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Does anyone remember an Indian restaurant on the corner of Smallbrook and the Horse Fair? It was on the opposite corner to Gino's Italian restaurant. It was on the first floor of the building and I don't think it had a street frontage. My brother took me here for my very first curry, and I was...

The Kardomah on Colmore Row was a favourite place of mine to meet mates and girl-friends on Saturday afternoons. It was usually packed, but had great atmos. Kunzle's on New Street was too stuffy for my liking, and too expensive. I think there was another Kunzle's somewhere else in Brum, maybe...

Phil, Steak Diane.....that's really retro, and most definitely of the Fifties and Sixties. I only ate it once, and that was at a little restaurant in York (once again, I wasn't paying...). Tournedos Rossini is another steak dish that you don't see any more, one of my favourites. Bob's list...

Old & Grey, I also liked The Burlington, probably because I never had to pay on the (very) few occasions I went there. It was the favourite of a boss of mine who used to use his expense-account to its fullest extent, and we always left the place very replete and slightly unsteady. My dad took us...

Wasn't there a fairly recent story concerning children's remains being found in or near the grounds of Haseley Hall? G

Can't hear the words 'Rorkes Drift' without thinking of Michael Caine....I'll say no more. There are still many (suprisingly) large and well-appointed houses around Lozells/Handsworth/Soho, which indicates that in years past it was no ordinary area. I'd be interested to hear your progress re...

Another interesting (?) fact about Lozells Rd.... Anyone with an interest in classic unsolved cases will know about Death In The Priory, the case dating from 1876 in which a lawyer, Charles Bravo, died from antimony poisoning at his house The Priory in Balham, south London. Bravo lived there...

The thot plickens....until last night I had never heard of Lawson Tait, and was completely unaware that there was already a thread on the Forum concerning him. My friend* told me that his family thought that the infants' bones in the garden were the results either of experiments, or something...

Hi Jackie, I forgot to mention in my last post that my friend told me that the Robinson family had another shop on Lozells Rd closer to Six Ways. So I guess that the shop you ask about was very likely Robinson's, but can't be sure. G

Regarding Robinson's Haberdashery, I was talking last night with my friend whose grandfather founded the business in the 1920's. First, and slightly to my surprise, the address of the business was actually 317 Burbury Street, and not Lozells Road. The shop was originally the residence and...

The 1924 episode is now firmly embedded in Aston folk-lore. In conversation, my dad would say, referring to a past event, "It goes back nearly to the day war broke out", and Mom would immediately add, "Or the day the lion escaped, as I remember only too well". Or words to that effect. The...

I remember Yates on Corporation St....one of the roughest boozers in town. Two of my mates used it regularly to get tanked up prior to embarking on a grand tour of the city's then-many jazz pubs on a Friday night. I only went in once - couldn't stomach the cheap Australian junk. While I was...

Hi Lyn, if you worked for Ash Rubber Stamp in the 1970's then we may well have encountered one another, as I bought several stamps from them for various 'projects' I was involved in at the time. I also used The Gothic - it was on our 'Friday Night Crawl' which started off at The General Wolfe...

With reference to Postie's post, it's likely that the Matthew Boulton annexe was in the Adult Learning Centre he refers to. I think the theatrical supplies company was in the white building with the sign 'Skirts, Knitwear, Dresses'. All a long time ago now. G PS: is anyone else having trouble...

I remember Brasshouse Passage as there was an annexe of Matthew Boulton College located there, I think in a former primary school. In the very early 1970's I did A-Level English Lit there. There was also a theatrical supplies company located in a cranky old building. In fact, Brasshouse Passage...

Last week I drove along Victoria Road towards Six Ways and noticed that the building which I assume to have been Victoria Hall is still standing, though swathed in scaffolding and seemingly undergoing restoration. It must have been quite impressive in its day. The rear of the Albert Hall on...

Re: Photo No 1 on Post 163, I was at Canterbury Road Infants with one of the Gamwell family who owned the engineering and ironwork company. If memory is correct I think his name was Richard. There was also, I believe, a solicitor who was a member of the Gamwell family and whose office was on the...

I was right behind the goal at the Holte End that day, and as you'd expect there was a stunned silence when McDougall scored. The 'watching the shirts dry' quote comes from when Docherty was manager, but from what you say it wasn't original! That 76588 crowd was before I was born - was it a...

Strangely enough, the one game which in all the years I 'went down the Villa' that sticks in my mind is their 2 - 1 win over Bournemouth in an 'old' Third Division match during the 1971-72 season. That game was remarkable for two things: first, an attendance of 48000 which I think remains an...