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Pomo ! It certainly was closed down; by the Public Health Dept. All over the Birmingham Mail it was (the news not the rat curry). Can't recall if it was ever reopened later.

Thank you for that Paul ! Now shut up and eat yer dinner ! :twisted:

I bet not many of yer remember this dish eh ? I think we always had it on Ash Wednesday. My mom's from the Black Country so it may have been a local tradition there rather than in Aston ! :D

I never get to eat this these day 'cos my kids all turn their noses up at it if I suggest it ! It was one of my childhood favourites. Liver, onions, mashed potatoes and peas, swimming in gravy ! Luvverly ! :P

Was that where that Chinese Restaurant was, "The Slow Boat", that was had-up for dishing up rats instead of chicken ? :shock:

Edit. From British history online CANTERBURY CROSS COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, Handsworth. Canterbury Rd. Council Sch. opened 1907 by Handsworth U.D.C. Accom. 1,220 B, G, I.(1) Altered and reorganized 1930 for SG, JI. SG dept. became a separate sch. 1945 (see next sch.). Accom. provided 1949 in All...

You could try:- West Midlands Police Museum Sparkhill Station 639 Stratford Road Sparkhill B11 4EA Tel: 0121 626 7181 8)

Paul, exactly why I have my own smallholding ! All our fruit and veg is homegrown. You can't beat carrots, potatoes, beans, cabbage, rhubarb etc, straight from the ground, crunched and gnawed on as you collect them. Our Hens don't lay eggs with little lions on them, but the difference in the...

Thanks Paul - your French ain't bad though ! n'est-ce pas ? The Aston Commercial/Holte Grammar Website is updated with new resources from former pupils fairly regularly. The most recent addition is pages from the school magazine; The AXE from 1951, which refers to the school summer camp in...

John, Brenda Leonard is on the Friends Reunited site under my old school Aston Commercial in the leaving year 1955. If you subscribe to FRU you'll be able to email her. I don't subscribe. Dennis :wink:

Hi, I'm in regular contact with an old school friend of mine - David Luckett - down under in Sydney. He must be one of yours, having come from Wheeler St ???? :P

Dorothy, One of the Aston Park "Parkies" lived in Tower Rd. in one of the back-houses. I can't for the life of me remember his name now, just that one day he went and told my dad that a bunch of us kids had been throwing sticks up at the conker trees. und Heil Hitler ! :twisted: Dennis

I recall stepping off the No 33, 51 or 52 bus at Six-Ways Aston right outside the bakers shop, Wimbush's I think it was. I'd regularly buy a Cream Horn or a Coconut slice. Best of all was the Aston Cake ! Hands up all those who remember it ! A bit like a Victoria sponge but more moist and...

The Model shop at "the back o'Rackhams" was on the corner of Cherry Street, facing the the Churchyard. It was still there in the 70's. I used to buy my Scalextric bits and bobs there ! brumm-brumm ! :lol:

Lacey was just up Potters Hill on the right and occupied a corner position. Despite all the rumours and horror stories I didn't feel a thing when he removed one of my upper molars back in 1964

Dorothy Dodson wrote under MISC about her trips to Rhyl; this sparked my memories of trips on Flight's Coaches to such places, including BLackpool. Flight's in the 60's were a relatively small concern operating out of a garage on Victoria Road. Look at them now ! :P

Hi Keith, I was last in Brum in 1979 before I took off for the "Far Flung". I do now recall the pub you're on about. My favourite "Watering Holes" in the city back then were:- The Nelson, The Costermonger, The Tavern... and I even went in Yates Wine Lodge !!! 8)

Walk down Tower Rd. towards HP Sauce, cross over Upper Sutton St. carry on down over Upper Thomas St and at the very bottom on the right hand side was a rather unusual clothing shop on the corner opposite Ansells. I can't recall the name in full, but it sold all those Teddy Boy type clothes and...

We lived just up the road from The Ratpan and I remember my folks always telling me to stay away from it since it had a bad reputation. I never did find out what the reputation was, but whenever I walked past and peered in, the place was always full. On match days it was heaving. Is it still...

You're not on about that impressive building The Queens Hotel are you ? It was opened on the 1st June 1854 and finally closed and demolished in 1964 :?: