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Hi, Just to clarify, - M-CW's works at Bickenhill had been closed for a number of years when the Metrobus was designed and built at the Washwood heath factory. Kind regards Dave

Hi Oldbrit, It was the West End Stamp Company. The other main philately shop in Birmingham was Margoschis in the Burlington Arcade. Kind regards Dave

Hi, Nearly 50 years ago I worked with an old chap who was stripping a wall in his house when he uncovered a small wall cupboard containing 2 small single shot percussion pistols. One of them was made by Powells. Kind regards Dave

Hi Smudger, Must have been on a go slow (another good old expression) yesterday - sorry about that! Kind regards Dave

Hi My recollection of Huggy Bear is that he was a bloke (Antonio Fargas) ! Kind regards Dave

Hi, No sorry I'm not that David. I worked at R Whites in Western Road from 1966 - 73, and Alan was a salesman during that time Kind regards Dave

Hi, Black Country History archives have a Taylors Pet Shop in a 1965 photo of Paradise St West Bromwich. Kind regards Dave

Hi, I remember seeing Syd Madge several times in the Ring O' Bells pub, in the late 50's early 60's. so I guess he lived locally. I too remember him as a teacher, but I don't think we ever gave him the chance to teach us much! Kind regards Dave

Hi Probably the same system that fed R White's. I guess it's not called Spring Hill for nothing! Kind regards Dave

Hi, M & B had an artesian well, -in fact it used 'Artesian' as its telegraphic address. So did R. White's in Western Road until the late 1960's when it became polluted. Kind regards Dave

Hi, I don't think anyone has mentioned the Merrymaker in Smith's Wood (Chelmsley Wood Area 12) Now long gone, but I'm sure many will remember it, - for various reasons! Kind regards Dave

Hi Maurice, I think Maitland Hall has been a Conservative club for a very long time. I remember that when I worked for R. Whites in the late 60s/early 70s they were a customer, and I'm pretty sure it was a Conservative C;ub then. Kind regards Dave

Hi Maurice, As far as I know it is. Happy new Year, Kind regards Dave

Hi In the 1970s it was a free house brewing its own beer, I remember a chap called Rupert Tegg who was involved with tending the brew. However, he used to drink in the Toby Jug in Castle Bromwich which is where I met him when I was bar/cellarman there in the early 70s. I think Davenports took...

Hi Yes, main gate is a short way past the Stonebridge junction going out of Birmingham , on the left. I think there may also be access from Packington lane a few hundred yards from its junction with the A452 at the top of that nasty dogleg where you can see the estate private chapel. They also...

Hi, The time of 2 1/2 hours was indeed a similar time to the New Street to Euston journey in the 1950s There was a daily excursion which left New Street at 7.30AM, and made a stop at Stechford. The return fare was 22/6, - again very similar Kind regards Dave

Hi Jamie, I can only guess that the token is probably 19c, and agree with an earlier posting that it is an agricultural token. Its not likely to be for circulation as change, being 1 1/2d, but could be the payment for say picking a sack of fruit or veg. They were probably cashed in at the end...

Hi, I'd be 99 percent it's a piece of an anti aircraft shell, very common all around the country Always handle them carefully, as they dont seem to corrode, and the shattered edges can be like razors. The Walpole Highway is a causeway that to the best of my knowledge was built across that area...

Hi Jamie, The park at the end of Denton Grove off Bordesley Green East certainly had some sort of wartime military installation, possibly anti Aircraft?, judging from bits and pieces I found there back in the 1970S. Kind regards Dave