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There was an older lad over Short Heath Park, Robert who would get in the middle of the cobweb roundabout and would spin us around at an astonishing speed. He did it so fast you would feel the blood drain from your head due to the angular momentum. I can remember almost passing out.

Happy birthday Brenda. Have a super day

Happy new year to all of our staff and members.

I think a lot of people comment about a golden past that never was. I too recall a lot of litter on the tracks at news Street and lots of other places too in the 60’s. There were constant don’t drop littler campaigns in schools and on TV.

Is that a cycling track I can see around the pitch?

The park now has an electronic key fob system

Dunlop were an impressive company once. They seemed to make everything and the Dunlop logo appearing everywhere. From car tyres to aeroplane tyres, all sorts of rubber goods to sporting goods and even fashionable spots clothing items. Just wondering where it all went wrong. They did seem to...

Yes I thought so too

It looks like social housing but those archways over the balconies are something I have not seen before. The lampposts are similar to other I have seen in Birmingham, but they look quite tall. There is a lot of new housing around the church now, so maybe its all be demolished and rebuilt.

Looks like the old Fort Dunlop building in the background Viv

That’s good news and a win win for you too. Building with a past have an enhanced value and are far better than if taken alone if the temporal, the local and the historical references are missing. We were quite quick of the mark where I live and took the opportunity of forming a conservation...

Thats right Lyn, these were the electric standby pumps mentioned in the thread. As a kid there were always lots of large diameter castiron water mains stored on the site too.

The origional waterworks was a stunning building sadly lost in the 50's. The heritage of the modem water industry is almost entirely absent despite its unarguable relevance to human development, so I hope you will as much as practically possibly conserve the house as it was part of the original...

Hi and welcome to Birmingham History Forum. Is the house that you have purchased the old superintendents house at the waterworks?

I remember the Hanks Bros sidecar outfit at Mallory Park. BSA A65. There was quite a nasty crash once involving one of the Hanks bros

Your spot on their Richard. I too recall Cadburys becoming Cadbury Schweppes and started acquiring other companies along the way. I was then thinking to myself who actually minding the shop. They pit themselves alongside some very experienced US businesses operating the Jack Welch businesses...

Hello John welcome to Birmingham History Forum. I do recall the pea soupers of the late 50’s early 60’s and how it was impossible to see the other side of the road. Not quite a London smog, but certainly not good for health either. Lots of houses with coal fires and factory’s all belching out...

The chimney on its side looks like a dust cyclone that been removed, they have been around for many years. The sack truck looks 70’s but again been around for many years. The hexagonal thing may be a small furnace The stormproof windows in the middle make it look like 70’s as does the plastic...

We have a newish scam being posted to local houses in Birmingham. It is of course a scam, so one to watch out for.

Merry Christmas to everyone, have a super time