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It's not unusual, mon ami !

Northern as in ......?

l bet they were a bugger to light !

I think Robert has the right one.

I've been racking my brains on this one. "Bacon legs" or "Gammon legs" keeps popping up. I'm sure it was something like that.

Mr Arkwright, was he open all hours ?

What a great picture ! There's so much there that I remember, great view of the Kingsway too.

Watching the box last night, an ad came on with a girl wearing glasses saying something in rhyme. Noticing her mild brummy accent I wondered where the ad was made. In the background I could see a shop with the sign "Turkish Blade" on its front. A quick google search revealed that it was a...

When I was in the army, the RHA were allways considered a "cut above" the rest of the Gunners.

I've seen a picture somewhere, (possibly on this forum ?), of a downed Heinkel III. The plane had a structure built across its nose which had been fitted to deflect balloon wires. It must've been a swine to fly !

"Ginnel" is used here in South Cheshire too. Scousers I have known called a back alley a "Jigger". I've never heard the word "Snicket" before either.

I was visualising a line of sight from Shirley station that went over the aqueduct (Peterbrook Rd), the sandpits, Berry Mound and The Stiles. Not a great distance, as the crow flies. Last time I was over those fields you could see the Druids Heath tower blocks from there, so I imagine the...

Funf has vanished into the mists of time for me. The only character with a German accent, that I can recall, was the dachshund that knocked about with Larry the Lamb !

I was wondering if it was a balloon from the site in Maypole lane that you could see.

It was quite normal to have dripping or lard on our piece that we took to school for our lunch. Lard was a bit of a challenge unless it was sprinkled with salt but dripping on cold toast was great.

Ah, good old Bakewell, Derbyshire ! Keep running soldier ! I can't think of a Traditional Brummy food, but I get constant flak up here, in Cheshire, when I call a crumpet a poiklit .

Your memory of this programme is better than mine mate. There was another character on the show with a strange speech impediment but although us kids used to try and impersonate it at the time, his name has gone. (Did you catch my query on the Barrage balloon thread ?) Over !

Now I remember Al, the character had a Yank accent. The name of the show he was in is a challenge but I've got a feeling it might've been "Ray's a laugh". (My brain hurts !).

That space was there to enable you to get a crowbar in to prise the things apart.

Where were you living, at the time you could see the balloon ?