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  1. NoddKD

    Balsall Heath.

    Very long shot here. Does anyone recall the Dunn family of Balsall Heath road. My dad Walter his twin Bernard and sister Rene with their mum Jess lived there.I have no idea of the full address but it was in a back to back somewhere on the left as you went downhill. My dad attended Hope Street...
  2. NoddKD

    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Bit of a cock up here. See my reply to Robert above. The date for interest was 1972. Hope that sorts everything out:innocent:
  3. NoddKD

    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    You're right of course. Just testing that you were all paying attention;):joy::joy: Funny how time plays tricks on the mind,makes me wonder what else I got wrong! Maybe I didn't meet my first wife there,I wonder whose wife she was.:joy::joy::joy:
  4. NoddKD

    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    Anyone recall Boobs Nightclub in Yardley, opposite the Swan. Met my first wife in there on a night when The Baron Knights were performing,all went downhill thereafter:(:(
  5. NoddKD

    Bomb Pecks

    1964/65 spent many a happy hour on the bomb pecks around the Lucas factory. Plenty of lead pipe and cast iron window sash weights to take to the tat yard. Made quite a few bob. Never heard the expression bomb peck until we moved from Edgbaston to Hockley. Happy days NoddK-D
  6. NoddKD

    The Boys Brigade

    I joined the 1A Life boys in early 1963 at the Peoples Chapel. I was 10 at the time,eventually moved on to the Boys Brigade. I recall we paraded in Harry Lucas School in Farm St. I played football a few times for the Company at sports field in/near Perry Barr. I usually walked there from...
  7. NoddKD

    Lewis's Department Store

    Too young to know the pets corner but I do have memories of Lewis's. I would be sent there every saturday to collect two tins of National Health milk powder for my little sister. We lived in Wellesley Street in Hockley,I would walk to Key Hill to catch the train to Snow Hill, 3d for a return...
  8. NoddKD

    Aerial Photographs - Britain From Above

    Perhaps this was Circular Road ,Acocks Green. My family lived at 45 from 1964/5.
  9. NoddKD

    St Giles Church Sheldon

    Marrried Angela Talylor in this church 11th August 1973.
  10. NoddKD

    Memories : Essence Of The 50s And 60s

    Probably teramycin syrup. The taste of Dr Peppers. Orrible! Nodd.
  11. NoddKD

    Polo mints

    I hate the bubbles in Aero so I just eat the chocolate and leave the bubbles.
  12. NoddKD

    Polo mints

    NON fattening surely?
  13. NoddKD

    Milk

    Cod liver oil and malt! Loved it as a child until I was about 8 years old when it seemed to disappear. Didn't see it again until I suffered a broken leg whilst serving in the Royal Marines in Arbroath. After sick leave I worked in the sickbay for a week or two,there was a large jar (about 2...
  14. NoddKD

    Monument Road Baths, Ladywood.

    As a pupil of St Georges School I was taught to swim at Monument Road Baths. Earned my first free swimming pass there. An aunt used to take me have a bath there. No bath in the house at Ladywood Road so this was a great treat. Happy days.
  15. NoddKD

    Birmingham buses

    Interesting that the notice in the windscreen informs passengers to pay on entry but there appears to be a conductor on the platform?
  16. NoddKD

    Farm street infants and juniors.

    Hi Lyn, Thanks for your help and patience,I'll leave you in peace for a bit. Nodd
  17. NoddKD

    Farm street infants and juniors.

    Hi Lyn, Nodd the pest again. I have checked through the site and found a couple of photos at#50. Your post at #5 suggests there may be more but I can't find a link or pictures. Am I missing something. Sorry to be a pain but I would love to see more photos of the school. Nodd
  18. NoddKD

    Farm street infants and juniors.

    Thanks Lyn, the building is smaller than I remember but still brings back memories. Is that members of the Boys/Girls Brigade crossing the road. I wonder if they were from 1A Birmingham Company from the Peoples Chapel? I joined the Life Boys there and then the Brigade proper. The Brigade paraded...
  19. NoddKD

    Farm street infants and juniors.

    Hi Lyn, I endured several worrying ascents of the spiral staircase,always followed by sore hands. Very surprised to read you were caned! I attended four schools (to be fair one was Icknield Street Boys School)and never saw or heard of a girl being caned. Perhaps the teachers were too busy...
  20. NoddKD

    Farm street infants and juniors.

    Hi Lyn, I have checked the Wellesley Street photographs where I discovered my brother is already on site under the name Kenny and he has commented there. Thinking of others at Farm Street the only names that I recall are: Billy Boyle,Peter Clinton Gerald Wright and Michael Moore. The only girl I...
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