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Have you noticed how clean the streets are even in the poorest parts of the city. Mike.

I can remember in the mid sixties when I was an Apprentice at G.E.C. in Witton, I saved like mad and bought a FREDDIE GRUB bicycle-can't remember how much I paid for it. I can remember that I could cycle from Sutton Coldfield to G.E.C. faster than any bus or car. Didn't take long for someone to...

I can certainly remember a hot potato vender at the bottom of the New Street Station ramp in the 1960's, I'm sure he also sold roast chestnuts from a little tray. Spent many a Saturday night after a Jazz Club or Dance Hall munching on a hot potato with butter and salt wondering how I was going...

Hello Pedrocut, Great photograph from the G.E.C. Operatic Society. When I started my Apprenticeship in the early 1960's, the starting wage was 30 shillings per week old money so by the end of the weekend I was broke. I joined the Society for a couple of years working back stage making props...

Hello to all my fellow Brummies, This site must never be left to fade. It has now developed into one hudge history book about real Brummies and real Birmingham I have worked all the world and now have a Geordie family, people outside Brum can never seem to get past the accent and most of them...

mikejee, Many thanks for your advice-spot on as usual,regards,Mike

Hi everyone, I posted a photograph yesterday of the Apprentices Training School 1964 but I had so much trouble getting the image to register, I must have altered my log in status. It went onto the G.E.C.Witton Works thread but did not register on the new posts so no one knows it's there. I have...

Hello G.E.C. Found this old photograph of myself in the Apprentices Training School around 1964 give or take a year. The group was a fair mixture of craft, student and graduate apprentices so one or two faces may seem familiar. I'm afraid after 50 years or so names escape me.Because of it's age...

Smashing film Lyn. Dosn't your heart go out to all those sad little faces at Snowhill Station, it makes you want to scoop them all up and take them home. What wonderfull people all those adult helpers are, can you imagine kids of today having so much fun from so little. Best...

I to have very fond memories of Colonel and Mrs Leach. My Aunty lived on the corner of Queslett Rd and Chester Rd North and was very friendly with Mrs Leach. I can remember several visits to their home which was the first house on the left going into the stables.When my Aunty went for afternoon...

During the early part of my Apprenticeship at G.E.C. , I played for their rugby team before moving on to the Sutton Coldfield Club. Our games against Lucas were always very competitive but I always remeber that the sports fields and changing rooms were of a very high standard and the hospitality...

Keith, desperately sad news about David, another good G.E.C. man. Very few words will help Keith. I lost my Wife in May of this year just after retiring and I have had lots of advice from very well meaning people,unfortunately most of it did not even scratch the surface...

Hello David, With regard to your research into the Wagon & Horses Pub and the thread started on 10/04/12. My Great Grandfather, a William Luckman, was Licensee in 1880 and I have a photograph of him standing outside the Pub. It is a little faded but still shows a lot of...

My Mother was a professional violinist with the CBSO under Sir Adrian Boult. She said that some conductors could be very short tempered or temprimental but Sir Adrian would always be patient and try to explain his thoughts very often with humour. If a certain section of the Orchestra did not...

Hello Sue, They rather had the image of being a stogy old man's car but talk to anyone who has driven or owned a Triumph 2000 and you will find that they all loved them. For it's day and given the limited advances of the time it was in the fore front of new developements i.e. powered...

Well said Dave, I'm sure all the thread members would agree with you. Mike.

Alan, My cousin worked in one of the Switchgear drawing offices, his name was Geoff Bond. Regards Mike.

Hello Bill, I have never been one to get emotionally involved with motor cars but I do have fond memories of a 1974 Triumph 2000 mark 11 with power steering and overdrive that I owned in the early 80's. Acres of space to work in under the bonnet on the straight 6 twin carb engine...

Sorry, what was that you where saying Baron. Best wishes, Mike.