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My first dentist was called Darrell Vincent (not sure Darrell is spelt right) whose surgery was somewhere along or near Mosely Rd, a walk from Sparkbrook. I used to have regular extractions as a child (up to five at a time) and he'd hold the gas mask under my nose and wave it about a bit until...

Wow, I didn't even know there were bream in the Fox Hollies pool. I lived in Tavistock Rd and did catch a nice tench there of just over three pounds. I often tried for the pike but the devils kept following my spinner to the bank then turning away. I watched a bloke pull one out weighing 19...

Hello, Stitcher, Would that "round pool in Acocks Green" be the one in Fox Hollies Park? I lived near there too in the 60s. Regards, Ray T.

I saw Status Quo in the days when they had short hair and wore smart suits. I think it was at The Swan, Yardley. We were queuing up for our coats when they suddenly realised they'd run out of time and hadn't played their big hit Pictures of Matchstickmen, so they played it there and then. I...

Such memories the opening photo of Hawley's Kyrwicks Lane depot here stirred. We kids of the Sparkbrook area used to visit that depot (on Saturdays mornings, I think) in the 50s to scrounge left-over stale buns and cakes that were sometimes left out for us. My older sister and me were regular...

I remember when I was about 6 0r 7 Woolworths used to sell little yellow plastic chickens and I had one. If it was stood on its little legs and given a push down it used to lay a little egg. Fascinated me for hours! Regards, Ray T.

I suppose Brilliantine was just a rival product to Brylcreem, which I always had plastered over my short back and sides by the Kyrwicks Lane barber around 1960. I still remember its distinctive scenty smell.

I watched the last series on the BBC, Astoness, which I enjoyed in HD. I don't know why the Beeb hasn't repeated the whole thing from the start. They do most other things!

Just a heads-up to say that the Drama channel (Freeview 20) is showing a re-run of the WPC 56 series, set in 1950s Birmingham and largely filmed at the Black Country Museum. It starts tonight (16 June) at 9.00.

On my first day at school I arrived with my mother at Christ Church infants school in Farm Rd. We both waited outside the office of the headmaster Mr Craggs, and from inside we could hear the screams of some unfortunate boy interspersed with hoarse shouting from the headmaster, who was...

Rob, your wife's nan did a wise thing with that tin bath. Better the quills went into that than into her or any children. I've seen what they can do to other animals, ie, a dog who was protecting her pup. Not nice.

Is it automatic updates that you can't get, Big Gee? If so, you need to put up "Search" in your menu, type in "windows updates", then choose "how to receive updates" and select automatic. Or you can simply click to "check for updates". If you can't get updates those ways, then perhaps somebody...

"No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!" A smug Goldfinger delivering probably the best line of any Bond villain.

My father convalesced at Clevedon, near Bristol, after a heart operation at about 1960.

"Don't tell him, Pike!" Captain Mainwaring, making absolutely sure Pike's name goes in the uppity U-boat captain's little book for retribution after zer vaw.

Smudger and all, a tip I'd like to pass on here is that if you ever download a programme like a converter or player, try to pick one from an established site. Softonic is one, but there are others. Then if you get the option, choose the CUSTOM download. This will allow you to refuse things...

Yes, it could be a school or college cap. Alternatively, it could be a cricket cap to my view. Regards, Ray T.

Hi, all, Thanks for the great pictures and memories of Snow Hill Station. I spent many an hour there as a schoolboy in the early 60s collecting train numbers. I remember being allowed in the cabs of Castles and Kings as they stood collecting passengers before departure. Ah, the hissing...

Lady P, I remember my older sister bouncing a ball while reciting that in late 1950s Sparkbrook. Thanks for the memory. Regards, Ray T

As kids we'd sing: "Umptiddly-umpt-tum, brown bread. Ever seen an old man's -- bald 'ead!" Regards, Ray T