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Hi Viv, Very interesting to see the above list. Surprisingly, John Baskerville does not appear on it. Wendy(Guest)'s post 11 to the John Baskerville thread on 20 November 2010 refers to a microfiche on the opening of his lead coffin on 12 April 1893 to establish the identity of the occupant of...

Hi Maurice, If you like the works of George Butterworth, I wonder if you are familiar with 'The banks of green willow', this was one of my mother's favourite tunes. I like this too, -it is very relaxing to listen to. Kind regards Dave

Hi, Anyone remember Roy Buchanan's Sweet Dreams from the album Buch and the Snake Stretchers. Always one of my favourite guitarists, - I've just enjoyed it again on UTube Stay Safe Kind regards Dave

Hi, Seem to remember that Coventry Rd shop as Warrenders, Almost opposite the end of Kings Road. I bought a few things from there, Including 2 new army shaving brushes, one dated 1943 and the other dated 1945. I'm still using the 1943 one, - the 1945 one is still untouched. They certainly...

Hi, I bought a beautiful brass Silvertown Telegraph Galvanometer ( a phone line tester) from Jimmy Chaplain in the seventies. He asked me what it was, and when I told him, he said ' Well, as you know what it is, you can have it for a fiver, and you better have the leather case as well!' I...

Hi, Absolutely agree with Pete and Maurice, but I was not born in Birmingham. I came with my parents from East Anglia when I was 7, and stayed for 67 years, being very happy there, I married a local girl, and all our working lives spent there, but I always wanted to return to my roots, which...

Hi, Whoever made it, it's not a coin but a token, made at a time of a shortage of small change. Of course it might be a reproduction made in modern times, If Booth made and issued it, it would not be a forgery, and you would think that to make it worthwhile to produce a token like this you...

Hi, I remember this row of shops very well, from Joyner's cake shop on the left to Aston's the butcher at the far right on the corner of Lyndon Road. Aston's door was on the corner, and when he had a new delivery of carcases, he fitted large hooks into slots in the sides of the doorway, hung...

Hi Carol, Yes, Solihull took over the area in the 80s, so both rent and Council Tax payable to Solihull. I lived in Chelmsley Wood Area 11 which became part of Smiths Wood for 48 years, and never paid Solihull rent, as I bought my house in 1979 from Birmingham. I left there 3 years ago, and...

Hi Chelmsley Wood was still part of Warwickshire after it was built up, and for quite a while after. In those days we paid rent to Birmingham, but rates (Council Tax) to Warwickshire. Kind regards Dave

Hi Pete, Was that down by Cuttle cottages at the bottom of the hill? I used to take my lad there when he was little, and he fell in. We had to walk back to Chelmsley Wood, but some kind person gave us a lift back from near the Police Station. We caught a Stone Loach there on another...

Hi John, Great tracks, really enjoyed them, Many thanks Kind regards Dave

Hi John, A wonderful music era, - Maurice Winnick, Jack Payne, Paul Whiteman, the list goes on, and my personal favourite, Debroy Somers. Kind regards Dave

Hi, What I find interesting is that the legend around the Badge says Marston Green Maternity Hospital Birmingham, when it was never in Birmingham, -a bit like Birmingham Airport and the Birmingham NEC. A great hospital, both my kids were born there, and I couldn't speak too highly of the...

Hi, Whilst a lot of rolling stock was taken by road from Metro-Cammell, London Transport stock generally went by rail. The company had interfacing vans with BR couplings on one end and London Transport couplings on the other. The LT cars were assembled into a train together with the...

Hi, If that's true, why not just sharpen the other end. And in any case, when was the last time anyone actually read the name on the pencil whilst they were writing. And if the 'wrong end' has already been sharpened, it could always be cut off with the left handed serrated knife! Kind...

Hi, Many thanks for the newspaper cuttings. The lady was blown through the carpark which was then in the middle of Newhall Street into that wooden fence which had been erected to enclose the building works of the GPO Tower which was being built by Tileman's. We all thought she was lucky to...

Hi I suppose the ultimate vanity plate must be A1. Many years ago I saw it on an Austin Princess on the M6 and I was told at the time it belonged to Dunlop, and the car was being used for some sort of tyre trials. Kind regards Dave

Hi, I visited there many years ago, and it was a great place, also having a very nice miniature railway system, apart from the famous Blooms garden centre. Well worth a visit, and bearing in mind I now live not too far away, must go on my to do list. Kind regards Dave