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Re: The Custard House Blake Lane Well that’s very interesting, mah, and it somewhat fits in with fatfingers’ theory (Post #6) in which he writes there “used to be a custard (costard) apple orchard on the site”, and with the fact that I myself can definitely recall three, four or five apple...

Thanks, Dek !!!! We don't get it over here - I don't half miss it !! D.

...... and the Accident Hospital was in Bath Row, alongside - or very close to - Davenport's Brewery, just a little further out of town than the Greyhound. This post clearly demonstrates my beery past. Whatever happened to Davenport's? David Please don't answer my question: already found the...

Re: The Custard House Blake Lane John, you’re a first-class, spontaneous, genuine Brummie MATE, mate! Thank you. I’ll remember this kind offer and may well take you up on it shortly. Thank you. Any news of Mr Wilson (I can’t bring myself to call him Ron - he was my girlfriend’s dad!)? David

Re: Birmingham accent, good or bad The main entry in the New (1993) Shorter Oxford English dictionary is spondulicks, a slang expression meaning "money or cash"; it could be written "spondulix". The Dictionary of Contemporary Slang simply defines the word as "money". db84124

Re: The Custard House Blake Lane Well, Lads, This thread has certainly sprung to life !!! I've been asking myself since 3rd August 1957 the significance of this extraordinary pub name. Could we be getting somewhere? Is there any way of finding out the nature of the original Custard House: was...

Re: The Custard House Blake Lane Good morning, John, How are things in Brighton? My first recollection of the Custard House was the enormous garden behind the pub. I was only 9 or 10 when I used to go and play on and around an old stage which had been erected between several apple trees which...

In the late 50s and early 60s wasn't the Scout & Guide Shop in Dale End? Reassurance, please. db84124

Bernie, Thanks very much for the enlightenment. Having XP Professional, I didn't initially recognise the problem of some members being unable to open the PowerPoint Slideshow attachment. Only when I spoke to a member this morning did I realise that some people would have this inconvenience...

Re: The Custard House Blake Lane Yes Mike, re-reading it I should have expressed myself more 'eloquently'. I have nearly always noted your name alongside reams of information about shops, businesses and companies. I was asking information about a private address; I used commercial as a synonym...

Thanks, terryb18, very useful information. Have you any means of carrying out an inverted research, i.e. finding out who lived in a house which could possibly have been numbered - no idea when numbering was introduced - 1 or 2, Hobmoor Road or 1 or 2, Yardley Green Road? I am assuming the two...

Re: The Custard House Blake Lane Mikejee, being one of the most prolific contributors as far as commercial interests are concerned, could you not - through your vast knowledge of directories - throw some light on the mysterious original Custard House? Was it ever registered in one of your...

Please note that to be able to see the slideshow in Post #1, because its a pps file, you must have Microsoft Office PowerPoint installed. To see slideshow, simply click on the blue/grey words Heart Attack, ignoring the frightening red cross. db84124

.... so is it Corporation Street into Bull Street looking down towards High Street? db84124

.... So why, gentlemen, was that building between Yardley Green Road and Hobmoor Road shown on an 1890 map of Bordesley Green given the name "Custard House"? Is it just possible that the wealthy scientist cum businessman who invented Bird's Custard - because his wife was allergic to eggs - with...

I have just received this from a caring friend in Shrewsbury. It seems to be a very simple "trick", which could be most useful, critical and life-saving. It was a true dilemma to decide or not to post this - and I sincerely hope the advice will never be needed - but I personally think my friend...

The Custard House, Blake Lane That's the one, John. Just 50 yards up the road from where I lived between August 1957 and September 1967. Hope you're well, David

Re: The Custard House, Blake Lane I'm very sorry, fatfingers, but I beg to differ on your theory of the orchard. Attached is a map of the Blake Lane area of Bordesley Green of 1890. One can see that the Custard House - which is halfway down, or up, Blake Lane on the eastern side - was then...

Re: The Custard House, Blake Lane Please see following post. db84124

How's this for a low number VIC(toria) 0808. David