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My friend used to live here (in Erdington) and like Loyd's sign above @ #149 the lane came into it's own at this time of year:

Those head scarfs were often worn by those engaged in war work in WW2.

Thanks so much for posting that, the detail given of the day are terrific and I love the fact that they lunched at The Yenton between their two rounds.

I wonder how many Henry went round in? I'm thinking, it would be somewhat lower than the best round that I ever manged there, in an awful lot more attempts ;) . Really interesting read that.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all! "Christmas Reflections" drawn by Samuel Read, Aston Hall 1857 from The Illustrated London News.

I have "Trefor" as he pronounced it, to thank for sorting out my handwriting. He also taught my father, so our handwriting was remarkably similar. I remember he used graph paper, to make sure that the proportions of all our letters, were exactly right. I well recall Mr Smith bringing older...

Dick Taylor in the 60's, having taken over as club manager from Joe Mercer (Tony Hateley is on the left):

Tragically, the storm claimed the life of a man in Silver Birch Road in Erdington yesterday afternoon, when a tree fell down and hit his car. I'm sure that our thoughts are with his family and his friends, at this sad time:

A fallen 14-foot tree branch at Cole Valley Road in Hall Green, being attended to by fire crew today and a fallen tree last night at Villa Road/Heathfield Road, but Porthcawl, has been more heavily hit (although some people, seem all too ready to ignore the potential danger :rolleyes: ):

I had at first thought, might the SW refer to Six Ways (Erdington)? The only names linked with Birmingham or Aston (in the case of the 2nd & 3rd named) for the the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers since it was formed (after the amalgamation of The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners...

A great thread. I have seen Paul and Ringo in Brum, but how I wish, I had been able to go to one of those two shows. Pictures below are: 1 - A ticket for the 1964 show, 2 - The Fab 4 in Brum 11/10/64, 3 - Watching themselves on TV, before their 1965 Odeon concert, 4 - Fans queueing at the Odeon...

Two former City Centre pubs, the 21 victims and the 182 that were injured, are I'm sure in all of our thoughts today:

Received this decent "Black Friday" warning from First Direct today, that might be worth sharing: Remember – if it seems too good to be true, it probably is Before you do anything else, Take 5. Stop, think, and don’t get pressured into anything. If you’re unsure about an offer, confirm it’s...

Corporation Street on 8th December1990, was it really safer in the road, than on the pavement?

The problem is nothing seems to happen to anyone, other than to the victims. It would be nice if a bit more importance could be placed on these scams by those responsible for them occasionally being brought to justice. The chances of that happening to those operating from the UK seem to be slim...

I was late for this one, had my son with me (who went there and would have known too ;) ).

The crisps with the blue bag and the first crisps that I ever tasted. We used to sell them at my Dad's shop and they came packed in tins (picture 1, 2 = a 1920s advert, 3 = a WW2 packet, 4 = 1960's advert, 5 = 1930's serving suggestions, 6 = 1930's advert & 7 = Pattie Boyd's 60's advert):

A photograph below taken inside the old Trinity Road stand, that shows just how magnificent it was:

Yes, they made savings by not having to employ someone to sit in a car park kiosk or to travel to their car parks to empty the money out of their ticket machines. Sacking them may have slightly increased the money they make, but it didn't add to customer service and it added to the ranks of the...