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I see your point Maurice,as you say this is a history site,however history has to start somewhere. Remember our today is future generations history. I wouldn't like living in one either.:worried: NoddK-D

There is a lady called Sue Woodhull,nee Harris,looking for members of this school in the early 1960s. Her details are in the missing and found section of Saturdays Daily Mail,4,July 2020. There is a list of former pupils that she recalls and would like to get in touch with for her 70th birthday...

Seen in the main gate sentry box at Seaton Barracks,Plymouth. Ring a ring o protons A pocket full of neutrons A fission, a fusion We'll all fall down. Try this. Old mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get the postman a letter. When she got there,the cupboard was bare so they had it...

Thanks Maurice,I shall stop holding my breath:D

Hi Stitcher,I am too young to have driven for Overland but in the middle to late sixties I knocked around Acocks Green with Alan Ragg. I believe his Dad worked for Overland as a manager or foreman,we didn't see a great deal of him.Occasionally a truck would be parked outside his house. Alan had...

Concerning the nature of Boomy's departure a quote about toys and prams leaps to mind:joy::joy:

Kenny, Check post#685 in Balsall Heath thread.

Only visited this cinema once. Went to see Dr Who. Never went again,can't think why.:worried:

Especially when the 'guys' are girls.

Usually meant a cheeky glimpse of the lacy hem of a low hanging petticoat. Seldom seen these days........sadly.

Charlies dead would also baffle most of them.

Brings to mind the last line of Don Macleans song,Vincent:"They did not listen,they're not listening still,perhaps they never will". Nodd the Pessimist.

According to the lamp it's called The Smoke Room! Sorry.

Amazing coincidence,I had Spam for lunch today. Not cooked but several thick slices on a home made roll. Yummy tuck.:yum:yum:yum

First visited the Costermongers in 1972. Also that year my first visit to The Hole in the Wall,just around the corner. My mate worked in a camera shop nearby,we'd go and quench a lunchtime thirst in one or both of them.He ocasionally got ticked off because he had to go back to work but as I was...

Always loved allo allo. I believe Arthur Bostram was fluent in French. Or urban myth,either way very funny.Francesca Gonshaw :heart: :heart_eyes:

Amazing where BHF can lead. I was tempted to ask what happened at Donner Pass instead I consulted Google. Tragic yet fascinating story of human endurance.BHF certainly widens ones horizons. Sorry if this is off thread

I think I can pronounce gears as well as any Frenchman.

My younger cousin had a yellow and red Mobo bike fitted with outriders which we both enjoyed whizzing around on. One day I arrived to find the outriders gone and my cousin riding two wheeled! This was very bad,not only could I not ride a two wheeler,my cousin was younger than me and worst of all...

My mom and dad often said "let the dog see the rabbit" if we were in the way. Or "Can't see the wood for the trees" when we didn't understand parent logic. If a person appeared whilst or shortly after my mom spoke about them she would say "talk of the Devil" I recall an expression something...