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Hi everyone, I remember very well the rubber blocks in the Minories, they were lethal in the wet!! Happy New Year Reg

Hi Alan, I do remember sitting on a bench seat under the window in the herb shop supping our Vimto or Special. I took a trip along Soho Road yesterday via Google Street View beginning opposite the premises that was Potter Sound Systems where I began earning my living in 1946 which is now " Cash...

Hi Alan, thanks for your reply, you are no doubt correct with the location of the Herbalists, obviously my memory of the location is at fault. I remember turning right into Soho Road and the shop being a short way down on the right. Perhaps the "Special" was intoxicating after all. !! Regards Reg.

Hi everyone, Looking at the photograph on post 17, where the car is turning right out of Boulton Road, brought back memories from when I was attending Handsworth Technical School in the middle 1940's when some lessons were taken at Boulton Road school which was used as an overflow...

Hi Viv, Great photograph of the Odeon Birchfield Road, I remember going there to see Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs I think it was 1938/39 Regards Reg

Hi Folk, Would the photo No.2 have been taken from opposite 3 Fowler St. I was wondering if it was the bomb site which I mentioned in my post No.6 Regards Reg

Hi Donna, I have just come across your post No. 1 regarding the Lane family and was wondering if Charlotte Lane was the "Lottie" Lane I remember who lived in Rocky Lane opposite "Tubes" factory.Looking at post No. 3 Charlotte's Date of Birth fits the age group. Towards the latter part of WWII...

Hi Lyn, If You "Google" Kio-Ora Wikepedia will tell you all about it. Regards Reg

HI Chris, This is only a guess but could it have been RAF Wythall which is now the the site of the Birmingham and Midland Transport Museum which according to a map of the area is only a short distance from the end of Lea End Lane. I don't know the area personally perhaps someone from the museum...

Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire, when it was was time for bed.

Hi Folk, A saying I remember my Grand Mother using if anyone looked miserable was "Whats the Matter with you, you've got a face as long as Livery Street" Cheers Reg

Hi Winston, Thanks for posting the link to your web page, as 6918 said great photos for a trip down memory lane. My father was a 'bus driver in the 1930,s and then drove "Tower Wagons" for the "Overhead" department at the Miller St. Depot. Regards Reg. ( Former Nechells and Saltley boy.)

Hi Maggie, I may be a bit late having just found your post and the reply from mwOnjm., I remember Nechells Hall very well, as you say the building was set back from the road on the right just before Trevor Street going towards the swimming baths. I think it was built in the early 30's and was a...

Hi Lyn and Phil, looking at the photographs I thought it may be a ceremonial parade as the police officer in the foreground appears to be wearing white gloves also I think that what looks like St. Johns Ambulance Brigade men in the picture with the white band round their caps.This is what could...

Talking about shirts, does anyone remember shirts with little stiffeners that were inserted into the collar to stop them curling up ? regards, Reg

Hello Astoness, the picture is no doubt 1962 judging by the car on the right which is definitely 1960's, perhaps the film was re-run in 1962. the reason I remember is that I had a girlfriend at the time who lived in George Street and the "Villa" was our local cinema, this was before I went in...

I also have happy memories of the Villa Cross Cinema, I particularly remember going to see "The Jolson Story" which I think was showing in the late 40's. To relive those memories I recently bought a DVD of the film which also included "Jolson Sings Again". They don't make 'em like that anymore...

Hi Astoness, Just come across this thread, My Uncle , Aunt and Cousin lived in Fowler Street Nechells, I'm fairly sure it was at No.3, the houses opposite were bombed early in the war, I remember walking round there to see the damage. Regards, Reg

When I left school in 1946 (Handsworth Tech) I began work at a Radio shop in Soho Road called Potter Sound Systems,one of my jobs(apart from making the Tea) was charging the "Accumulators" -which were 2 volts , to test the state of the charge of the battery a hydrometer was used to test the...

Hi folk, There are two very interesting books about the Spitfire, one is called "Sigh For A Merlin" written by Alex Henshaw , a test pilot at Castle Bromwich, the other is "Spitfire, A Test Pilot's Story" by Jeffrey Quill also a test pilot who goes into a lot of detail about the development of...