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We Good We No shoot The Christmas Truce at Plugstreet Wood in 1914. The infamous Ploegseert Wood where our lads played football with their enemies on Christmas day 1914, now apparently marked with a simple wooden cross on the edge of a field to mark the place where they played. The Royal...

There is a book just published by Andrew Hamilton and Alan Reed, it describes the Christmas Truce of 1914, and it finds the RW's firmly in the centre of things. I am going to put the details in the Book section of the Forum. But just in case you all missed it I thought I'd give you a nudge!!

I knew people in Thame Road, Joyce Bell who I still see from time to time. I also went out with David Littlemoore, his parents had a grocers shop. His pal Brian Baker lived on the opposite corner and his family had the cafe. Lovely photo's, I guess the flood was in the early 50's when the Tame...

I have just seen this too, the Barracks was in Witton Road or the entrance was, it ran alongside Nelson Road which in turn is the Eastern edge of the Villa Ground.

God Bless Dennis XX

Chris Baker, thank you for your message, I have only now found it. Yes I think the family knows that a lot of the men landing at Gallipoli were cut down in the water as they were going ashore to fight. What Jack's fate was we may never know.

Yes Chris, they are the gatehouses in Wellhead Lane, I wish I had a £1 for every time I walked past them in the 50's.

Yes Jennyann it would be lovely to see the whole archive.I guess they have been part of the University's collection for so long they are blase about them. Difficult to know who would know about them now. It is good to know that people still stumble across Phyllis Nicklin, Viewfinder. I have...

It gladdens my heart whenever I see the name Phyllis Nicklin, I am a great fan. I guess the University own the copy right of her photo's and they would have to give their permission. I think there are hundreds unseen sitting in their archive.

Hello Ken, the address is Brighton Terrace, it is clearer if you look at the next page. There used to be a Firkin Bakers shop in Great Barr, opposite the Scott Arms

Peter took us with him on his walks around 'his' Birmingham. He arrived by bus from Croyden, and went where the fancy took him, he would usually find something of interest that had survived the dreaded 50's/60's and when he arrived back in Croyden he wrote of his day for us all to share with...

We popped into Birmingham the other day, when we finished what we had gone for we drove to Aston Park to eat fish and chips in the sun, overlooking the old tennis courts. We then drove past the Aston Tavern and it was so nice to see it without being boarded up and to see glass in the windows...

Those caves are in Red House park Phil, the post was about the Hamstead caves.

Caves are ancient Paul, I guess there might always have been a fissure in the rock and made bigger by our ancestors, they lived in them!! I'm sure there will be other, more informed answers than mine.

In another life my husband was in the RAF and in 1972 we were posted to West Berlin. Brian was with the British Forces Mission known as BRIXMIS, its role was to spy on the Russians. To all intent the English, French and the American missions liaised with the Russians. But the mission was to...

The miner's club was there when I grew up, Brumgum, and I think there was always a club on that spot. My granddad played bowls there when he was a young man at the turn of the last century.

Loved Una Stubbs, she makes a wonderful old lady. There must be parts out there just waiting for her to bring them to life.

Glad you heard me Charlie, thought I'd lost me voice. It is woderful. Just as i remembered it.

SHOUTS .........Hey Charlie, if you can hear me please put the photo back.

Hi Rob, just caught up with this post. There were Goldings, my sister's friend was Barbara her brothers were Grahame and John. I think. This would be early 50's up to 60's. The Malcolm I recall was Malcolm Smith. Long time ago, so the memory can play tricks can't it.