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Went to the "Birmingham Seen Exhibition "today in the "Gas Room at the Central Art Gallery & Museum, I was a bit disappointed at the lack of old photos of town on display. The Entrance photo and a few others where very good and I had not seen them on this forum. They where printed in the Mail...

Max your bang on, it was an all nighterin 1966/67, but did not last long, if I remember it was in the cellers under the Bannana Buildings now gone just up from the Digbeth Bus Station. I think its where a pub is now. It was in competition with the Whiskey a go go, the Marquee came later I think...

Graham I have enjoyed reading about your life. Did I ever ask you if you knew Alan Perry, also a bit of a cyclist from our area, he like you in the mid 60's had a Lambretta but what was unusual he also rode around town on a massive big motor cycle with all his black leathers and a white silk...

Wendy is it something I wrote? Best wishes on your promotion. Tell me dek carr what was bromide used for then????? This is going to be interesting and Wendy may have her 1st moderation to perform. Forget that I did not mean it honest!!

I looked again Phil and realized I was incorrect, I wonder haw it smelt in those days when they danced in the "Baths", did they use "Bromide" in those days?

Was it the WEST End phil?? I was probably in the photo, ha ha!!

That was the La Metro underneath the Snow hill railway arches, great little club very popular on Wednesdays in the 60's. Where you the dancer in the cage fatfingers? Whom ever it was she was a little cracker I recall. This later became the "Holy City Zoo" owned by my two mates Peter Warren...

There ws a Fawkes family that lived in Barrows Road, Golden Hillock Sparkhill/Sparkbrooke in the 50's & 60's, that where involved with the TOA taxi trade. George and his wife the name escapes me had a son John also a taxis driver and a very beautiful daughter Christine born around 1947. They...

It certainly was Patty, a great place for a few glasses of wine, I never went there when it was a shop, but it did have great veiws of Gosta Green.

Can I just split hairs and say that Hawkins was at the BOTTOM of Corperation St in the 60's. They must have changed the angle in later years!!

Sorry Alf I can't see your photo. Can you repost it in jpeg please? Blimmey who opened this one back up. I can assure you all that my photos are deffinatley the old West End cinama and dance hall

Looks like Alum Roock to me but can put a location point Phil. I do enjoy your where is this posts, thanks again Phil

Re: Ziggy Mossy, Di & Jean He,s a rite little character, He has flooded the kitchen, given us a garden makeover and we need to renew our new carpet. he's also a member of the sheite bank, yes deposites all over the place. But we love him and Ziggy loves us!! Thanks for your posts.

Hi Just to let you all know We have a new Cockapoo puppy called Ziggy (Stardust) some people say we should have called him Harry Burrows becuase his back legs are bowed. He's cute and well loved by me the bald handsome guy, wife Maxine and our daughter Lucy.

The building on the bottom left is the gable end of my favorite night club. would you believe its the Whiskey a go go or the Chetwynes Shop below!! What's unusual is that is only the 3rd photo I have ever seen of the old building that was knocked down and redeveloped in the last 5 years on the...

A few more places you might recognise

A few photos of the places I visited

I have just returned from a very humbling tour of the beeches of Normandy, France. I am quite shocked that there are not many posts on this site to this historic event, that has certainly shaped all our lives since in this country was freed from evil forces of Nazism. I visited Pegasus Bridge...

Phil it looks like Kings Heath high Street, but I think I'm wrong as usual!!

He probably inspired you to your great achievements Graham, Method in his madness!!! K no W? Cruel to be kind!!