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Re: Old street pics.. Hi All, I am confused as I understood the old workhouse had been demolished. Certainly the 'Archway of Tears' no longer exists. In its place is a plaque on a pedestal which was opened by Carl Chinn a year or two ago. This plaque is at the entrance to the car park...

Hello Ken (Aggie) May I refer to your post at No 9. I lived in Carlton Road, Small Heath but had relations in Monica Road so I know the area you write about very well I too sat outside the pub waiting for pop but it was usually The Vine in Green Lane. I must correct you on two small...

Re: the peaky blinders Hi All, Carl Chinn wrote a two page article about the Peaky Blinders in last nights Birmingham Mail. Carl says that they had disappeared by about 1902 but, more tellingly, he says that the razor blade in the peak of the cap was a myth started in a book about...

Re: the peaky blinders ]My father remembered the peaky blinders as he lived in Small Heath, Hi All, My father was born in Small Heath and lived all his life there. I was born there and lived there until I married in 1950. I can only remember him mentioning the subject once when my...

Hi All, My daughter and son-in-law visited the library yestersay afternoon. As already stated the queues were long but, armed with prior knowledge, they went into the Repertory Theatre then down a corridor which led into the library. They thus avoided queuing. This corridor has apparently...

[QUOTE=Jayell. I hate heights and the thought of looking over the edge of those floors fills me with dread, Hi All, I have not been to the new library and, sadly, I doubt if I ever will. However has anything been done to deter anyone suicidal jumping over the balconies. I know that I am...

Hi All, I have a great admiration for Malala, what a brave young lady BUT I feel that her life is being put in danger by all this publicity. We know where she lives and what school she attends. She still has many enemies who, no doubt, are upset that their attack on her life failed. They...

Hi John, Yes. The old police station at Hay Mill has been made into a pub named the Old Bill and Bull. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi All, Every district had its Monkey Run (Maybe still has). Usually the main road with shops and possibly cinema and the youngsters (teenagers) would walk along in small groups the girls ogling the boys and the boys ogling the girls. It was a way of making new friends of the opposite sex and...

Hi All, One by one Working Mens Clubs are closing. They are suffering the same fate as public houses. This is because custom is dropping and losses are made rather that profits. The reasons are many but I think the main ones are that people are preferring to stay in on an evening and watch...

Hi All, I have refrained from commenting on the new library until now. In my opinion the finished building is a calamity. I feel that in a large square in any city the buildings should be similar to afford conformity. They should all at least consist of the same material. The library...

Hi All, I was rather like Alberta and drank it regularly. This thread made me realise I had not had an OXO drink for ages. I wondered why and the only explanation I can come up with is that nowadays when I want a warming drink I have Cup A Soup. I think I will try an OXO cube next time. I am...

Hi All, We usd to play football in the street. The lampposts were the goalposts. Sometimes windows got broken and we would scatter and run away but someone would know who had been playing and it was usually settled up. I doubt if there are any streets in Birmingham where you could play...

Hi All, One Christmas Eve I was on duty at Steelhouse Lane Police Station when I had to deliver a message to someone in the bar. The bar was packed because of the day and I was confronted by some person I did not know but assumed him to be a guest. He said, "Dont you know that you should...

Are there any statues,plaques, buildings in Birmingham which refer to Muntz? Thanks. Hi, None of the above which I know of but there is a Muntz Street in Small Heath which presumably refers to him. Old Boy

Hi All, Has anyone had a holiday courtesy of the Youth Hostel Association? Originally they could only be used if your mode of travel was on foot or by cycle. Sometime after the war, however, the rules were relaxed to allow motorists to use them as well. I am not sure that they are in...

;i have never forgtoned this family name i still refere it to people whom i am with on this subject of ghost we have sen them at aston parish church yard as well Hi Alan and All, If I had a fiver for every time I have sat in Aston Churchyard in the early hours of the morning and had...

Hi All, I have a very good friend whose wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. They joined a spiritulist church in the hope that when she passd away she would communicate with him. Sadly she did pass away but he had no communication. However he is now happily married to a lady he met at...

Hi Tony, Respecting Daniel, to my knowledge, there is not and never has been a Birmingham suburb named Washington I am sorry that I cannot be more helpful. Old Boy

Hi All, Some years ago my wife and I wre enjoying a cruise. Main meals you had your own seat but lunch it was sit anywhere. We were at a table when we joined by a group of Germans. They jabbered away in Deutsch for a few minutes then the chap next to me asked "Are you Englander?! I...