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Hello Louise, and welcome to the Forum, Carol was my first experience of death and affected greatly as a child, Barry was my best friend way back then. As kids we would all go to the "ressa", and on the way back would go into farmer Bullocks field by Scotland Road , where it bent down towards...

My memories as a boy, was the friendliness of Brummies, when I would go with mom or dad on the Trams, especially in the mornings, nearly all who got on , or off the tram would shout , getting on "Morning All", and when getting off , " Tarrah a bit ", lovely days !!!

For a very short time I was a "progress chaser", for PYE Telecom, Richard, then they promoted me to byer, but couldn;t stand inside work, and left!!

Ostler, Railway Porter, bus conductor.

Great story Viv, But I never saw one, despite being all over the city as a kid, must have all gone by 1958, when I was about !!

Being poor, !! and wanted so much to be a rocker , at the "Ace of Cards Cafe" , Bristol Road Selly Oak, the ton up boys would go there, much older than me of course, I would have been about 13/14, they wore leather jackets, with skulls and other signs and badges, painted on them, and blue jeans...

So very true Richard, being a poor boy , but with a paper round, and a very kind shop keeper who would help and sometimes gift, An old Ian Allen, for a twopence bus ride, on the number 11 , and penny platform ticket, would sit with all the travellers, going to places I could only dream of, and...

Snow hill, was totally synonymous, with my whole life , growing up in Birmingham, as child with my dear dad, taking me regularly to visit the trains, and visiting other parts of the Midlands. To train watching, as a boy and youth, left Birmingham to go into the army from there, and catching the...

Brilliant photo, from a time when large families, were the norm, even so , amazing.

I loved all the radio programmes from the 60's and 60's, even in the military , with our small transistors even when on stag!!

me too !!

I believe that my mates brother was killed at the airfield, surname Strong from weoley Castle!!

I remember the blind man, my dad told me he was an ex service man and although money was always tight , always bought some !!

I remember them well!!

so very true Nico

My mom was apart time clippy at the Harborne depot, and I am sure she had one of theae at our house in the 1950's!!

when alad , my dear old dad was a demon for bread poultices, boils, inflammation for all and sundry's and they hurt like H***L, still remember my little sister crying all night with one on her arm,

Yes Jean, very sad!!

Just seen this about Di, am sad because she was so kind and so knowledgeable a lady. RIP Dear!!

Last I heard, Markason, in Prison, Small and Roberts both Passed, went back on leave in 1964, and Small was in a wheel Chair, after a stroke, all gone now even the school is a housing estate!!