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Echo was an early margarine after the rationing was lifted. During the rationing, margarine was marketed as "special margarine" in greaseproof and the wording in brown. I remember it so well. I had only tasted margarine being born in 1945 and couldn't get used to the creaminess of butter. For...

I don't think Peacock's had more than one location in Ladypool Road. Certainly in 1958 they were in an established spot. I was 13 years old then and the store had been in the same building as far back as my memory goes. I'm reasonably sure if was still there when I got married and left...

We went to Birmingham Town Hall yesterday evening to see Lindisfarne. The taxi driver dropped us on the corner of Margaret St and Edmund St and said he'd pick us up at the same place later. He could have said "Meet me on the Corner". Great show but how we miss Alan Hull.

In the '50s our family used to travel by coach to North Devon and I'm reasonably sure the coach took a break at Black and White Coaches at Cheltenham. North Devon's further on than Weston super Mare of course so the breaks may have been different.

Sad news. He was a source of many and varied subjects and will be greatly missed. RIP Dennis.

Who could forget The Adventures of Robin Hood? Richard Greene in the lead role and Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Compulsory viewing in the late 50s.

Victorian box flush in the wall at the corner of The Driffold and Wyndley Lane, Sutton Coldfield. No photo I'm afraid.

Dawes Double Blue was my aspiration too. Never got one though. I seem to recall there was a Lincoln Imp at the same time in black and yellow. Was that by Raleigh. I think they were almost identical in equipment. Was it some sort of badge engineering?

Doesn't the site belong to Calthorpe Estates?

That's a comprehensive account of the building and very interesting. I have no idea how long it was used by the GPO but I know my father did some training there, around 1960 I think.

Great news Viv. Pleased to hear everyone's okay. Big lad too!

For no other reason than its inspirational name, I would have loved to tick off The Stewpony at Kinver as one of the many hostelries I have had the pleasure of visiting. Pub names can be imaginative. It just seemed to pass me by among the many pubs I have visited in that area.

Happy Birthday Viv. Sounds like you're very enjoyed it. More good news on the way too!

I should have said in my previous post, great photos Mark. I think the station retains an aura of bygone days and, hopefully, it will be left as it is with its redundant features in place for posterity.

I'm a retired postal worker from Sutton Coldfield delivery office and I have no recollection of mail being dropped off at Sutton Park Station. It was all shunted in off the main line alongside the deck of the Postal Customs depot, unloaded and the train went off into the main line again. The...

I'm surely not the only one chomping at the bit to get some serious gardening underway after a relatively mild winter. All my fence maintenance is done, baskets, chains and containers at the ready and fertiliser in place waiting to be spread. These are the weeks of promise of good gardening...

Just along from Palmerston Road and almost opposite Stoney Lane before that junction was re-routed. It was a regular Saturday afternoon haunt for us local teenagers. For a few years all of my pocket money disappeared in their till.

Referring to the title of this thread, how about our current abode? My wife and I and our three grown up children moved into our house in 1992. All three children flew the nest within five years allowing us to adapt our house to our requirements and we have no wish to ever leave. We have...

I have a vivid memory of being in Small Heath park in 1956 when news came through that Birmingham City had beaten Sunderland 3-0 in an FA Cup semi final. Pity they couldn't finish the job, losing 3-1 to Manchester City in the final. The park was walking distance from our house in Sparkbrook so...

My first holidays were to Barmouth. Besides me there were a brother and sister who are twins. Early 50s and I'm sure our parents had to go without to afford us our annual week away. Anyone who's taken the train to Bamouth from Birmingham will know that it's a lovely journey that only gets...