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I can't remember carbural around the midlands. The use of Redex became a way of life, it was natural to always ask for shots with your petrol, this was in the time when petrol pump attendants where around, no serve yourself in those days. Thinking back, I also remember amongst the petrol pumps...

Mike, from what I remember, it was white smoke, not black from that Redex treatment ? Richie, it was an A35 van I had in those days, the recent Wallace & Grommet films took me back a bit Goffy

Who remembers the "Redex Refresher", Injected into your fuel pipe by an oversized oilcan at the time of buying petrol. This was supposed make your car run better and quieter, It cost a penny (old) a squirt and usually injected at the rate of 1 shot per gallon. All I found that it did was to...

Dave, I remember that old quarry site with the remains of the quarry workings, used to climb all over them, its no wonder that they are no longer there. It was a great spot to try your hand at scrambling on our old push bikes. took our life in our hands on some of the almost vertical slopes. Goffy

Hi Bren, The Alley did not reach our house but stopped a few houses down. there were a lot of those alleys or Gullys as we used to call them behind the houses in Kingstanding, great short cuts in most cases. Used to play cricket amongst those trees on the Bandywood, The Wooden classrooms at the...

Sorry Bren, just looking back at some old posts, I must have missed this one. I lived on the Dormington side of Kettlehouse road, our house backed on to Stanway Grove, I went to Kinsgland road school on top of Bandywood. I believe the Kingstanding Pub was still there when I got married in '64...

Hi Jayne Our children used to go to Doe Bank Infant school, that was in Frampton way, but that was in the mid 60's, Its possible that that school was not around then though. I think a lot depended upon which side of the Queslett road you lived. Goffy

We used to live in Doe Bank Lane, They used to dress that Shire Horse and milk float up on May Days, it was quite an attraction then. I think it was from the same farm they used to collect our kitchen waste, from a pig bucket we kept in the back garden. Goffy

Nice pictures Jean, Wev'e not been to that area of the Park for some time now, must put it on our list of things to do. Goffy

Yes, I remember Virol, cod liver oil and unsweatened orange juice, and another syrup that was poured down my throat at regular intervals was Scotts Emulsion, on the bottle was a picture of a fisherman carrying a huge fish over his shoulder, Cod I imagine, this one didnt taste to bad though. Goffy

Hello Oldun, I worked at Turner Brothers straight from school, and I remember that corner shop, sold just about everything.

Hi Jean, The Pool in your photo is Powels Pool, The floating vessel in the background belonged to the sea scouts. Powels pool runs alongside "Boldmere golf course" which in turn runs alongside Monmouth Drive. I used to be a member of the "Sea Cadets" whose headquarters where just outside the...

I remember the bangers when I was young, used to lift the lid of a dustbin lid.

Thanks Mike, I should have remembered it was not a helicopter, yes I remember the Big Bopper & Richie Valens. I was only fifteen then but Buddy must have been one of my favourites. I still have several of his records mostly on 78, it took a long time to convince me that the 45rpm format was the...

Went to see Buddy Holly at the Town Hall, must have been around 1957, it was a great show, I can't remember who were on with them, did anyone else go to that venue. sadly, whilst I was in hospital having my tonsils out, Buddy Holly died, in a helicopter accident, I think it was and a sad loss...

My twin daughters (43 years old now) were taken to Sorrento Hospital after being born at my wifes mothers house in Kingstanding, we lived in Burntwood at the time but things never work out as planned. They spent 4 weeks in the hospital, most of the time in incubators, until they were strong...

Hi Gladi, sorry I'm late with the reply just got back off holiday. I am afraid I do not know the house number in Lennox Street where Dad lived but I used to go there frequently, from a map previously posted I can identify the house from a possible 3 houses and they are all approximately...

Judy, The story of my life !

Jean, It was Kingstanding Baths not Grove lane, It was the swimming lessons I hated not the baths, I used to go to Kingstanding baths indepenantly when I could swim, most enjoyable. Grove Lane baths, I used to go there when I was going to Handsworth Technical School, but Judy, I didn't know...

We used to go to Kingstanding baths, but from Kingsland Rd School, Coach? we had to walk it, all the way there and all the way back, one string of children. I used to prefer the walk back! We had to enter the pool down steps at the shallow end, and move around the pool holding on to the rail...