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Hi Yes I was in the sea at Le Touquet then suddenly there was no bottom within a few seconds I was floating then a few simple strokes and I was swimming around. It was fantastic. Never got on with Baths as I have said before. I was pointing towards the White Cliffs of Dover but saw no Blue...

Hi Spent hours on Sunday Mornings here in the late 50's. in Kent Street baths.Never got anywhere just kept on drowning. Years later took off in the sea and never looked back. Its got something to due with Buoyancy and Salt water. It never made sense why we coudnt learn in Salt water baths...

Hi It seems that Alan Turing is gradually getting his name put into some sought of correct Historic context. Without him the whole course of the War would have been different. His skills won the War for us Monty at El Alemain had all the Radio information on Rommels positions. Some sought of...

Hi Yes Lloyd had a spot of bother with this one as I'm more into Railway's than Planes. Strange how BHM is the code for BH Alabama Airport and Birmingham New Street Rail station is also BHM. Wonder what odds the bookie might give for that one. Mike Jenks

Hi Sorry forgot Photo Its not mine Mike

hi Parked up at Solihull Music School arrived around 3-55pm. Amazing sight. We were there on Tuesday night and saw the Military flight out to Afghanistan around 5-00pm. (RAF C-17 Globemaster) It usually back around 1-2am. Its a terrible sight but it saves hundreds of lives each day. Strange...

Hi There were I beleive 3 entrance points. Each term the 3c term moved to 3b. A new entrance point for a new 3c. So i was a Summer Term(3c) then a Winter Term(3b) to Xmas then a Spring term to Easter(3a). I think im right Mike Jenks

Hi Yes the Brummie are under Threat again. The loss of Lisa from Big Brother tonight she fought hard for the City and Davina I felt refered to the Brummie?. I dont think on any other eviction was there a referal to he person's accent or locotion. Simon Cowell on X Factory gave the City his...

Hi Lord Jeff Rooker MP born July 1941. Taking the 13+ rule we had for Entrance and the 3 years service he would have started in 3C in 1954 and left in 1957. So he could of left when I started. He could have left in 1956 if he wasnt selectef for GCE. Most of the subscribers to this thread may...

Hi Back on the Petrol Prices again. What with Goverment Taxes £ v Dollar with Oil nearly half the price at The $145 v $circa $70+ with have nearly managed to get the Petrol prices up gain to around their High Prices lasy year. Goverments are the best at ensuring with the Oil companies that we...

Hi Yes Mr Martin French at Boulton Road. He taught me French. Had my best year ever with him. A bit of a Wacker with the cane from what I remember he hit his victims very Hard. The next Year I think we had a guy called would you beleive a Mr Lavender?. I plunged to the bottom utterly useless. I...

hi The Famous side of the mid 50's than ran out on numerous Saturday afternoons Arthur Turners best 6th in Div 1 1955/56 Gil Merrick Jeff Hall Ken Green Len Boyd Trevor Smith Roy Warhurst. Geof Astall Noel Kinsy Eddie Brown Peter Murphy and Alex Goven. Injuries to certain players in that...

Hi The beast of all beasts. The Bomber that won the War. Great aircraft and thanks to all those who fought for us. Mike Jenks

Hi Well done showing today's views v Phylis Nicklens collection shows how much things have changed. Well done Mike Jenks

hi Like you Rupert I didnt know or use lockers, with the split sites I lugged my Kit all over theplace. Monday Morning at Grove Lane baths meant to Satchel would be wet all day. I dont think the Plastic Bag had been invented in 1956.Another trauma was Wood Lane Sportsfield on a cold Winters...

hi Made a fortune out of Sad Brummies and the Blues. Londerners took to him like a duck out of Water. I wonder how he would have got on with the more Be-Spoke dialects like Cockney Georgie Liverpudlian Glaswegian or Emmerdale. Dialects are one thing but the poor old Brummie takes it on the...

Hi Strange on Photo's I havent got one. I dont remember any being taken. yes Willie Whetton. It was Nov 58 we were in the builders yard at Craythorne Ave. He disched out our homework books as Normal alway's got great marks from loved History. Suddenly he got up and went into a tirade into the...

Hi Yes many times there. It was our Axle factory. front and Rears. Huge plant with many great workers their. Not far from Kynoch Works (IMI) where I did my Apprenticeship. Closed down in the 13 plant closure programme in the Mid 80's by Tony Gilroy. Axles went to Solihull but most were...

hi The difficulty I have with this site is from 1960 to 1964 I spent those years on Day and Night School whilst being an Apprentice. So Goldshill Road became part 2. The Technical Colledge Staff were entirely different people of great paitence and extreemly helpful. Mike Jenks

Hi Amazing memory that Film Club at Boulton Road after School. We were glued to it. I remember Scott of the Antartic with John Mills in Colour. I dont rember anything at Craythorne Ave except it was a virtual building site for the whole time I was there. Gone were the shops on the Soho Road...