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youre right Ian Chandler was his name. Yes i am enjoying the 33degrees at present, classed as cool up here, cant wait for summer lol.

That guys name was Chandler, 3rd in front bottom left.

Hi Bobrob and Grahpack 195, of course I know Bobrob very well but Grahpack maybe you I think were in the Birmingham u/18 team for a while and then not. If you are the guy I remember you went to KN Grammar and was a particularly skilful player and I recall playing with you in some team or other...

Hi I was very interested to read this post and comments. I always thought Birmingham suffered from a lack of a good 'soap'. Crossroads was never a reflection of us and the London and Manchester soaps, love em or hate em seemed to deal with real life and big characters and some gritty situations...

Hi,I remember as a young lad, obsessed with football, watching this team play at Gilbertstone Park Yardley. A bit of hero worship as I had just started at Sheldon Heath Comp and Graham Lovett and Jimmy Ravenhill were 5/6 years older and school and football royalty. I remember some teams who...

Just clearing out a few things and came across some of my old sporting medals from my school days at Sheldon Heath comp and also a few from my Sunday football team. Some might have won similar ones back in the day

Thats interesting to see the list of previous winners and my old school Sheldon Heath Comp winners in 1965 and 1966. I played in both finals and was the captain in 1966 when we played at Edgbaston. The 65 final was played at the Nursery Ground next to the Main ground and I remember our captain...

Cridland- my late father William ( Bill ) was the son of Edith ( Argyle ) and William Cridland.

Hi Gill, attached is the Bugle article about our great grandfather, a master of nose breaking and ear enlarging- great terminology from long ago don't you think. To go forty eight rounds , nearly three hours in one fight sounds pretty brutal but those were the hard times in which he lived. He...

Was that very successful Sunday league team called B G Brazillia ? If so I played for that team along with guys from BG Tech

Hi Bob, yes I remember those guys, they were the ones responsible for ruining my dreams- but yes they were all good players, Lee especially who I had a great battle with in midfield but he was too good for us on the day. And your good lady remembers them all. Amazing really. She was from Oldbury...

Hey Bobrob, well good on you on remembering some names. On your right was my best mate Alan Jones, to your left Dave Pennikett, then Trevor Glynn. Me on the far left middle row being miserable because I didnt get a shirt for the team photo and played in every match and back row far right was...

Hey Bobrob, as an underage player I played against some of these guys. Our u/18 were short of a player, I think I was 15 and John Chambers asked me to help out. Played at your place on Hob Moor Rd I think. Hard game. Barry Ansell is one I remember he was a good player as was our Johnnie...

Hi Bob, a voice from yesteryear! Remember those days when we played representative football together for Birmingham Boys. I have a team photo from 1967 ? of us all at the Festival Of Football at Butlins Bognor Regis. Can you remember the names of some of the guys? Yes I did write a book called...

Ex pats abroad-living in Far North Queensland now and loving it. If you were born and raised in Brum you can never forget your golden memories of growing up in your home city. The places, school, characters/people, family, your football team, clubs, pubs, etc that are now part of your personal...

Back then the boys copped corporal punishment pretty bad - but when you mention lines I remember a younger teacher at the comp. teaching me how to hold 5 pencils in my hand/fingers at one time and then writing my lines out-which was 5 times faster than one at a time. Try it, it works.

Here's an interesting deviation ( if that's the appropriate word with the subject under discussion ). A deviation ie. a different weapon used for punishment. Also at the Comp. Hated chemistry so hid in the toilets. Chemistry teacher hunted me down and invited me to stay after class to enjoy his...

There are so many academics and business people we are proud to say are Brummies but I've played a little game with my son over the years ( he's 26 now so he knows the reply before I ask the question ) concerning my Brummie musical heroes. A song would come on the radio and proud as I am of...

I still sing some of those TV adverts. We were so young and we were brainwashed by them. Lets face it TV was so new back then and it was so brilliant to even have a black and white TV and we even loved the ads. One thousand and one cleans a big big carpet for less than half a crown. The Esso...

Nice to hear all about the actual buses, models etc. but what about the colourful characters who worked 'On the Buses', conductors, drivers and inspectors. There must be some stories to be told.