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Hi Take my Dad regularly to Heartlands for de-waxing. 2 weeks prior he uses Olive Oil The hospital has a sucking machine. From totally deaf with the use of a NHS hearing aid which is very discreet his hearing is very good. Up the NHS and the team at Heartlands Mike Jenks

hi it only seems minutes ago as i limped into drs sueters surgery at green lane castle bromwich with a high temp. 60 years ago i was sent straight to the childrens hospital screaming and kicking. poor chap who carried me in. straight into a room and i was plastered from head to toe and laid in...

hi a big park first guess billesley common i think i recognise the sheds at the back. i wondered what they were years ago. it was a secure area. mike jenks

hi im sorry but every time this post comes up im up on the roof in pets corner or remembering those hours on the stairs waiting to see father Xmas. in the end mom took us to the coop. 211790 i can still remember the no happy days mike jenks

hi for those who visit it all i know is the Neurological nerve testing centre is housed in the City Road hospital. This is a major centre for the testing of nerves. it seems to have been there for years. its housed in the old hospital you need to be fit to get there. mike Jenks

hi agree its the Isolation Hospital in fact it covered any infectious illness ie even if you had measles but developed a further condition requiring hospital treatment off you went to there. my sister developed appendicitis during measles and spent several weeks in there. mike jenks

hi Its difficult to compare the various decades and yes the 50,s are a forgotten era. most of the modern pop music was born in this era the space age began huge changes in technology and transport were introduced. the era began with the hangover from the 30's and 40's rationing was still in...

hi Does anybody remember my mate Denis White. He worked in the Technical costing areas of gec from the mid 50's till the early 70's. He worked on site under Witton mouldec plastics. He was a huge fellow around 6ft 6inches and was a First team goalkeeper. sadly he passed away a few weeks ago. he...

hi yes my old friend Mr london. After a searing tackle on Heybarnes Rec I was under his gaze at the Accident unit. I remember the agony for weeks. This huge and massive cast and thos crutches. The burning pain raged on. As quickley as it began one day around a month it had gone. Around 8...

Hi just back from Scotland yes Jack Morley little guy I came across him one Friday afternoon as my 1-2 mic passed through a milling machine. Mr Mcnab and Bill Yeomans in the Turning section. Bob Taylor was in charge. Mr Wakeman ran the Introduction basic area. We all weared Cow gowns till we...

hi puddy worked in the engineering workshops with us i was there from 1960 to 1964. i played from 1959 to 1962 for kynoch apprentice's. strange in a way i had better luck at lucas played several times against kynochs at moor lane. always lost to them. warren bradley ran rings around me. happy...

hi A scene from Phils dads films of the location of the diversion. We would watch the signal on the right around 9-00 am for the diversion to start. Sometimes it would be a couple a month but often we would trudge home around 10-30. mike

hi Phil All our thoughts are with you mike jenks

Hi The following time line gives some useful dates. By 1966 it was all completed. Summer 1961: Construction of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre begins. 1961: The design for the Rotunda is approved and the building begins construction. June 1962: The outdoor market area in the Bull Ring is opened...

hi unfortunately i can only remember the bombsites left behind. my earliest listening s were children's at 5-00 on the radio. tv didn't come into my world till 1953 the coronation. my favourite was dick barton but taken away from us lads to be given ambridge. horror continued pc 49 with...

Hi thanks for the Map. Became part of the huge Slum clearances of the late 19th century. A terrible place to live even in the mid Victorian era. Roots web describes it London Prentice Street was one of the worst parts of Birmingham >the policemen went around in twos gangs roamed this part...

hi The last time I saw Ossie was in shirley on a Midland red bus circa the mid 60,s. he was still smoking fag after fag. I cant believe the image ouch. mike jenks

Hi I think its the openinf of the New Strip Mill close to the Main Office Block Fire station on the Right hand side. Huge Place. Mike Jenks

Hi holford house was the training Centre and Intial Reception training. Must of spent hours in the House. It was deep in the factory its intial location tends to be towards the New Metals area berylium plants /Zirconium areas. It was a fair walk either from the Apprentice School or the...

Hi Yes Lucas had several the Largest outside of Moor Lane was Prospect Lane in Solihull. This served Shaftmoor Lane BW3 4 and 5. Clearly the huge Subs of Lucas like Girling had their own. Mike Jenks