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Only had to suffer a few music lessons whilst at Stratford Rd Infants School. The teacher wrote all these notes on the blackboard then stood in front of it with a ruler pointing at them and we had to say something like "Ta, Tatty Ta Tatty, Ta, Ta Try. She then translated this as The Ash Grove ...

Certainly sounds right, forget they had all that gear and now we just have to use our smarty phones. Maybe there is some good in all this progress. Cheers Tim

Sorry to hear you are still in the wars as we used to say. Hope you get better soon, you must be more careful, none of us are getting any younger and you are a bit of a role model to us younger boys. Cheers Tim.

That was a silly joke on my behalf, thought it was a dustbin but it's only half size. Can't really remember any that size but I still seem to learn something new every day. Cheers Tim

What is that on the other side of the Alley? Is it his briefcase?

The wife and I were talking about those proper toffee apples we got as kids, that nice flat base of toffee that was where it had slipped off the apples and we didn't have those paddle things but a proper piece of wood. I'm sure our little lady used to use wood out of those bundles of firewood...

I've been sitting trying to think of something clever to say about the pleasure of following this forum When it all boils down it comes back to a simple thank you for the effort taken by those who share their time so generously. So thank you all. Cheers Tim

From memory there was quite a large area of bomb buildings in the Long St, Larches St area. To take a short cut from Tillingham St to The Alhambra picture house on Moseley Rd we would go up Turner St. Then right into Marshall St, left up Larches St then across the bomb site into Long St, left up...

Hi Astonandproud. Share you feelings somewhat but it sounds that Handsworth Tech. was not much better than BGTS. After leaving Stratford Rd Primary school I went to Golden Hillock Rd. School as I failed the 11 plus for Waverly Rd Grammar. My teachers expected to pass but I got such bad vibes...

Had two mates in the RAF, one requested to be stationed overseas and the other for a home posting. You've guessed it their requests were reversed, Jimmy the home lover did his time in Singapore and Terry was home every weekend as he was posted to Castle Bromwich (please don't tell me there...

Well remember Rag Week, students would board the bus on the way to work and rattle collection tins and way behold you if you didn't put your small change in. They would also kidnap and hold to ransom the Star appearing at The Hippodrome or Theatre Royal. Students would camp out on the traffic...

Robroy would you have known a girl named Barbara Hudson who lived just round the corner in Kerwycks Lane. She was about six months older than me in age but a few years older hormonally. I think she married a US airman and went Stateside when she was 19 in c1955.

Where we live a lot of the home heating is done by wood burning stoves (there is no aces to piped gas). It is a real pleasure when someone is burning good quality hardwood as I take my evening walk.

We used to be given tokens in our change on the buses which we used to object to , if say you had A sixpence to start with and you went on the bus and spent tuppence on your fare you could be given a penny coin and the rest in tokens. Ok you had your change but the chip shop wouldn't always be...

Ditto Old Boy, can't add anything to that.

Used to walk along Kyrwicks Lane from Highgate Rd to go to The Alhambra picture house on Mosley Rd and went past the back of Hawley 's Bakery. When the bread was just out of the ovens they would bring out on large trays onto the loading bay for the vans to take it away.

Used to walk along Kyrwicks Lane from Highgate Rd to go to The Alhambra picture house on Mosley Rd and went past the back of Hawley 's Bakery. When the bread was just out of the ovens they would bring out on large trays onto the loading bay for the vans to take it away. No wrapping, no covers...

Well it seems an improvement on what is currently there.

I was a kid when the film Henry V came out (1947?) with all those knights in shining armour. My Dad being the great bloke he was made me a suit of armour out of cardboard that he painted with gold coloured paint that he sprinkled with some glittering stuff. As he believed in wasting nothing he...

Hi, my Mom & Dad were married in 1930 and moved into 7 Tillingham Street shortly after. I was born in 1938 and lived there until 1961.Cant say I knew anyone in the street picture but I think those are our gutter pipes on the right hand side of the picture and the people would have been about...