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  1. Charlie

    Then & Now

    Great photos Phil, especially the Bull St/Dale End older one ... I was right there in it wiv me collar turned up and me brolly, splashing through the rain, so atmospheric!!
  2. Charlie

    Gupwell Look ups please

    Shakey: I've sent you a private email, I guess you're my cousin's daughter, which is wonderful. Please come back on the Forum if you don't receive it! Charlie
  3. Charlie

    Then & Now

    Lovely photos Phil. I remember Cheddar Road - wasn't that where the naughty girls plied their trade?
  4. Charlie

    They Were Caught In Our Old Street Pics...

    I also walked down there a lot Judy, on my way home from Grove Lane baths - and I agree, the houses look much the same now, lovely solid houses and quite "upmarket" (as was Handsworth as a whole). I think a lot of them have been divided into flats now.
  5. Charlie

    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    Good for you Hannah! That tells 'em all!!!
  6. Charlie

    Golden Lion Cannon Hill

    Still no reply to the email I sent to Eric Davis three weeks ago. Perhaps he's a slow reader?
  7. Charlie

    Golden Lion Cannon Hill

    At least you had a reply Lyn., that's more than I've had yet! Charlie x
  8. Charlie

    To be demolished

    Unbelievable Lyn. Another part of Birmingham's History and Legacy going down the road of re-development (i.e lining someone's pocket). It doesn't matter what the people of Birmingham think does it? Do they never learn from the previous Council's mistakes? I'm so bloody angry!!!! PS No reply to...
  9. Charlie

    Golden Lion Cannon Hill

    Just emailed Mr Davis Lyn. We can but try!
  10. Charlie

    33 Bus Tom Barlow

    RIP Tom, sad news.
  11. Charlie

    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    Brilliant story Mike. I could picture it all in my mind.
  12. Charlie

    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    OOOOOH .. ageism in 1864! Couldn't advertise now for someone under the age of 45, t'wouldn't be allowed.
  13. Charlie

    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    Loved that about the Lady-Well Mike. Could be one of us writing in the present day!
  14. Charlie

    King Edward Lichfield Road

    Huh .. what I think of that couldn't be posted on an open Forum!
  15. Charlie

    King Edward Lichfield Road

    Oh Lyn., That beautiful, wonderful, amazing staircase. Those incredibly stunning tiles... the lighting .......#sob#
  16. Charlie

    Newspapers : From Birmingham Post 150 years ago

    Yes .. it would be Holte Fleet. Many the happy hour spent on a Riverboat Shuffle in the 1960s from Worcester, listening to jazz bands.
  17. Charlie

    tippy all ready for his step out for stroke

    Hope the walk's going well Josie, and your dog does well on his Tippy Toes!
  18. Charlie

    Golden Lion Cannon Hill

    Really peed off now, that's disgusting Lyn! Hope you can get some satisfactory information about this .. wish you luck mate!
  19. Charlie

    Thank you eric

    Another beautiful painting by Eric. You'll be able to start your own gallery soon Lyn!
  20. Charlie

    The Green Men of Birmingham.

    Thanks Jennyann, really interesting. I have a Green Man hanging on the outside wall looking over the garden and I love him!
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