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I left Bum in 1961, I think Aldi was still at school. Cheers Tim

To me the bit between Walford Rd and Warwick Rd was a kind of no-mans land. A friend of the family who lived in Evelyn Rd. Sparkhill told how there was a Toll Gate on Stratford Rd at The Mermaid Pub when her mother was a young girl which I think would have been pre WW1. Maybe this is why I had...

I had a mate, think his name was Jimmy James who drove the vehicles from the production line at Longbridge, paid piece rate. Well paid but bingles were also deducted. Too many of those and you were stood down for a period, ala The Sin Bin. Also had a brother-in-law who was a fireman when they...

Viv think it would be the 1930s and he is playing on The White Russian sympathy, At the Balalaika Alan Jones movie sort of shingle ? Cheers Tim

Regarding the Midland Red terminal at St Martin's in the Bull Ring. Prior to 1930 my father Fred Eborn was employed as Chauffeur/Butler by a family in Solihull and lived on the premises (shades of Up Stairs, Down Stairs !). One Sunday on his half day off he travelled into Brum and took The...

What if you went in thinking it was a pub and asked for a Carry out !

Lucky Girl, enjoy !

Thanks again Mike, That imfo has kind of made my day. I was beginning to doubt my memory (again!) as at one time I used to work for a finance company and the biggest part was knocking on doors to chase overdue accounts. Whilst it had it's downside the pay and perks were good. The first bit was...

One of my aunties lived in a cottage that had a big wooden seat with two holes. One was normal size and the other was much smaller and I presume was for children. This would have been handy for toilet training and I can't help but think there was a variation on the old saying "Those that pray...

Thanks Mike, puts that right in my mind. Think it strange was ,that common in Brum . Cheers Tim

Hi Neville, They did take a school photo, on clockwork timed camera, took a photo in about 5 minutes that came out about 2 foot wide.Think it was only of the Boulton Rd mob. If I had a copy must have left it with all my other stuff when I came to Oz in 1961. Cheers Tim

Hi Neville, a couple of queries spring to mind , did Tillingham St have a different house numbering system to what I always thought as the norm Odds one side and Evens on tuther ? Is the 1939 Register you refer to "on line" and what is it actually as I'm not familiar with it (not unusual with...

Hi Neville, Thanks for the catch up. Can't think of anything clever to add. I presume that you must have gone direct from Stratford Rd School to HTS and into the engineering as I can't recall our paths crossing. I only did the two year building course which didn't set up with a career, not being...

Gee you forget how big some of the factories were. Also how noisy they were until you became accustomed to them.

Hi Lyn, regarding "Every little helps" ,my father used to say " As the old lady said as she peed into the ocean !" doe's this somehow tie in with the TV add ? Cheers Tim.

Regarding the bird, seem to remember my paternal grandmother was said to have had a magpie as a pet caged bird in Brill ,Buckinghamshire. A neighbor out here in Oz had an aunt that also had a magpie that was a good talker so maybe ! Cheers Tim

Bring back Flares, miss the whooshing of the legs ! Cheers Tim

I had a paper round and some of the gardens in the back to backs were little jewels and a credit to the people that tended them. One I recall had a small pool that was home to a couple of terrapins and another was edged with beautiful porcelain beer engine pull handles all different colours , a...

Looking forward to seeing those pics, have a pint for me. Cheers Tim

Looks like somewhere out of a Dickens novel.