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Mike, When you click on New Posts, Recent Posts comes up on the top line. If you click on that you get the recent posts. Am I correct in thinking that the search facility has disappeared? On the old site we could check whether or not a subject we wished to bring up had previously been...

Hello Wam, I thought that may have been the case. I was simply trying to get across the fact that London suffered long after the raids had stopped over the rest of the country. We can say what we like about Londoners but there is no doubt that they were heroic during the war...

Hi All, I cannot understand why she had to remain there until the film ended. Could no one have come and picked her up? In any case she may have been injured. Old Boy

Hi Wam, The doodle bugs never got past London as their engines were designed to cut out when they reached that mileage from their launch base in France. They were so slow that many were destroyed by the RAF almost as soon as they had crossed the coast. Certainly none reached Birmingham...

[! Actually, I've heard 'cant' somewhere as well. Do you think that some research regarding the language went a bit haywire? Hi All, I do not watch this program so much of the thread is double dutch to me. However, the word cant is slang for gossip' Such as they are having a cant or they are...

Hi Lyn, Yes. It is a smashing photograph. The tram is on the hill in Park Road travelling towards Aston Cross on its way to the city centre. It looks as though it has got Football Special on the destination board so it was probably on its way from Villa Park to pick up more passengers. This has...

Hi All, I have the dubious honour of dealing with the last traffic accident involving a tram in Birmingham. The accident occurred at about 4pm on the last day when a tram returning to the city along Aston Road North collided with a motor cyclist waiting to turn right into Bracebridge Street. The...

Hi All, From all accounts this country is very short of suitable housing and it will get worse as immigration continues. We even have homeless sleeping on the streets which is a disgrace in a so called civilised country. It occurs to me that the situation is much like it was in the...

Hi All, When the new terminal opened the first floor consisted of a large balcony with the restaurant etc You could look down from the balcony to the departure hall below. The Israeli airline El Al were interested in starting regular flights to Israel from Birmingham.Before making a...

Lyn, Following your reports of the fire at the Hare and Hounds I think we should appoint you as our roving reporter. As for the causes of the fire it is best left to the Fire Brigade investigators to sort out.

Hi All, I was a young lad of 13 years when the blitz started and, more or less, agree with what the other members have been saying. I lived in Small Heath which received more than its fair share of bombs and we were bombed out ourselves. However I do not think that I was ever...

Hi All, If I remember correctly the anderson shelters began to be distributed just before the war started. It was more than a one man job to ercct them so small groups of neighbours got together erect them. Each household was responsible for seeing that their shelter was erected not...

Mike, The job was not as a park keeper but the Keeper of All The Parks. As I understand it it was rather a quaint way of saying that he would be in charge of all the park keepers throughout the city, a very responsible job. What surprises me is that Aston, at that time, was not part of...

Hi All, Thank you A Sparkes. Why didn't I think of that ? Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi All, Just as a matter of interest does anyone know what C & A stands for? e.g M & S stands for Marks and Spencers. Old Boy

Hi All, I grew up in Carlton Road, Small Heath and we had an outside toilet exactly like the one described. I think that the presence of the newspaper was mainly because our shopping was done in corner shops. They were quite small and did not have room to store toilet paper. In other words you...

Thank you Roger. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi, We must be careful not to confuse Henlow with Hendon which was a major RAF station and today houses an RAF museum. Old Boy

Hi Ray, If you have supported Villa for over 70 years you have seen some of the good times too. I have supported Blues for 80 years but have not seen many good times. Do not be down hearted Villa Park is still there and surely the good times will return but, I am afraid, not soon...