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sospiri, you bringing up the mention of 'Siestas ' brought to mind the period just after the war ( 1945-1946 ) when we had just started our ' proper Job ', having recently left school. Our after work bus journey back home took us past the Alexander Sports Stadium, Perry Barr. If you happened to...

Hi Rosie, I would guess that this might be a typical public phone box scenario that gave the kids expectations to pop in and just give that 'B' button a push, fingers crossed. Folk needing to make a call from the local phone box would get that bit of paper out with the phone number on, put their...

sospiri, ( ref Post#916, this thread ). Maurice, I'm with you all the way regarding the email type communication. I also find it favourable to stick mainly to communication by email. I like it from the point of view that response is entirely our choice, can be responded to or not ( our choice )...

SHORT AND SWEET. ( Save on the Pennies ). Very much a change in " telephone call duration times " appears to have taken place over the years. Thinking back to the times when many began to first use the telephone, this would most likely be either from a public phone box or from their very own...

BACK TO SCHOOL. ( Not all ' bad ' though ). For starters it was good to meet up with some of our school chums that we hadn't bumped into during the holiday period. Then there was this part of the year where the " nights where starting to draw in "and we were having to come in off the streets...

After reading the latest posts on this thread there's a couple that include comments that I bet coincide with the thinking of a fair number of folks these days. Examples: By sospiri ( Post #893 on this thread ) which includes his comment " Most modern films are awful " and then there's norfolk...

THE MAN IN THE TURBAN. ( 1937 ish ). Just a little unusual event that happened and got us kids well entranced at the time. A bunch of ' little uns ' gatherered out on the street, generally going about our play, when one of our group spotted this man who was progressing along our road knocking on...

THE DINNER DANCE. The Post-war period seemed to gradually provide for more entertainments for the working class folks. Amongst them came the offer of the " DINNER DANCE " Here was the opportunity to enjoy an experience previously available only to the upper classes during formal occassions held...

I wonder if these ' steam ' tram pullers had the same good old smells and sounds as that of the steam Railway engines. Photo: Could that be a hanging bell in front of the driver. " Ding a Ling " and off he goes ?

TOFFEE-NOSED. I mind a few times that our group of kids would ' label ' someone that we came into contact with as " Toffee-nosed'. Later we would learn that this mistakingly came about by ' judging ' much too quickly. Toffee-nosed, as we perceived it, would be a person ( Grown up or fellow kid )...

UNTIL TOMORROW THEN ! ( the parting shot ). I recall, as kids, we would use variations of sayings as we parted company for the day. There was one that was in popular use ( 1940 ish ) which came from the weekly radio show " ITMA ". This one would be expressed as " TTFN ", which was supposed to...

STREAMLINING. I have tried, here and there, to figure this episode out. Looking at the best I can find on the ' internet ' regarding the introduction of the 11+ school examination all I can find is that this was officially brought into operation in 1944. Yet I recall attending an examination at...

TAUGHT US A LESSON. ( 1940's ) Our group of kids were not particularly avid ' Scrumpers ' but I guess at the same time we didn't let the odd opportunity slip by. On this particular day we had set off on another one of our adventures into and through Sutton Park. After our usual explorations we...

The " FREE KITCHEN ". I recall one of the older Men, at the factory we worked in at the time, telling the story of how when he was a young boy his Mom used to send him and his sisters out on Saturday mornings to a nearby Church Mission Hall which held a " Free Kitchen " and there they were able...

NOT A TIME FOR WASTE. Had a few bits of left overs from last Sunday's lunch so did an old fashioned " Bubble and Squeak " on Monday. Done this a few times over the years and it never fails to remind me of the meals that the Moms used to put to-gether when we were kids. Fantastic what they could...

TALENTED LADIES. Harking back, those ladies ( Our Moms, Grannies and Aunties ) who sat there hand knitting away, creating all sorts of useful articles of clothing, I wonder if they realised just how skilifull they really were. Hand knitting was mainly a necessary accomplishment being passed on...

That " Boys with the knitting " thing. Sketch :

OUR NEW LOOK STREET. The time for our street ' Tarmac surface renewal ' had arrived in our area. We kids new that we were going to lose our ' Street Playground ' for a few days but what a spectacle it turned out to be. As work began there was that lovely smell of the fresh Tarmac and the smell...

THOSE NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS.Period : Around the War and Post War years.Here was a little welcome light distraction for both the Grown- ups and kids alike. The Comic Strip section of the daily newspapers became an attraction just simply because it tended to put a little smile on most folks...

Astonian. I get the picture that Peel Street and that general area brings back some interesting memories for you. Iv'e just spotted a ' Post ' that you put on the BHF back in 2007 referring to Peel Street. Interesting Post. Note : No sorry Astonian, I never came into contact at any time with...