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The Christmas Cards have now been completed and the Vicar can now send out his greetings and invitations. ( Ref Post #391 on this thread ).

A BONUS FROM THE XMAS RUBBISH. ( The 1960,s ). Xmas morning. The children have finished unwrapping their Xmas presents and the little conservatory is getting pretty full up with discarded Cardboared boxes and torn up wrapping paper. ( Size of presents and packaging has been noticeably increasing...

THE TRUSTY OLD PRAM. ( Pre Pushchair and Car ownership times ). The all can do baby and grocery carrier. Side line uses have been known to include carrying pieces of furniture, planks of wood,bags of coal, wireless batteries and many other items that would otherwise be difficult to carry and...

Yep, got you pictured now Smudger. The ' Marathon Boy ' with long arms and a good heart.

Didn't forget carolina. That comes under the " Don't kiss and Tell " territory.

THE " ENTRY " ( The rainy day retreat for the kids ). Pre-war new estates around Birmingham had numerous Terrace type house builds which basically might be described as four joined houses in each block with the two inner houses having a single shared tunnel like entrance to their back gardens...

Where has Mom put me best shirt? A young chaps story of the period. Sorry folks. Read period for perood.

Anyone interested in this subject might like to have a look at a Video just put out on ' You Tube '. Google : Sainsbury's OFFICIAL Christmas 2014 Ad

THE LITTLE BOY THAT SANTA CLAUS FORGOT. ( Story/ Sketch ). Going back a few years,during the Christmas period,this little story song was relayed to some of the children to help them appreciate how fortunate they had been that Christmas. " The little boy that Santa Claus forgot " You know...

KIDS PRANKS. ( Might nudge a couple of memories ). THE PENNY SLOT WEIGHING MACHINE ( the ones that used to be situated just inside the Chemist shops ). Stand on the scale platform, put your penny in the slot. Round flicks the needle on the dial and there displayed is your weight. Then as you...

An interesting combination. I have recently received a request via the Birmingham History Forum from the Reverand Johnathan Strickland, Vicar of Bawtry, Doncaster. He is looking for an ' image ' to use on a " Church Together Christmas Card " for this year. He is trying to make the connection...

SATURDAY MORNING WARRIORS. ( 1944 ish ). The kids school football teams are arriving at Wellhead Lane sports field, Perry Barr to take part in another Aston Schoolboys league match. Amongst them are school teams from Aldridge Road school, Upper-Thomas street school, Peckham Road school, Sacred...

It's about a bunch of kids and their Street Corner meetings. Did try to put this on the Forum as a direct written ' post'. Did'nt succeed . I'll try this ' photo note '.

Ref ( Post#1 ). Good 'spot ' terryb18. Had a browse through the ' genome ' site that you highlighted and came across a couple of war-time radio programs that as a kid I remember the ' Family ' never missed. " MARCHING ON " ( Home Service 1940 ) and " INTO BATTLE " ( For the Forces program 1942...

THE WINDOW DISPLAY - LEWIS'S - OLD BRUM - THE KIDS FREE SHOW. ( Talking pre-war Christmases ). Here was a treat for the the kids if they could get up to the city centre. Lewis's on Corporation Street always put on a top class ' Window show ' over the Xmas period which always delighted the kids...

THE OLD PARAFFIN HEATER. Winter would begin to set in and the inside of the Bedroom windows would start to become ice smeared every night. Dad would rummage in the shed and bring out our two old upright Paraffin Heaters. Round to the Ironmongers for a can of Paraffin fuel. The heaters were then...

To farmerdave, your right about my spelling. Thank you. Spelling just ain't my ' forte '.

GOT A ' POTATOE ' IN YOUR SOCK '. This was a term ( used in our area anyway ) to describe a hole in your sock(s). Moms would set about finding a matching coloured length of wool and commence a ' darn'. Kids would tend to take the ' mickey ' out of one another if a ' Potatoe ' was showing...

rosie, you referring to the taste left in your mouth after using a rusty Pea- shooter brought to mind a Pea - shooter taste that I remember too. We favoured using Pigeom Peas as our ' ammunition ' and we purchased these from a shop that kept its stock of Pigeon Peas in a large sack on the shop...

The ' POKE BOARD ' shop. This was actually one of the houses right opposite to the entrance to the Peckham Road Infants and Junior school, Kingstanding. The Lady tenant of the house had made a small Kitchen conversion and turned part of it into a Sweet Shop. ( entrance round the back and knock...