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Thanks for that Ell. I learned a lot from that video (not least to look up more at the buildings mentioned). Love the Boulton, Murdoch Watt, don't like the re-gilding!

Re: Canals of Brum A good thread for anyone who has canal workers in their family tree. I've been reading the Birmingham Post listings and it's fascinating! What a hard life (and hard drinking) time they had. It goes on a bit, but bookmark it and dip in and out. www.spellweaver-online.co.uk

So sorry to hear the news. R.I.P. Dennis

It's no wonder us Blues supporters suffer from heart disease!

Darn it ... thought I'd done enough to avoid and escape!

Lovely to see everyone again, and (double bonus) I think I may have moved around enough to avoid any of the photographers. OK so I didn't win one of Eric's paintings (I want my bribe back!!) but did get a lovely Hockley/Handsworth book, so thanks to whoever donated that. I also bought one of the...

I probably won't ever speak to you again (I'll leave it to my evil twin)!

I remember Peter Green (Daniel Boone). A mate of mine used to go out with him so we spent quite a lot of time together .. this was before his "big hit" though!

Re: "British Resturants" I went to that one a few times - and always ate everything on my plate! Mind, I was a greedy beggar even then.

So sad to lose a valued member of your family, Eric.

Last time I was down that way (couple of years ago) there was a children's nursery being run from the Roundhouse! Very strange - but I guess the need is/was there, lots of flats and houses around that area.

Molliett Street maybe?

I lived not far from there in the 70s and can confirm that the Old Crown was demolished and a new one built on the (more-or-less) same site. Like the Greyhound in Norton, Stourbridge I don't think it was an improvement .. but that's progress for you I guess.

Is it Moreton Street Hockley? (Maggs will know if it is .. and it probably isn't)!

The Dog at Bearwood (I'm working my way back to the city lol)

My relatives were also regulars at the Stonehouse - and the California. Many a happy hour spent in the grounds of the Stonehouse with a glass of pop and a packet of crisps (if I was lucky). I think there was a load of Nissan huts next door, or nearby, in the fifties?

Harborne - erm.....The Bell?

I often use the Park and Ride at Perdiswell - I shall look at it in a new light now!

Cheeky bovine Lyn! I also watched a friend pinch some sweeties from Woolworths, but I couldn't summon up the courage to join in.

I was drinking Gin and Orange at the age of fifteen - I was tall for my age! Hated the taste but it was SO the thing to do then lol.