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Reply to Astoness. Hello Lyn. Reference ' Boys Brigade Photo '. My information ( obtained via " Birmingham Boys brigade, images" ) informs that the photo was taken in Peel Street, Winson Green.

Having a bit of trouble posting photo appertaining to the last post, having a go at putting it on this post Photo : The Boys Brigade.

THE BOYS BRIGADE. I recall how on Sunday mornings our bunch of young people would occassionally see these Boys Brigade lads going to or coming from their meetings. We would see them dressed up with their White Shoulder sashes, their shiny black belts and wearing their Forage caps. Some would be...

" IRRESISTABLE ". Compelling enticements that the kids found hard to resist. THE SELF MADE " RAFT ". For some young people that were fortunate to live close to accessible pools and lakes this little project was surely to become a must. Not many more intriguing things than having a go at...

A steam tram passing the old clock at Aston Cross. ( Around Cica 1900 ). Painting. Photo :

Have removed this repeat post. Roy Blakey.

THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. A few days whereby the wind would come up would get us kids having a go at constructing our ' kites '. Bits of paper, narrow strips of wood, string, cotton thread and the little blown up paper bag for the kite tail would all go into our kite build. Down to the Park or on a...

It would be interesting to span more recent decades of " Growing up in Brum ". On this ' thread ' we see many ' posts' roughly covering some of the decades of ' Growing up ' in the 1940 - 1950s, the 1950 - 1960's and the 1960 - 1970's eras. It would be interesting I think to see some posts...

farmerdave, I had a little look round the Internet and came upon an input that referred to ' Blakeys segs '. It quoted " Some gents like them banged straight into new shoes before first wearing and some like to wait until heels are worn a bit. Either way they'll be grand. SOME GUYS ALSO HAVE...

THESE CONTRAPTIONS CAUGHT OUR ATTENTION. Period : 1940's and early 1950's. Around this period we began to see, here and there, these bicycles with an adapted strap on power assisted two stroke engine unit mounted over the front wheel. The thought of just sitting there on your old bike and not...

The " DOOR STEP ". This is the sort of ' piece ' that I believe we used to call a ' Door Step '. Photo :

A TOP PLACE TO GATHER. ( Late 1940's ). As young people we were always on the hunt for places and areas that provided the ' got it all ' experience. An area that we found, that more than fitted the bill, was Perry Barr. Our group started to centre on Perry Barr when we started to cycle from...

oldMohawk. You mentioning not using the word ' sandwich ' as kids certainly rings a bell. I definatley remember using the phrase " Can we have a piece please Mom" for requesting what was a one layer of bread with a bit of topping on it. Did you happen to run into these as well ? " Is there any '...

AN OLD BUS JOURNEY. Period around early Post war years. There was always something interesting to look at on any bus journey around the city. Sitting there on the bus it was pleasing to pass the journey time observing the city folk going about their daily activities and sometimes it was possible...

THE BOBBIE ON THE BEAT. Looking back I think there was a good relationship between the patrolling beat BOBBIE and the ' adventurous ' kids. We, as children, were taught by our parents to fully respect ' The Policeman '. I mind we children were occassionally ' pulled up ' by one of the patrolling...

THE LIVING ROOM. ( 1950's ). The one photo here depicts a reasonably typical 50's living room. Probably had just aquired the Television set and had been required to move the dining table over a bit to make space for it. The Fireguard was occassionally extra useful for Moms to dry bits of washing...

IT'S OUR HOME. I wonder, in terms of some of the ' Seniors ', if there might be a few ' memory comforters ' amongst these. THE LIVING ROOM WALL DECORATIONS. The " Ducks on the Wall " on one side and the " Blue Lady " picture hanging on the other wall. THE ROWS OF SHOES AND SLIPPERS stored...

OLD " FLASH " GOT IN FIRST. Ive been noticing on the media that another Science fiction film is on it's way to our cinemas. This one being another instalment of " Star Wars ". It brought to mind, as Pre-war kids , our first introduction to the ' space fiction film '. Our treat was the Saturday...

CONGRATULATIONS to the young pupils at Barr Beacon School, Aldridge, Walsall. It was reported in yesterdays Evening Mail that SIX of this schools pupils, aged between 11 and 12 years old, had achieved ' IQ ' test results higher than both ALBERT EINSTEIN and STEPHEN HAWKING. Ten more youngsters...

That's a great photo inclusion oldMohawk. That ' Grown ups ' worry and warning about kids playing in the street near to the ' drains ' definatey rings a bell.