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In 1960's admit to having been driven around a cinder car park rather quickly in a three wheel Morgan. In the Morgan picture above where are the West bound tram lines heading?

I've seen it suggested that it was a Morgan but not entirely convinced.

Was this the same place? Remember going past on 67 bus in 1970's?

When in 1970's I studied at North Birmingham one of our part-time lecturers was a young Lucas engineer, he became Baron Kumar Bhattacharyya founder of the Warwick Manufacturing Group.

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Tino, It is about sixty five years ago! Apart from your dad and uncle I can name seven, Sam Dear, Tom Clutterbuck, John Gill, Bill Butcher, Bob Plant, Jim Wilkes and Ken Spensley. I'll email a couple of the others to see if they can name the other four!

Sorry to hear about your dad, played football with him and his brother Frankie in 1960's

1st and 3rd were both early '60's. The cricket one was at the Solihull Rover ground. The ladies hockey one in Olton. I wonder if The Solihull News is a link. The News always gave good publicity to amateur sports.

I'm afraid can't add to your information merely adding a third cartoon, this one Olton Ladies Hockey

Garetts Green Lane opposite the tech.

Think it was only Coventry.

There was a time when fire engines were painted yellow "all the better to see you" ?

A lot of chatter on internet that we shouldn't allow buddleia in our gardens as it is as bad as Japanese Knot Weed for being invasive and a risk to buildings, never had any problems. Any comments?

Family picture that illustrates 1911 cencus of 31 Abbotsford Rd Sparkbrook,

Who needs a mower it's no mow May. The other day in "What's New" adjacent to "In Our Garden 2024" was "Peacocks in the Bullring". Well in 1990's we had peacocks in our garden, not ours they belonged to a neighbour (the same one who created the Hopwood pong) but they roamed and could cause...

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Now, two and two may be making five, but " during the war" the house I lived in had the letters "FP" stencilled on the brickwork to the left of the front door which I always understood meant fire pump. So maybe my grand dad, whose home it was, was a member of such a fire crew and the FP...

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Sad to read that the Girl's Grounds are no more, my wife had her leaving do in there when she left Cadbury's. Must have been 1973. Club house was licenced at that time.

Have a great day, thanks for your many posts, a map for all occasions!