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Obviously fat finger struck again. Bob

Bob

I would agree with MWS, Twilton's premises are at High Street, Erdington, but as picture postcards like this did not appear until the early 20th Century, this is a picture from an earlier era, made into a postcard. Was it postally used? Are there any Erdington post card collectors on the...

Stay on the soapbox you are telling it like it is. Bob

How right you are and of course if you look at a great many of the street pictures on the Forum, there is a corner shop. Nowadays, most of the corner shops that are left are owned by a larger retailer or if there are still individuals running shops (grocery or similar) they are also members of...

What a classic social history picture. Best of all is the guy wearing a tie on the site. No hi vis jackets, safety boots or hard hats, no ear defenders and most interesting of all no mechanical plant. The strange thing is that although the picture is only 70 years old, it shows the...

Touche Bob

John Thanks for posting a fascinating article. The 'boom box of the day and if you were not wearing a hat on a wet day,, you could pull the horn over your head. Boom Boom Bob

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Thank you all so much, now me and the four yeaŕ old next door are going to play with your ideas, I will let you now how I get on. Bob

Lady P How cruel at this point in the pandemic to show a man a picture of a pub.....how could you:):):) Bob

Mine was purple well a sort of light lilac colour.

.....and so say all of us, ask a question and the answer is there before you have posted it. Bob

The lady wife and I had our second jabs last night, 1705 hrs, Westward Ho! Baptisit Church. They were doing 1st and 2nd jabs, so running a little behind times with everyone turning up early. But after a wait (twas zunny and warm), got done and then down to the sea front for a 'ockings ice...

Very surprised that none of the cognoscenti have commented on the new Tuesday night programme 'All That Glitters' that came from the Jewellery Quarter, from the School? that is located there. What I had not realised was that Birmingham was still such an important centre when it came to...

Thank you Cookie, another blast from my past, after Chester Road, Baptist (never knew the reason why), but the Cottons (he was the Pastor) moved from over the road and we were suddenly going to Boldmere. Dad and I followed the football team for years, alternating them with Villa, although one...

Takes, thank you for the Erdington photos, brought back some memories. Bob

Many thanks, remember the Kiffs and the Ponters, at 392 were the Dudleys, 394 the Millers, at 398 the Grays, 400 the Greenhouses. Last of the older pre war houses lived Mr Wall the bus inspector. I live in North Devon now, retired last Thursday.. Bob

Robin I lived up the road at 396 from 39 to 59 and Mum and Dad left about 61, I went to Green Lanes and BVGS, the boy Edwards whose Dad ran the Greyhound also went to BVGS. The only names of Children were John and Jill Milner, Barry and Susan Gray and the Glendon or Glendenning boys who...

Lady P Thanks for the pictures, Dad and I could be amongst those spectators Bob