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Not used to the 'new' forum layout yet....made a hash of previous post. Not to worry! Phil's Photo No 42 includes Tandy's fashion shop, were my Mom shopped for clothes from time to time, and Di, the old cinema on the right of the photo was called The Empress, and eventually became a small...

I guess this is the Kenilworth Road that ran from The Broadway down to Aston Lane, and that the photo was taken from the Aston Lane end of the road. I lived in The Broadway, its address being 'Birmingham 20', which was Handsworth. I also knew quite a few people who lived in Kenilworth Road...

One of the biggest culture-shocks of my life was when I passed the Eleven-Plus, in 1957, and started at George Dixon Grammar School, City Road, Edgbaston. For six years previously Canterbury Cross had been my 'home from home'. The teachers were mostly kind, helpful and friendly - but I have to...

The photo of the Birmingham Arms brought back some memories for me. In the 1960's I was a regular at several Trad Jazz pubs in Brum, including the Birmingham Arms. The very first date I had with the girl eventually I married (still married to her 45 years later!) was to take her to see The...

Great old shot of Birchfield Library, Mohawk. I knew that place like the back of my hand from when I was about 7 until I left the area when I was 25. Most of the staff were ladies, who never hesitated to "shush" anyone they thought was talking too loudly - just like a library should be. There...

Thanks for this, Janice. Big Gee

Thanks Jean, but although they might have been related to the Holte Road Hines, the Longbridge Hines was a different family, and I think lived there probably until the mid-1970's. Rgds, Big Gee

Hello All, I haven't posted for a long time, but I am seeking information regarding the HINES family who lived in Josiah Road, Longbridge, until at least the 1960's. Thank you. Big Gee

Hi Leewood, I'll PM you! G

The shop "G E Clee" was, I think I'm correct in saying, bought later by Stan Lynn, the former Villa player. He didn't care for kids hanging around outside his shop. Birchfield Road was a really good 'shopping-centre' when I was a kid, but went rapidly downhill in the late sixties and early...

One of my long-gone old man's more amusing phrases was to say that he was on the bones of his ...., meaning he was skint! That always used to give me fits, but he meant it dead seriously. A good old Brummie expression, no doubt. G

My old company used to sell hard felt pads to Wicksteed's so kids didn't wear out their togs going down the slide. Unfortunately Wicksteed's discovered that foam pads were just as good and a lot cheaper. I think there might still be a Wicksteed slide in the playground at Leigh's Wood Park in...

We were married in 1971 and lived in Woodridge (off Trinity Road, right by the Variety Artistes Club). We did most of our shopping on Birchfield Rd, at Mac Fisheries (on the site of the Birchfield Cinema), the bakers a bit further down (I think it was Baines), and a mini-market on the corner of...

We saw Steve Gibbons with his band The Dylan Project at Lichfield Guildhall last year - better than ever. Jon Hiseman of Coliseum fame now writes music for TV shows - I really rated him as a drummer, but he never seemed to get the breaks. I did notice that the two former owners of Mother's were...

I look forward to that, Chris. I also meant to add that the nearest 'proper' airstrip to Queslett Road area was Walsall Airport, now known as Aldridge Airport at Bosty Lane, so maybe it's possible that Cobham's aircraft used that. I'd love to know. G

Re: ChrisM's original post, my dad used to tell us about a Sir Alan Cobham air-display he saw well before WW2. I always thought that his memory was wonky when he said he stood somewhere near Banners Gate to watch it. If ChrisM can re-post the advertising leaflet I'd be very interested. If the...

I think it's a sign of how times were back in the Sixties that I can remember going to Mother's many times, but can't remember many of the bands I saw there. John Mayall definitely, Jon Hiseman's Colliseum, Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack (I was deeply in love with Christine Perfect), and Spencer...