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... but, Dek, if your idea was put into practice, the pike would put a hole right through the pikelet ..... most of the butter would escape through the hole !!! Not good. David

Although I personally find Wikipedia very useful, I know it isn't held in high esteem by many people on the BHF. Just the same, it does add some weigh to this discussion : "In England, there is also something similar to a crumpet called a pikelet. It is usually made from the same batter as a...

..... ummm .... I see.

Very sorry, Jean, just seen your post. When new, the badge was a perfect example of one of Birmingham's best known industries: enamelling. When I was a stupid schoolboy - I'm now a stupid 63½-year-old - it was the done thing to deliberately smash the cap badge against a convenient wall to...

To tell you the truth, Beamish, I've always thought it was the other way round ...... If someone is taking statistics, please put my name down as 'with holes: crumpets'; 'without holes: pikelets. David

Hello there, Mike, It took me quite some time to compose my post - I'd be the last person in the world to reopen the lengthy and sometimes heated debate on whether it's a pikelet or a crumpet. There are already two or three threads on the Forum dedicated to this topic. I tried to express myself...

May I suggest that your great grandmother purchased something very similar to what are more commonly called today "crumpets" from a bakery and then either sold them to the general public or possibly distributed them among shopkeepers. "Piklet" is usually written "pikelet". Best wishes, David

... amazing, absolutely amazing! Thank you, Lloyd. Every piece of information requested has been supplied! ..... and other invaluable facts added as well! What can I say! I deliberately cropped this photograph. I can confirm that Lloyd is 100% correct when he tells us that this is an Inner...

I agree with Bernie: Pratt's is the name of the brand of fuel the garage sold. I think the name of the business was Portland Omnibus, Portland Travel, or something along those lines. Would Portland Coaches have been used as early as 1914? D.

I'd very much like to find out all I can about the bus in this photograph. Could someone on the Forum let me know details about its chassis, coachwork, years of operation, capacity, the number in the BCT fleet, etc., etc., please? Thank you, David

.... lots and lots. I've been doing research now since mid-January. I have a complete list of all boys in the September 1957 entry together with their nicknames, initials, houses, photo taken from the 1961 panoramic school photo, the 1964 school photo and in many cases a recent photo. There are...

..... well, Jean ..... this post is for you. I've posted a photograph of the Bordesley Green Boys' Technical School cap badge on the appropriate thread: School badges. I believe this is something completely new to the Forum - and perhaps I should have started a new thread: a photograph of the...

.... although davidfowler has already posted a photograph of the blazer badge of Bordesley Green Boys' Technical School in Post #3 above, here's a photo of the only known example of the school's cap badge - together with cap! In the second shot they are lying on the Tech.'s sixth-form scarf.

.... was it the MGB egging you on?

Hello there, barrowman, would that have been the small general grocer's immediately after Paynes', the shoe repairers, on the corner of Bordesley Green? Was the owner Mrs Douglas? When I moved into Blake Lane in 1957, Mrs Douglas was already quite an elderly lady. She had an aggressive Jack...

Bernie, Although The Accordion Centre's website gives the address of the business as 131 Midland Street as seen in Post #17, if one goes to the Thomson Local.com site and types "accordions" and "Birmingham" in the appropriate search boxes, it comes up with The Accordion Centre and lists the...

Thanks, Bernie. But where exactly is The Accordion Centre? I must get to the bottom of this. Is it the "house" on the corner of Garland cum Green Street and Garrison Street? If so, why is the address for the centre given as 131 Midland Street? David

.... and I've found this on the Internet : There is no mention of these premises on Google Earth or Google Maps; I guess it must be a recently-constructed building ..... There again, mikejee can find no reference to this address either. If Mike can't place it, I'm beginning to believe it...

Hello, Bernie, Having researched this question in some detail, I too am convinced that this level crossing was in Garrison Street, and not in Garrison Lane. The “Private No Admission” sign in the video was on the Garrison Street approach to the level crossing which gave access to the Garrison...

John, I’m lost for words ….. Yes, I received your excellent photograph … but I also got a whopping virus … no, not from you. My computer froze up completely last Sunday evening. It’s been in a technician’s hands since Monday morning; I got it back a little earlier in the day. Your photograph is...