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I reckon you've cracked it, Dave .........

Hasn't your toad finished that con i funghi yet, Dave?

Coventry Road, Small Heath between Grange Road and Muntz Street, looking away from town; it could be Langley Road on the right and Muntz Street on the left.

The 16th September, 1943 was the cloudiest, blackest day in the honourable history of the British Armed Forces. From innumerable photographs I’ve seen, there was an overcast sky as tens of thousands of British, American, ex-British Commonwealth and other allied forces battled to gain control of...

In town today ........ very, very different from the 14th September, 1943.

...... Also I've seen the poster - kevkonk - on somewhere else but can't remember. ..... Hello there, David, I imagine you've seen the user name, kevkonk, on this very forum. BHF has a member who uses this extraordinary "nickname". Being so original, I can only think that the YouTube kevkonk...

Hello there, tadrussell, Your recollection of the corner of Churchill Road and Bordesley Green is spot on. There was a cinema on that very corner until about 1959, when it was pulled down. It was called the Era Picture Playhouse as you can see from this photograph: The old Trustees' Savings...

This is one I came across in the early 60s in a school library (Bordesley Green Tech.) book of comic verse; it’s one of my many, many favourites: The Pig It was an evening in November, As I very well remember, I was strolling down the street in drunken pride, But my knees were all a-flutter, And...

Dennis, I can well remember watching baseball being played alongside the Ritz on Bordesley Green East ....... and I didn't come to Bordesley Green until August 1957. I seem to remember that baseball was played there until at least the early 1960s. I'm fairly certain of the period because I...

The Guppy by Ogden Nash Whales have calves, Cats have kittens, Bears have cubs, Bats have bittens, Swans have cygnets, Seals have puppies, But guppies just have little guppies.

JohnO, I can only repeat my usual adjective to describe your posts ...... brilliant !!!!! Who remembers this little gem from the 50s? I'm Popeye the Sailorman, I come from the Isle of Man; There's a hole in the middle for Popeye to piddle. I'm Popeye the Sailorman. Peep! Peep! Also from...

Hello again, Maria, I've sent you a private message (IM: Instant Message); I hope you've found it. Best regards, David

..... a great post, Dave !!!! You paint such a vivid picture. Thanks, David

Hello there, col h, "....... the younger one with I think an Irish accent" would have been Dr Aidan Martin; he was the only Irishman in the 5-doctor, 3-surgery practice. The other four doctors were all Welsh and had the associated, pronounced "sing-song" accent. Although younger than both Dr...

Very strange, Phip. The writer seems to be describing the northern end of Worcester Street or Phillips Street (B5). There was also a Phillips Street in B6 (Aston). So is he or she confusing the city's two Phillips Streets? David

Good morning, Astonian, Was it later to become the Dolls' Club, which stood alongside the Sheldon Window and Industrial Cleaners Co Ltd (or something like that!)? David

.... a technical query. Given the excellent quality of the three photographs initially posted by 500miles and the clarity of Pedrocut's two additional shots, could I ask please the maker and model name/number of the equipment used to digitalise the original slides? I have umpteen boxes of slides...

It makes fascinating reading, dwilly. I'm sure your hard work will be appreciated by a great many members. I'd date it as mid-1950s. Thank you. db84124

Great to see this thread being brought to the top again. Almost every other posting mentions "Killer" Gilbert; obviously his name, reputation and methods struck terror into the minds of young secondary schoolboys. Seven or eight posts refer to his spotless Sunbeam Talbot, but nobody seems to...

Lyn, it was Cherry Lane that I was asking about. Sylvia, yes, I know of Cherrywood Road; I lived in Blake Lane, just along Bordesley Green going out of town, and hence my interest in Cherry Lane, Bordesley Green. mikejee has solved the initial problem in the thread "Sarah Ann Green...