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LHR for London Heathrow, LGW for London Gatwick, MAN for Manchester, GLA for Glasgow etc etc So why is Birmingham BHX?

I wasn't there ...Honest!! I was at work. Whoever saw me is telling porkies! The wife is now convinced that I was there enjoying myself.

Today's the Day Folks!!! I know you'll all have a good day so I'll just wish you all well and a safe journey. Wish I could be with you all. I'm off to work now:blue: Have Fun.

Wish I was going now! I'd love that on my wall.

Well Lyn, I was hoping to get there but I had to see what work plans were. Unfortunately for me, I now know I won't be able to make it . So I wish you all a good enjoyable meet and I shall look forward to the pics. Have fun everyone. Chocks

Wow Lynn you must have been well off...... You got a new lap top and a new mobile phone every Xmas?

Re: Erdington as we know it. I too remember Owen and Owen but it was called Taylors back in the 60's. I also had my first job in York Rd, right opposite you at an electrical store called Clearlight Electrical.

Looks like it could be Aston Street. That's my guess anyway.

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My Dad trained as a Cooper back in the 40's at Atkinson's Brewery. Real wooden barrells. You don't see Coopers or wooden barrells anymore do you?

Coleshill has two georgian post Boxes and one of these, according to a book I have is reputed to be a George V box (though I'm not sure which) Niether of the boxes carry a rednal number which I find quite odd. Can anyone tell me why? and are there any other Georgian Post Boxes in the Birmingham...

For those of you that were there during the 50's, I'm so envious. As I said, I grew up during the Skinhead era but lets face it, there was nothing sexy about skinhead girls. (Sorry Girls) but the women in the 50's were incredibly sexy in my opinion. My first love musicaly is Rock'N'Roll music...

beatnick!!!!!!

Looks like a good time was had by all. Sorry I couldn't be there. Chocks

Wow! what a wide scope, 50's and 60's Fashion. At the turn of the 50's we were all wearing pretty much the same as Mom and Dad then we had the Teds and/or the Beatnicks followed by the Mods and Rockers. Then the Carnaby Street explosion of Flower Power then the Hippies then the...

"Birmingham City Council"......................"P*** Up" and Brewery springs to mind. There are hundreds of empty premises in Brum, surely some one could step in and help? The Museum should put out a plea on local radio, though it strikes me that the museum has done little to promote itself...

I hope they can save the place, but I doubt they will. It was refurbished a couple of years ago, and it is lovely inside there now but no one goes in there. They have opened a cafe at the back of it and that failed to do any business and they have also turned it into a bed and breakfast but...

Re: Coleshill to Birmingham and Brycreem The Pink Stuff

Re: Coleshill to Birmingham and Brycreem Here's an interesting footnote to thje Brycreem picture in post #1. The guy in the ad' was Tony Gibson an art school model chosen to be the face of brycreem by photographer Howard Coster. During the Battle of Britain the photographer decided to touch up...

In 1895 a small chemist shop was opened in the High Street Coleshill trading under the name of the "County Chemical Company" the founder specialised in oils and lubricants mainly for the car and cycle industries along with puncture repair kits but from 1896 he was trying to develope a grease...