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Sad, so sad.

Hey Old Boy, think you have something there, wasn't that know as the period of "The Great Write Off ", the next 3months were to be the turn of domestic vehicles or something like that! Cheers Tim

That's about my time as well. I would hazard a guess of c1947/52 but some one will be able to date the bus and be nearer the mark. Cheers Tim

My Dad took me to the hall in about 1947/8 .Someone had vandalized The William Shakespeare exhibition claiming the real author was Francis Bacon. I saw my one and only flea circus, a bearded lady and what was supposed to be the mummified remains of Billy the Kid peppered with a huge number of...

Maybe we got a good price on a 2nd hand deal !

Yes Sticher , that looks like one of Dad's saves, also went to Coventry, never realized how close that was to Bum. Cheers Tim

One of the main things in this discussion is the spirit of the people who lived through these dreadful times. We had an elderly aunt living with us in Sparkbrook and as I've mentioned elsewhere our house was damaged on a couple of occasions. Said aunt wouldn't join us in the air raid shelter but...

Think SDG 606 maybe a Triumph though can't quite read the Rego Disc ! Cheers Tim

I was wondering if anyone ever sees themselves on any of the photos that appear on this forum. I feel it would be a bit vain to even look for yourself. Sometimes I think I might have been in the area as I lived in Brum up until 1961. Cheers Tim.

We used to say "Horse Piddle" maybe along the line of "Where would you go if you were run over by the Co-Op Bread Van (horse drawn in them days) ?

Like that Eric, reminds me of a similar tale here in Oz. I arrived in Sydney in 1961 and one night in a pub I was told I had to come and meet a bloke who had recently won The Opera House Lottery and rub him for luck. He was a nice quite "Battler" and when I asked him what he was going to do with...

I'm always surprised how well others look at the photos shown on this forum, a comment is made about some obscure detail and it makes me go back and look properly, thank you. I guess I've always been a bit casual as I would ( still do ) go from point A to B and not be aware of the street names...

Remarked to the wife about the shop for photos while you wait, now it's out with the phone a quick shot and have it sent to the other side of the world in seconds. Cheers Tim

Thanks again for another stroll down memory lane. You should get some sort of medal or cerstificate as we used to say. Cheers Tim.

Hi Eddie, thanks for the memories regarding the Piccadilly Cinema on Stratford Rd. This was our usual Thursday night family treat as Dad was a Head Waiter and this was his night off. Do you go as far back as when you bought ice cream there they had a large bowl in the foyer into which you...

Hi Phil, the one in Ladypool Rd was one of my favorite shops on a couple of occasions I bought a jack knife for 2/6.At one stage our gang thought we terrorized our area when we bought those ex commandos reversible face masks, one side white when were fighting in Norway (in our minds) and black...

Think it may have been in Moor St. Think it was there I bought my duffle coat for 5 quid though that sounds dear to me. It was a genuine one that had been in store from c1943.The material was as thick as what you got in the neck of a bottle and the imprint of the wooden toggles wouldn't come...

I don't have a lorry but I do have a fairisles jumper. It was knitted by my mother over 60 years ago and I have seldom worn it as the long sleeves are a wee bit short and I live in a pretty temperate climate. I can't bring myself to part with it but fear the worse for it when I depart etc...

Hi Maurice, forgive me being flippant but when I read your post I couldn't help thinking how great it was to have someone in the family named after a famous biscuit. Cheers Tim

Thought the design of the soap packet could have been borrowed from England's Glory Matches. Cheers Tim