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My nan was with ,e and I think she dealt with the points, Richard as I have no memory of the points card!!

It really was Richard, as we of that generation ass away, it will all be forgotten.!!

my nana ,gave me half a crown, the day rationing ended!! a small fortune to a little lad in the fifties!!, I remember the exhilaration and feeling of power to this very day! the small newsagents in Bartley Green was packed with kids, and I could buy anything my heart desired, which was a lot. I...

Te reason I remember the Applejacks was that, in 1964 , I had a small transistor radio, and used in the military , on guard duty, piquet duty, and free time , and the most memorable song from that period was, "Tell Me When," when you add on the JukeBox in the NAAFI, and the top hat cafe in...

I remember the "Applejacks", My dad told me a story about the Bristol Cinema, from the 30's, but again for another time.

great photo Viv, though to modern eyes , looks very , "Austere" , very Workhouseish, but before NHS, would have been vital!!

What lovely memories of your Nan , Nico, described so well !

It was my second home as a kid!!

my Nan's favourite store !!

My dear dad took , all of us every Sunday i summer, on the 2 mile walk from our house to the " Black Horse"Illey, we kids sat outside with a vimto, and packet of walkers, blue bag salt crisps !!

2 Pubs, from my youth, I visited alternate saturday nights were the "Rowley Rag", Rowley Regis, and the "Hen and Chickens", Wolverhampton Road, they were, together with the Black Swan Yardley. the IN, places of the day !! Also the the Crooked House ,

Most boys in the late 50's, and early sixties, started drinking in pubs aged around 14, Alan, I did, and most of my mates, we looked a lot older most of us, no one ever queried me!!

many thanks David!!

I always thought the STD code for Birmingham, was 021. David!!

That photo #1840, is brilliant, Mort, so atmospheric and alluring. !! I agree with Richard, old and modern in one shot !!

Thorp Street was a Victorian Barracks, Wendy, and right up till the 60's, was a TA and ACF Headquarters, and drill hall, I went there alot as a lad, to use their rifle range as an Army cadet, they also had the ACF band there too.

Anyone use the Trocadero,? in Temple Street, near the cathedral, used to pop in for a pint when going back from leave, and catching train from Snow Hill .

I think you may well be right Mark!!

I did Gerry, when he passed away, I visited our old homes in Brum, and walked the Salerno beaches, way back in 1998!!

What an iconic photograph Richard!!