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Does anyone remember a brand called Turf ?.never tried them, but they were very stinky,they were popular when the ciggies were still rationed.

Do you remember the stink from those camel poo ciggies?,it was said everyone knew what they were made of,but how did they dry it?.:( When someone lit one up in the cinema,everyone would gasp and splutter.:rolleyes:

It sure was bab,they had dance bands playing the whole week,and them yankee boy's were very good to us scruffy little kids from the old end.:):):)

When the war with Japan ended,I was camping in Tewksbury,and the American servicemen in the area had a party in the next field,( the field belonged to the Birmingham Angling Association ) it lasted a week. They had food we had never seen before,I remember having a case full of oranges....but...

Hiya uncle alf, Just read your thread on rations,yes,our mom's were truly magnificent,bless em'.:) It's interesting there was no points required on fur coats,but there was on frilly knickers...so we must conclude from this that the old saying "she's all fur coat and no...

Going along with "a little of what you fancy does you good"is one way, and apparently your taste buds define what is good for you,of course it all needs to be taken with enough exercise,which seems to be laking. As an aside, on wartime rations,I once went to a lecture by Magnus Pike,(him of the...

G'day Max, My mom helped John Douglas with his research when he wrote "A Walk Down Summer Lane". She knew it all so well,she was taught the words of the "Summer Lane song" from the bloke who wrote it in the 1920s. She was very frail towards the end of her life, however,she...

V.E.day Clifton Rd.Aston...

The scenario looks to me as if you fell over,and held the camera up so as not to damage it,and accidently took a snap. However,falling over drunk is excusable... to fall over sober is just foolish.

All of them Jean,other Australians don't like their accent either.

Ken, On an occasion when I was in Pebble Mill studio,Ed Doolan,commented on Carls accent,so I told him the worst accent I have ever heard, was the women of Victoria State, Australia... he went very quiet.

Brycreem Boys have included Denis Compton to David Beckham And me....my first jar of Brylcreem...I had previously used lard...but it attracted the flies.

Further to Carl Chinn's accent.His mode of speech is exactly the same as my own (without the profanity:rolleyes:) therefore...he has a well modulated voice with perfect pitch and tone.:)

I never noticed that Carl Chinn has a Brummy acs aks acs Accent, (can't even spell it), he is just a big hearted honest man,who is passionate about his home town...almost has much as our own Lyn.

Mary,another bride.Couldn't afford anything fancy,we even had to have a whip round to pay the registrar his 7/6 fee. Never mind it lasted...

Jean, Have sent you a private message...:):).

This Brearley St.lad was Air Sea Rescue R.A.F....we shall never know how many lives he saved.:) I am proud to have known him...

Going down to see my dad Dave...shall have a mooch:) and see what I can find.:rolleyes:

Brenda, I know Dyson Hall,but where was it ?... I can't remember.:rolleyes: If your dad lived in the Lichfield Rd.area,he could have been in the 37th.company,B.B. Birmingham,they were located in an old school in Alfred Rd.off Lichfield Rd.Aston. My dad is 96,and still around,and he...

My dad has just found this B.B.handbook,it belonged to his good friend,who was later killed in Singapore. I found the inscription inside very sad,considering he died for these very values,which are now derided by so many. Oh,his father was killed in France,so he never knew him either.