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Special thanks again to all of you for your comments and to those who voted for me.

Thanks folks! Actually Mike you are not far wrong, if you move those horns one place to the left... Thanks Wendy, the track bike has always been mine. I gave it to Dave Marsh of Maltby to restore it to its original condition and he's made a great job of it. Thanks to Dave my bike is now...

Sorry to all friends and members that I've not been on the forum a lot these past few weeks but my wife has been very ill in hospital and she was only discharged last Thursday evening, then I had to fly to Manchester for British Cycling's Gala Dinner on Saturday. My wife is a lot better now and...

Right here in our Belgian village we have level crossings without lights, bells or barriers! One day the local church warden cycled over without looking and was killed.:(

Yep we did.

I hope that you all had a good time, sorry that I couldn't be with you all,:( Graham.

As a Sparkbrook kid this piece of my past and Brum history has left me speechless, to see that it still exists is mind boggling! My last purchase here was in the 70's. Fantastic, thanks for sharing. Graham.

Jenny you're too kind. Through Mick Bennett I still live on in the UK. I'm all booked up and looking forward to fly to Manchester for the Gala Dinner next week, just feel sorry that I won't have time to stop off in Brum. To stay on topic; another great Brummie sports man who used to work with...

Paulie, if you type in 'blue coats' and click on the search button you may find a thread on this subject. Graham.

In the early 60's I plucked a 14 year old lad from the streets of Brum, Mick Bennett. Living in a back street house, Henley Villas, Chesterton Road, Sparkbrook, he became my best protégé and went on to win Olympic Bronze and world silver medals. He is now director of the Tour of Britain and one...

Air Training Corps in the late 50's I was in the 492 Hall Green squadron until I gave it up for cycle racing in 1961. The simulator was called a 'Link Trainer' or 'Blue Box', named in the 20's after Edwin Albert Link.

I'm no coward so wouldn't be afraid to go back, although I wouldn't like it as I had to survive more than one murder attempt by street gangs. Also survived poverty, physical, mental and sexual abuse not to mention the sadistic beatings the 'teachers' gave us. My sister woke up one night with a...

Hi Maz and welcome to the forum. Lovely photos and thanks for posting them. Haven't we met before? Graham.

About 1965 went to see Bob Dylan at the Odeon and after the pause he came on stage with a backing group, 'The Band'. What a din that was, we couldn't hear Bob singing and after the first song with this backing group we shouted that we had come to hear Bob Dylan, not 'The Band'. Bob took no...

Like Di I also sang in the 50's at the Birmingham Town Hall, we performed The Song of Hiawatha. In this photo a ticket to a pop concert with Mud in 1974. My wife was invited into the dressing room and sat there while these guys got changed, hence the signed photo.:)

There's nothing wrong with the Brummie accent or for that matter with any accent or dialect. Here in Flanders virtually every city, town or village has its own dialect, it's fantastic and I love it. Varity is still the spice of life and that goes for our verbal communication too. When I speak to...

Lyn you should be ashamed, every Brummie knows they're Pikelets! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YUFtC_W0ww

Nice photo Jim. (Phew! Managed to control my instincts on this one:010:)

Ha! That's a good one Bernie.:D

Hi Dave, good to hear from you again, Graham.