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THE OLD CHAP AT HIS WORKBENCH . ( Approx. 1940 - 1950 ). I always, without fail, found myself looking out for this ' character ' on any bus trip that I took to the City ( No 29. Kingstanding to Snow Hill ). Somewhere on Constitution Hill the bus would come to a halt at this particular bus...

LINING IT UP FOR THE SUMMER. ( Period : 1945 to 1950 ). What would our breed of young people have been up to at this time of the year. We had reached the stage whereby we didn't consider ourselves as ' kids ' anymore. ' Young Lads ' or Young Girls ' titles suited us fine. So, making plans for...

Have we got mixed up somewhere here ? Looks like we are all blowing in the same direction really.

" I REALLY WANT TO HAVE A CRACK AT THAT ". Period : ( Late 1930's to around the 50's ). The chance to try and ride a Bicycle. There came the time for most kids when they yearned to be able to ride a bicycle, but not many were in the fortunate position to own their own bikes. So, what to do ? A...

Good to see the modern day kids coming out onto the Street corners again to meet up and play their games in that lovely weather we had on Easter Monday.

APPRECIATION. Sounds like a shock ride over the last few days but your time, effort and skills ( particularly over the bank holiday period ) are appreciated. Well done.

Good recall MartinB. I think that was as a repeated vender call as any you might hear down the Old Bull Ring.

A BEST OF TREATS. A day out with Mom and Dad to the social hub of Brum. " THE BULL RING " ( Around 1939 ). For us kids it was exciting to wander around amongst all these people who had made their way in from all parts of Brum. The sight of the street performers and the sounds of the stall...

THE ZIG ZAG BRIDGE. Early morning on a week-end. ( Around 1943 - 44 ). We met up with a group of friends over on the Davis Estate, played a game of football kick about for about half an hour and then discussed what we might do for the rest of the morning. About six of us decided to have a wander...

GOT TO PLAY INDOORS. It would probably be a cold rainy Sunday and we kids were stuck in the house unable to play out. We had exhausted reading our comics and playing marbles in the corner of the living room. So, what's to do now. Bit limited innit. But then, good old Dad. He's spotted the...

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK. Came the occassion when one of the neighbouring families ( which included one of our mates ) moved out and a new family moved in. As a group we kids found it pretty sad to be losing one of our mates. So as the new family arrived on the street we were keen to find out a bit...

THE PIDGEON FANCIER. A nice little pass time that we enjoyed as kids were the times when we would ' sit on the gutter ' or ' sit on the street corner ' and watch the different flocks of Pidgeons being exercised and flying their formations above the houses. I remember the ' Tumbler ' pidgeons...

DOOR STEP PLAYGROUNDS. Spent a few minutes to-day using the ' Maps ' option on the Internet and enjoyed the birds eye views of a few parts of our old 'stomping grounds ' that we used as kids. Pre- war, around Brum. Newly built Council estates came into being and were a delight for the many lucky...

When the lights came on again. ( Street Lighting returned around 1945 ). I remember the time that the street lights were switched back on around Brum. It was strange to wander around in the evening with my pals and experience this forgotten phenomenon. Prior to this occassion we were used to...

A MOTHERS DAY. ( 1950's ). Mom's looking really happy this morning, she's kept her rollers in and has got her turban on, she'll get dolled up later though cus Dad's taking her out to-night. It's a grown ups do though, they're meeting up with Mom's sisters and their husbands. I don't know where...

Hi Chris. That story took place around the area of Caversham Road, Carshalton Road and Hurlingham Road, Kingstanding. Roy.

Ushered off our own street patch.( 1940's ) This was at the time of the LDV ( Local Defence Volunteers ), the Home Guard. On occassions companies of these part-time soldiers would appear on the streets of Brum to practise their anti-invasion routines. A Sunday morning. We kids were out in the...

norfolk brummie, that's true Eddie. Rings a bell.

" TOM BOYS ". ( Usually strong characters and all rounders and in most cases a treat to know ). These young girls, rightly or wrongly labelled as ' Tom Boys ', joined in with the boys on activities, adventures and games. They were accepted by the boys because very often they could match or...

anvil man, it appears that Ann Ziegler and Webster Booth were husband and wife, they did sing as a duet as well as performing individually. They ( as a duet ) were known as " The Sweethearts of Song " 1940,s. There is a considerable collection of their recordings to be found on ' You Tube '...