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  1. castalla

    Can anyone tidy this up for me please.

    Thank you i have tried this
  2. castalla

    Can anyone tidy this up for me please.

    Never asked before and thank you in advance, could the wizz person tidy this photo up please. if i new, could do it myself i would but have no idea where to start
  3. castalla

    Ward End buildings

    If i remember correctly while at school at Hodge Hill Comp, Bromford Lane police station was built on a council rubbish tip before becoming a Police Station,pre 1967/8, i stand corrected
  4. castalla

    Ward End buildings

    Any idea of year of fox and goose ¿
  5. castalla

    Then & Now

    57 BUS USED THIS ROUTE
  6. castalla

    Alum Rock Road Shops

    Thank you for this , i must admit i have had a problem finding Florence´s parents, never gave it a thought she was married before, think i will get her Marriage and Death Certificates, reason being can never remember her and in 1980 being inmy 20´s and Tim dying 6 years later , but thanks for...
  7. castalla

    Alum Rock Road Shops

    Thanks for that know if Tim had children rough idea when Floss died
  8. castalla

    Alum Rock Road Shops

    Christine thank you for replying, about my Uncle Tim. Used to visit him with my dad every xmas, where he had all the presents on the wall,he used to pop in and see us sometimes when he left work at Marsh and Baxters. New about the Alsatians but not about the Chickens, Tell me i can´t remember...
  9. castalla

    Alum Rock Road Shops

  10. castalla

    Co.Op.number.

    Remember my moms number can´t tell you as i use it for a password
  11. castalla

    Hodge Hill secondary school

    Was there 68 to 72,
  12. castalla

    Saturday jobs

    Milkmans lad,Butchers lad at Dewhurst on Washwoodheath road, then at Pitts the Butchers Stechford, then Fish Lad at Blackwells in old indoor market,all between 1969 and 1972 , but all jobs we worked in summer holidays, thts also when you could start work at about 12 cant remember wages but got...
  13. castalla

    Car tax office in city centre

    Where the outdoor market was, there used to be a row of shops over looking the market, there was a row of shops and a couple of stand alone shops one may of been a florist was there not a office in the 70´s around this area ¿
  14. castalla

    Where did you live

    HODGE HILL
  15. castalla

    What do you watch on tv nowadays ?

    Blue Bloods with Tom Sellick
  16. castalla

    Have your taste buds changed over the years?.

    Since making our own homemade soup all the can stuff tastes different to when i was a kid
  17. castalla

    Pronunciation

    Listen to some TV presenters especially Eamond Holmes who always says Birminham, dropping the g he is not the only one some news reporters cant say Birmingham
  18. castalla

    Marsh & Baxters, Castle Bromwich

    My uncle worked there don´t know if you remember him his name was Tim Flynn. from Ireland. lived in Alum Rock, used to wear a hat and a Carnation in his lapel, don´t know what department or years he worked there but your years there may be the same as his.
  19. castalla

    Street Baked Potato & Chestnut Sellers

    Remember them well outside station when did they stop trading ¿, also remember the man coming in to clubs and pubs on a Saturday night with his cockles mussels etc in his basket
  20. castalla

    Ward End buildings

    Always used the Library when i was younger
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