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Hope Mike has a look at this one,he will probably check the tradespeople named here. I clicked on your avatar again and went to your home page....old fool.

G'day Davpen, One of my grandaughters is true blue, fair dinkum,born in Perth W.A.,but she can "do" a better Brummie accent than me...and I was born and grew up in Aston.:rolleyes:

Richard, I had a big Vauxhall given to me once,I think it was a Velox c1954,it had a busted gearbox,so I had to drive it about 10 mile in reverse where a garage in King Heath,put in a recon.gearbox for £7.However,the body work was as rotten as a pear,something to do with naff steel...

Aiden, That picture is the "Old Harborne",and yes, there was a sweet shop on the corner of Serpentine Rd.,once bought half a pound of treacle toffee in there and ate the lot in the cinema,left me with a raging thirst.:rolleyes:

Brenda, Only just found this.The Aston Baglins were cousins of mine,I last saw Lily 12 years ago,she would at that time have been about 62...and didn't look a day older than 35.:)Also my cousin Pat Slaney was in the same class at Bulington St,did you know her?.

Lyn, That photo. was the White Hart...went in there once it was a cider house at the time,there were all these huge Irishmen drinking cider from crock mugs,and they still had sawdust on the floor,but it was still better than the joints with piped music and posh people drinking pop. Could...

Lynda, without me going of thread...you have an instant message in your home page.:)

Badger, Is this what you mean post 3,I went about 1949.(I think)

You are welcome bab...I only say it as it is.:)

I don't understand it either Lyn,could it be something to do with brown envelopes changing hands ???.:rolleyes: Any way, me babby,it's a pity that a few people like you couldn't be on the "planning commitee"...but then, you are too honest,logical and you care about your home town.:):).

Lyn, You clearly share my very healthy disregard for all authority.:) Now we have these same city fathers,telling us to recycle...like they invented it.:( When this restoration work was done,the men on the job must have spent a lot of time,cleaning the mortar off the damaged bricks,so they could...

Lyn, Look at the two photo's together,what wonderful restoration work,a bricklayer who could blend that brickwork was a craftsman. And as you say so many buildings could have been saved,with just a little foresight,and the use of skilled men.

More great photo's Lyn...well done.:)

Max, Herbert Morrison was home secretary,at the time and he was trying to cope with a commitee that couldn't make up their minds about the shelters,so,he told them he would lock them in the room,until a decision had been made.He told Winston Churchill of his intent,his reply was "I...

Never knew it by any other name Dek,but I haven't been in there since c1958.Didn't even know that Southalls had gone.:rolleyes:

It was a Morrison shelter Max,named after Herbert Morrison.:)

Lyn, The Brookhill is on the corner of Brookhill and Alum Rock Rd.opposite Southalls.:)

The Co Op in the High St.also arranged funerals,here's one for my grandad. Grandad died in sept.and I was born the following Dec. apparently, before he died, he had paid for a pram, for what would have been his first grandchild,but no one knew where it was being held till my birth,so,I never had...

Rachel, After my army service with the regulars,I was on the reserve...but I can't remember which one. As it was a bit dodgy, and I could be recalled at anytime, I transfered to the T.A.Royal Artillery,they were for home defense only...:):):).

Well,he was a "Z" reservist,they were men who had served during the war,and were liable for recall in an emergency,so,he may not have been listed as on the strengh of the 1st.batt.regulars ,but he was with them anyway.His home posting would have been at what is now, Imjin Barracks in...