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    Birmingham Automobile Association

    I post photos of a couple of AA Badges when they show them selves love the membership nos on the back
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    Snow Hill Station

    I still put a copper coin on tram tracks when walking dogs old habits never die out
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    Snow Hill Station

    GWR Gods Wonderful Railway
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    Snow Hill Station

    That brings the memories flooding back
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    Presbytery Aston (Hall ?)

    Classic
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    Presbytery Aston (Hall ?)

    That house next to the church is father Creane not sure spelt it right lived if i knocked the door a housekeeper used to answer the door
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    Drakes Cross Shops

    HI Predates our time but her house is in the photo Cheers Don
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    Ozzy Osbourne (John)

    Walked past it everyday on way to school
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    Snow Hill Station

    Boy long time since i heard that I
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    Snow Hill Station

    Yes english bond when i built the the extension on house we just moved from i used english bond but every few course i went header stretcher only to use up excess reclaimed brickss
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    Snow Hill Station

    They were blue engineering bricks they don't absord water easily
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    Ozzy Osbourne (John)

    I run a maintenance team for a group of hotels in Blackpool bank holidays etc they put the tariff up slightly the big boys as to be found in every Town/City are now in Blackpool with high tariffs Breakfast/Parking are extra take a walk down Albert Rd B&B knock a door £30/40 and best breakfast ever
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    Ozzy Osbourne (John)

    Hotels are hiking their prices up prior to the event
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    Snow Hill Station

    If it was constructed in a open cutting it would nave been done by Centering using wooden foamwork sadly i have only ever had to do this once on a 5 FT span footbridge over a steam i removed the timber after a few days it held up well with people bikes and wheel barrows going over it i loved to...
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    Aston Hall

    Im sure i recall seeing the name Holte on a grave in Aston overgrown church yard while playing in there as kid
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    Snow Hill Station

    Great Photos
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    Drakes Cross Shops

    Nice One Cheers
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    CCSM ? Meaning

    A Mickey Mouse Rank we only had a WO1 & WO2
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    CCSM ? Meaning

    Not in the Army i served in we had a colour guard that carried the colours on parades and ceremonies 1 Coulour Sergent and 2 ORS One of them being myself Back in the day the Ensign or lowest junior officer carried the Colours in battle This is not the US Army we are talking about ie a Command...
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