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Answer yes women did continue on the trams until they stopped running

Remember it well and been down cellar during the air raids,hearing the thud when a bomb lande you waited for the explosion if it went off. Getting out of the cellar when the all clear was given to the small burning wood, town gas, hot bricks being cooled down by fireman hosing down and seeing...

Where did she work ?

Hi I seem to remember the name can’t put a face to it. My dad worked in the machine shop in SM he was a machine sitter. Do you remember Trickle crane driver/truck driver used to drive a coach every from Norton Canes to GEC another one who was a comicused have his lunch by the tall stacks of CI...

The tool room was over by the Tinsmith Deptand Feeder Dept tool room made jigs and fixtures for the different production sections including tools for the manufacture stampings rotor building and market poles for AC generators.GEC Witton was a large electric motors and generators switchgear and...

Hi John I worked in SM 1955 as an apprentice with Ralph Kay one of the companies we used to do a lot of work for was Hobart motors for bacon machines and other food processing machines used be called the 500 and 8140 induction AC motors. Ralph was a fun guy always playing somebody up. I remember...

Another big fire just round the from Halfords was Penfolds the burnt out building remained for along time, it may still be a site.

I don’t think youngster have got the bottle these days, most of had just come through years of war. With food shortages definitely no tech items very little money and no freedom to do what we please. I don’t think parents of today would be able to cope with family being taken away without any...

I remember a number sportsman who cheated the system, one an England cricketer bowler had flat feet. Terry Dean pop star got discharged on mental grounds he was in the Green Jackets. I was told if you clean your teeth with tooth paste it give a heart flutter it didn’t work. I was in the Royal...

Thanks Richard I didn’t think one was available Rebards Ray

For many years governments have spoke about striking a medal for the thousands National Service wouldn’t it be nice if in the Jubilee Years it could happen,the Queen must met many thousands of NS lads during her reign and the number still living must be reducing every year. Most NS lads didn’t...

no.11 City Centre to Bordesley Green (Blake Lane) via Fazeley Street replace 1948 no. 51 Bus no.12 City Centre to Bordesley Green (Blake Lane) via Deritend replaced Oct1948 no 52 Bus no 84 City Centreo o Stechford via Fazeley street replace Oct 1948 no 53 Bus The v shaped piece metal placed...

45509 Derbyshire Yeomanry was never rebuilt used to be on Derby runs

thanks we moved to North Devon 15 years wondered what had happened to iy

Is it still on site I remember seeing in the 1960's

Trams from Witton Garage used this route to service No 5 Lozells to Gravelly Hill route they would travel up hill and turn in to Victoria Rd at the top of the hill. Conductor and Motorman would stop traffic and change tracks to allow the tram to continue either to return to Witton Garage or come...

Being a Narrow Gauge that is why the Derbyshire Tram Museum didn't obtain one