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Hi, I bet most of them cleared off to the Christmas Market. I am pleased that the meetup was enjoyable. Nice photos Wendy though I do not know any of the members on them. The room looks splendid. Old Boy

Hi Frothy, Best way to avoid the step. Old Boy

Hi All, I cannot understand the modern practice of calling a group of singers (male or female) a band. We never referred to the Beatles as a band they were a group and a good one at that Who can sing or whistle a tune that a modern group yells out at us? I think that it is an...

Hi All, I hope that by the time you get home to read this you will have had a good day. I am really sorry that my various problems stop me from attending. I look forward to seeing the photos and pray that Frothy has avoided that dreaded step. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi All, I was born and brought up in a terrace house in Small Heath. In the back garden we had a tall pole with a wire attached that led to the window(Through the frame) and then to the radio or wireless as it was called then. Almost all the houses in the road had the same set up. I am...

Hi All, Another thread has been discussing sunlamp treatment at school clinics. It has made me think "What has happened to school clinics?" Are there any left? If they have completely disappeared I think it is a shame. Whilst they were not popular with the children attending them they did...

Hi All, Re Michaels comment at post 13 I can categorically state that there were no conductresses on the buses or trams in the 1920s or 1930s. There were conductresses in WW1 as they replaced the men. When the men returned from the front they went back to the buses and the women left. Not...

I agree with Smudger. Some years ago I found the whole process of the run up to Christmas far too much of a worry. What to buy Joe? or What does Mary want etc. I got all the family to agree not to buy presents except for the children. I simply give the parents of the children the money to buy...

Hi All, What a dreadful day (weatherwise) for so many school children to be outside. Old Boy

Alan, I do not wish to be controversical but I cannot agree with you. If a thread is to be deleted it is surely the decision of Postie and the Moderators. If any individual member thinks a thread should be deleted he or she should contact Postie by private message in my opinion...

Hi All, The official name for Edward Road Police Station was simply that. It was still known as Edward Road Police Station when I retired from the police in 1985. Old Boy

Hi Eddie, I think the reason for that was ships of the Royal Navy usually went on 3 year commissions. That was not too bad if the commission was with the Home Fleet but commissions abroad could not take National Service men who would have had to be sent home well before the commission...

Hi Smudger. No, My comment was a bit tongue in cheek. Reading the various posts it seems that the National Service lads spent most of their time playing prenks on each other or doing their best to stay out of the way of bullying NCOs. However I have the greatest admiration for those...

Hi All, I have enjoyed this thread but every night, when I go to bed, i thank the Lord that I joined the Royal Navy. Old Boy

Hi ellbrown, Thanks a lot. What memories these photos brought back of my times spent at Edward Road Police Station when I was a serving police officer. It looks as though it is now closed as are many others. It was a sub station really. It seems large, especially in the first photo, but...

Hi, Thank you for the photo of the new fire station at Highgate. Myy grandson is a fire officer there but I have never seen the building. I see they have done away with the idea of having a lot of glass in the doors. Probably a security idea. Old Boy

Hi Andrew, I cannot say with certainty but I am fairly sure that no bombs fell on Birmingham during WW1. If any did it was very few. Old Boy

Hi All, I hope that it is fair to include the Salvation Army in the churches forum They have citadels in many parts of Birmingham but also on Sundays, after the service in the citadel, they took to the streets with the band, played a couple of hymns, knocked on doors with a collection...

Hi Ian, Thanks for your reply. Reading between the lines it does not seem that your childhood was very happy. I hope that everything has been better since. Going back to Kingstanding Police Station T cannot recall a Frank Saunders, Summers or Sumner. However every station had a personality...

Hello Ian, Welcome to the Forum. I knew your dad Tomy Sinclair (Tipper as you say). I worked on "D" Division but mainly at Aston so I never had need to be frightened of him. I do not think that anyone was frightened of him really. One story I did hear of him however is that one Sunday the...