Search results

Up for sale now Jim Bob

What town/village in North Devon Bo b

Yes David it was an erratic service and occasionally between the Crossways and New Oscott a half empty 107 could become a 109, with passengers for Sutton being asked to debus at the Beggars Bush and catch the bus behind. I travelled the 107 from New Oscott to Sutton from 1947 to 1952. My...

Thank you for this,109 was Birmingham, new oscott terminating at Boldmêre, been trying to recall these routed and numbers for ages Bob

Happy birthday Eric have a good day. Bob

Apparently as a small baby in 1936/37, I was taken out or babysat by Hazel Court. Later on at one of thr regular shoows at the Hippodrome, when Cliff Richard was on , as I left the gents, he rushed in bumped into me, said sorry and moved on? So polite actually. Bob

Grandad Vanstone who worked in an office by the main fire station, Lancaster Place, wore a bowler hat just found a photo,Grandad Davis, who was a storeman for the Midland Red at Carlyle works was a flat cap man. Bob

Fascinating thanks. Bob

Agree, the minute he was demobbed and went back to work dad always wore his trilby, work, Villa, County Ground, political meetings, Boldmere St Michaels and even when we went to the pictures. Then he bought LOB148 his series M Morris Minor in 1957 and never wore the hat again. Both my...

All either caps or bowlers, but did you notice how young some of the boys were? Bob

Thank you for that, i had no idea, my apologies all for disseminating false information. Bob

You are now in isolation we presume, take care and beat it. Bob

The last Bristtol Road trams ran June 1952. 395 was the only BCT tram preserved, the rest were scrapped by Birds at Stratford, in The late David Harvey's book on the scrapping of Birmingham buses, there are pictures of scrapped trams. Remember the last tram ran in 1953 just 8 years after...

Now in Tiverton museum itself. Bob

I remember that my friend had a friend who lived by the aqueduct at Wootton Wawen who built a floor standing 9inch screen tv receiver. The only time I saw it I was gobsmacked Bob

Happy birthday young man and many more, I suppose you have an Ouzò and Feta party? Bob

CWS also did their own fish and meat pastes in small jars. Shippams bloater paste....memories are made of these. Do you remember sandwich spread? Bottled by Heinz and one or two others. The surrealist in me sees TV advertising for a jar of sardine and tomato for M&S, Lidl, Waitress and...

Seeing what's going on in Water Orton, I am just glad that my mother who lived there for years passed before all this started, the M42 upset her enòugh, this would have driven her around the bend. Bob

Happy birthday Pete

What was the route of the 42 from New Oscott to Erdington? Bob