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Hi Lyn, I had no idea that there was another school called St George's. As the old saying goes "you learn something new every day":):) Nodd KD, up to date on schools

Somewhat confused by this post. St George's School was on the corner of Plough and Harrow Road and Beaufort Rd in Edgbaston. A long way from Burberry St and Wheeler St,Hockley. There are some excellent photos of St George's School on Mac Joseph's site,Old Ladywood. I attended this school from...

The Repair Shop. Their skill and knowledge is awesome. They are also genuinely interested in the history of the object and the people that bring them in. Oddly, when people are reunited with their beautifully repaired item I find I have something in my eye! No idea why. ;)

This pub,Sippers Inn,on Millbay Rd,Pymouth,was built late 70'searly 80's. The bricks were from the slum demolitions of Aston, Birmingham. The place has since been rendered and the brickwork is no longer visible.It is has also been renamed and is now the Salumi bar and Eatery.

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: