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Not really my 'thing', but I can (just) remember going to The Crown when it hosted the Jug Of Punch folk-club, residents being The Ian Campbell Group. Later, the club moved to Digbeth Civic Hall. Went much later when it was Henry's Blues House - much more to my liking! I'm surprised The Crown is...

Martin, they could have moved to or from Doris Road at some point in their history. Harford Street is off Great Hampton Street in the Jewellery Quarter, and at one time within (my) living memory there were dozens of small metal-working factories, mostly presswork, in the area. I tried to see if...

The Home Secretary gives notice that in pursuance of Section 2 (1) of the Employmentof Women, Young Persons and Children Act,1920, he has made an Order authorising the employment on two day-shifts, of womenof 18 years of age and over in...

Would Witton Isolation Hospital have been where infant sufferers from diphtheria were placed? G

A few years ago I was barmy enough to seriously whack my thumb, resulting in a double fracture and multiple lacerations. To Good Hope A&E I went, and after taking a good look at it, the nurse poured out a beaker full of iodine solution, caught hold of my hand, and advised that 'this may sting a...

Great bowling action in Photo 1, Lyn, but what happened in Photo 2? It hurts, doesn't it....? How do I know? Need you ask...... Slightly off-thread, I tried indoor short-mat bowling a few years ago, partly because my employer actually made the mats and as their sales-manager it was felt I...

Thanks, Elmdonboy. I'm surprised, to be honest, but good to know that tenpin is still alive. I'd love another go, but I don't think my old knees are up to it any more. G

I used to really enjoy tenpin, played every Friday after work at the Stirchley Bowl. Later at the one down the Hagley Road, forget what it was called, but it seemed to be where the real whiz-kids played. I did get quite good at one time, but haven't played for 40 years, since we lived in the...

I've read recently that the word 'miskin' derives from a Swahili word for 'poor', so a 'miskin tin' would be the receptacle in which unwanted food and other articles would be placed for distribution to the poor. This may explain why my gran (born 1873) used it, as both her husbands served in the...

FWIW, in the late 1960's I was friendly with a Graham Clamp, who lived with his widowed mother in a cul-de-sac off Shady Lane, Kingstanding. Clamp is not what I'd call a fairly common name, so perhaps there is some connection with the Clamps discussed above. G

Kix, re: your drone flight. Very interesting, but I do hope you kept below the now-required maximum altidude of 400 ft, and that you're a member of, and insured with, the British Model Flying Association. Just asking..... G

Was your singer anything like Grace Slick....? G

John, what was your band called? I just checked the archive and Cream played at Mothers in July 1967, and I'm wondering if it was there and not Midnight City where I saw them. What I do remember for sure was Ginger Baker playing his famous drum-solo 'Toad' at Birmingham Uni Students Union....it...

Once seen, never forgotten! I saw him twice with Cream - Birmingham University and (I think) Midnight City, but he was disappointingly well-behaved at both. Prior to that I saw him with the Graham Bond Organisation at the CAT (Aston University), but don't remember very much about that night. I...

Anyone who's read 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' will recall that the boys were given weak beer to drink in preference to (possibly contaminated) water. One of the oddest things I recall from when I was a nipper was an 'outdoor' (off-licence) in Witton, run by an elderly couple. Usually the old man...

Not exactly a shop, but former Villa goalie Jake Findlay had a driving-school in the Sutton Coldfield area. G

A friend of mine a long time ago had a story about a relative who was taken prisoner in Italy during WW2. According to my friend, this man was never heard from, until some time after the war when he suddenly turned up at his old home. His family were still living there, and you can imagine their...

The sugar-cube vaccine was Sabin's Vaccine, which replaced the Salk vaccine which was administered by a drop into the open mouth - the method I received, but I can't remember having that done at the centre at 90 Lancaster St. However, I do remember going there with my aunt and small cousin so he...

Hi Lyn, thanks for the heads-up re: the other thread - no, I don't think I've seen it, but some really good photos from way back when.... I used to walk my girlfriend from our house in The Broadway down to Aston Station, and usually had a swift half in the Aston Hotel on the way home. Re...

If that house in the photo is where I think it was, then I have a vague memory of its being a doctor's surgery, maybe in the early 1950's. Can anyone confirm this or otherwise, please? G