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  1. Bob Davis

    Old street pics..

    Love those cars Bob
  2. Bob Davis

    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    ....... keep them coming please. Bob
  3. Bob Davis

    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    How soulless this all looks, I know it is wet and in black & white, but somehow you know you would not want to holiday here. Keep them coming. Bob
  4. Bob Davis

    My Nan's sayings

    Strangely enough my lunch time task today was to try and solve your question, (only really to stop me keep going back to the Court Lane and Goosemoor Lane pictures posted by Tates) but whilst I could find hundreds of meanings for I'll be blowed, I could not find the etymology or an original...
  5. Bob Davis

    Hobbies 2021

    Now you tell me, no wonder my hip went. Sorry mods of theme again, my problem is that with retirement now looming I have to find a new hobby. Bob
  6. Bob Davis

    Hobbies 2021

    Used to tap dance, but kept falling in the sink Bob
  7. Bob Davis

    Old street pics..

    Court Lane & Goosemoor Lane, oh gosh its like watching the repair shop, a touch of nostalgia overtook me. A tissue please. Thanks so much for posting them. Bob
  8. Bob Davis

    Hobbies 2021

    So did I Mike but I felt that it might be a cheery off theme comment, as is my wont. Bob
  9. Bob Davis

    Hobbies 2021

    It's normal in teenagers for their voice to change as they proceed through their teenage years, the next thing you will notice is a fine down moustache but you needn't worry about either of them. Bob
  10. Bob Davis

    My Nan's sayings

    Do not ask me how I did it but below is an entry from Google, now to darkened room for a lie down The Phrase Finder The meaning and origin of the expression: Have no truck with Have no truck with What's the meaning of the phrase 'Have no truck with'? To reject or to have nothing to do with...
  11. Bob Davis

    Group photos

    Enlighten me please what were the Sons of Rest? A 1930s Hells angels chapter? And if they were resting why were they tiring themselves out going to Ross on Wye. There are an awful lot of pubs on the coach route to Ross (or at least there used to be. Bob
  12. Bob Davis

    Hobbies 2021

    Brilliant, thank you, hope you rested the brain afterwards. Bob
  13. Bob Davis

    OLD BIRMINGHAM PHOTOS FROM STEVEBHx

    Thanks for this one Steve, my wife used to live in a road close to here almost under the bridge and when I started to collect postcards, I started to co.llect cards of the bridges and the Saltash ferry which preceeded the road bridge I now have about 300 and this would have made a good one with...
  14. Bob Davis

    City Centre Photographs

    and the cigarettes we smoked!!!!!! 21/, LUCKY TO GET TO 18. Sorry slipped off the track then
  15. Bob Davis

    City Centre Photographs

    No Ford Cortina, wondered if it was the souped up 1600. Bob
  16. Bob Davis

    Bull Street

    The Midland Red bus (looks like a wartime Guy), is going straight on to turn into Steelhouse Lane, probably on one of the Sutton routes. On the back right corner wasn't that Dunn & Co? Bob
  17. Bob Davis

    City Centre Photographs

    I wonder if Ken & Sue are still together. Bob
  18. Bob Davis

    Old street pics..

    The big house on the left, just beyond the pram is where my friend lived. Gosh that stirred some memories, thanks. Bob
  19. Bob Davis

    Old street pics..

    What a super view and not a 28 bus in sight, between 1940 and 1947 this was a sight I saw every school day as I headed to Green Lanes School I used to turn left into Boldmere Road and right into Sheffield? Road and over the lattice work footbridge. I used to have a friend lived in one of the...
  20. Bob Davis

    Old street pics..

    A good one for John from Staffs to do some vehicle identification, but is that an ambulance on Corporation Street lights and if so what make was it? When you look at the enlarged picture, it almost comes to life, you can feel the hustle and bustle of the City centre. Again apropos my...
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