old house in South Rd Erdington..... Many years later my late Mum would remind me about my friend......Perhaps it was due to being an only child at...

Dad would gargle with TCP (Whatever that stood for) Bluebags were for beestings , and Calamine lotion for sunburn (not reccomended today by firstaiders) Dock leaves were great for relieving nettle stings...

G/DAY.... I.m told i now have a delightful Aussie accent by overseas visitors i meet daily in my work and that loosing the Brummie accent isn,t a bad thing:(... Dropping the H is a very Brum thing... "Put your AT on or Ya ead will get cold"...

Re,St Barnabas..Erdington. Jennyann...Thanks for the links.. Hope to visit in the next couple of years.......Also have a walk down South Rd where i was born.... Regards David

It was long ago....In the fifties.....Must have been Erdington and the number remains crystal clear .....304509! Just wish i could pick the lotto numbers as well!!!!

My grandparents rest there......My late Mom/Dad were married there 1950......I was christened there Easter Sun 1951.......The Church and Erdington High St are my heritage. So much history lost and those beautiful windows........ I now live at Phillip Island ..Victoria Aust.....Hopefully the...

Does Ozzie Osbourne have a star?

Erdington Born (South Rd) i remember my late mother and her brother often mentioning Harry......I,m not sure in what capacity they knew him but they always talked of him with highest regards......All the family followed the Villa and in those days they played for the love of the club...

Thanks......Very interesting statistics about Ramla War Cemetery.....Must have been one of the first burials in 1917.

Maryd....Thanks for the photo. Yoo hoo! There i am front row ..extreme right. I have an excellent memory for dates/numbers but not so hot on names but i think i can remember the following boys in the photo....David Halley,John Greaves,Phillip Lambert, Andrew Hough..(guess at 12 y o girls wern,t...

Yes.....i heard that one too.......Happened this season too! Up the Villa!

Hi Suzanne....... Thanks kindly for your prompt reply . Also his date of death. It certainly has filled in a few blanks for me.. Regards from Phillip Island..Vic Aust.. David.

Bought back memories of standing behind my "hero" Nigel Sims late fifties /early sixties! My late dad always told me Villa had the cup "pinched" more times than Blues had won it bit i guess you have haerd that one before.*s* Well......its Aussie Rules football for me these days..........Up the...

My great uncle Warren Pendry was killed in Palestine 11/11/1917 age 26. He would have resided Witton/Aston. As a small boy i remember his photo ( in uniform) on my grandmothers wall. Virtually every generation have Warren as either first,second or third christian names ..even cousins here in...

Hi Astoness...... I remember art classes in the huts with Mr Varty......Also Tech Drawing all those years ago.......The floors were rough wood and i remember picking up a pencil from the same and a nasty splinter pierced the nail......really painfull and no one noticed! ouch. Must have...

Yes......I attended Perry Beeches S C. 1962/67... Two years later the family moved to Melbourne Aust. It is with fondness i remember Harold Edge...Arthur Caldicott. Miss LLoyde..Gordon Newell....Mr Evans.... Mr Everleigh...Mr Varty...Colin Clews (yuk) Mr Ford...Mr Siddiqui...Miss...