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Cod liver oil and malt! Loved it as a child until I was about 8 years old when it seemed to disappear. Didn't see it again until I suffered a broken leg whilst serving in the Royal Marines in Arbroath. After sick leave I worked in the sickbay for a week or two,there was a large jar (about 2...

As a pupil of St Georges School I was taught to swim at Monument Road Baths. Earned my first free swimming pass there. An aunt used to take me have a bath there. No bath in the house at Ladywood Road so this was a great treat. Happy days.

Interesting that the notice in the windscreen informs passengers to pay on entry but there appears to be a conductor on the platform?

Hi Lyn, Thanks for your help and patience,I'll leave you in peace for a bit. Nodd

Hi Lyn, Nodd the pest again. I have checked through the site and found a couple of photos at#50. Your post at #5 suggests there may be more but I can't find a link or pictures. Am I missing something. Sorry to be a pain but I would love to see more photos of the school. Nodd

Thanks Lyn, the building is smaller than I remember but still brings back memories. Is that members of the Boys/Girls Brigade crossing the road. I wonder if they were from 1A Birmingham Company from the Peoples Chapel? I joined the Life Boys there and then the Brigade proper. The Brigade paraded...

Hi Lyn, I endured several worrying ascents of the spiral staircase,always followed by sore hands. Very surprised to read you were caned! I attended four schools (to be fair one was Icknield Street Boys School)and never saw or heard of a girl being caned. Perhaps the teachers were too busy...

Hi Lyn, I have checked the Wellesley Street photographs where I discovered my brother is already on site under the name Kenny and he has commented there. Thinking of others at Farm Street the only names that I recall are: Billy Boyle,Peter Clinton Gerald Wright and Michael Moore. The only girl I...

Hi Lyn, Very intriguing post. I was also born in 1953. My family moved from Monument Road to Wellesley Street. I attended Farm Street school from around January 1963,I joined class 3B, Miss Yen was our class teacher. The following schoolyear saw me in class 4A,we went to a separate building...

Thanks Phil, looks like the pub I remember. As I recall the road to the right with the Cortina is Belgrave Road and Moseley Road off to the left. My Dad and his twin used the entrance in Belgrave Road ,I stood outside,cold.

Thanks for getting in touch. I shall keep an eye out for any updates. No rush though,retired with time on my hands. Thanks again. Nodd

A school friend of mine, George Brierley, used to walk the owners dog. It was a huge great dane, nearly as tall as us 14 year olds. Would've been around 1967. Nodd

Link not working. Pity as I believe that this is the pub where;as a five year old my drinking career began. Standing outside with a bottle of pop whilst my Dad and his brother were inside,usually on a Sunday lunchtime

Often frequented Bogarts with my brother. Always drank Newcastle Brown from the bottle,kept your thumb over the end to prevent anything exotic being popped in. Usually full of rockers,made the mistake of visiting dressed in a parka one night. I think it was only the fact that I was wearing the...

Can't honestly say that I recall a shelter. Just remember getting off opposite the library. Sorry.

I attended Icknield Street School briefly. If my memory serves me Icknield Street was one way from Hockley Brook to Key Hill and the number 8 passed both ends of the school. Sorry I can't recall the name of the road on the opposite side. Nodd

I have indeed,great fun.

Hi Lyn, there was a stop there. Later we moved to Hockley and used to catch the 8 to the library at SpringhI'll, the stop was just down from there.

Hi everyone, brand new to the site and fascinated by all the different forums. We used to live in a Doctors surgery on Monument Road,just down from the junction of Waterworks Road and Plough & Harrow Road. The number 8 bus stop towards the Ivy Bush was a little way up the road, the stop...