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IT'S OFFICIAL! More Londoners are moving to Birmingham, the U.K's second city, than any other place in the U.K. Eddie.

Hi John, I have around 150 pages of A4 paper, with very small print, together with photographs, all lying here waiting for my daughter to start arranging to put it all into some type of order. Also my son-in law, a high flying Cambridge graduate in English, who has already written books for the...

I promise you that it is not my drumming, Rosie!! Eddie

Although my wife has better hearing than I, there are times when we both need the TV sub-titles to be displayed at the bottom of the TV screen. It appears to be more important these days, with much unintelligible, unclear words, used by some of the speakers that appear on the screen. Even some...

No Maurice, but it is said that he used it, whilst in the possession of the police, to practice a few chords on. It is also interesting to note that a certain 16 years old keyboard player by the name of Georgie Fame was in Cochran's backing band. Eddie

Here's a little musical story about a now long gone Rock 'n Roll hero, with a couple of twists in the tail. Some of our older readers may recall the name of Eddie Cochran, a famous American singer/guitar player. On April 17th 1960, Eddie was killed in a road crash, during a tour of the U.K. At...

A wonderful birthday card today from my old friend Harry Thompson. Harry and I met at school, around 1943, when we would be about ten years old. We formed a close friendship, and during our return to Birmingham for the school holidays, that friendship continued. Although I was already...

On summer Sunday afternoons, there was nearly always a queue for the boating lake. It was a real summers day pastime. Usually it was a man rowing, with his crew sitting back, dangling their hand in the water, and enjoying the leisure time. Boats were numbered, and if I remember correctly, it...

There was always a boating lake at Swanshurst, Small Heath & Cannon Hill Parks. Rowed on them all in my youth!! Eddie

Another photograph of my father. On the back it just says 1940, so I think it must have been upon his return from Dunkirk. He was a very strict disciplinarian. When he finally left the army, at the end of WW2, he continued to be very strict at home, and until I was 18, when I joined the army...

Just going through some old B/W photographs, and came across these two. Taken in 1950, at Swanshurst Park. At that time the park had a very nice small golf course, around 30/40 yards between each hole. It was built on the site of the WW2 prisoners of war camp. On Wednesday half days, we would...

My apologies......NOW! I remember. It has been sixty years since I last saw it all. The footbridge went OVER Queens Drive (not Queens Way, as I previously suggested), and there were no buses, or trams, that ran down Queens Drive. Yes, it is Station Street. Still, I was not far out in my date, I...

Just as I remembered the entrance in Queensway, when I left 'Brum' in the fifties. The entrance, where the man with the cap is standing, was to the over bridge that ran through New Street station, the other end coming out into New Street. A dark and very smoky bridge to walk along, with the...

Braces are very fashionable Dave. My son in law, a bit of a trendy man, wears them all the time during his working week, with suit. These days fashionable braces are usually brightly coloured. Years ago, if a man wore both a belt and braces, we would say that he was a man that did not have a...

It was originally Cliff Richard & The Drifters. They had to change their name to The Shadows, because of the American band of the same name.....The Drifters.

[I feel most comfortable in my Harris tweed jacket (bought in Fort William 20 years ago) and a pair of Worsted's. Eric QUOTE] Absolutely nothing wrong with Harris tweed, Eric. Pure quality, and it never goes out of fashion, which is more than can be said for some modern fashions. I also love...

Hi Marc, I have received your message, and will be in touch. I have also noted yur email address. Perhaps it would be prudent to now remove your email address from your message

When I was 21 Maurice, my parents bought me my first real dress suit. Worn many, many times when playing in various bands, or combo groups. I have managed to get through many pairs of dress trousers, but I still have the jacket, and wore it a couple of years ago, for a private band function...

This week I thought I would bring my old age image a little bit more up to date, so decided to buy a pair of new trousers, that would be more in keeping with the 'modern man'. This got me remembering the old 22" bottoms of post war baggy trousers, and during the early fifties, being a young...