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The Mrs Cresswell I remember had a son who attended the school at the same time as me but unfortunately he died while he was a pupil there. His mother still continued with her dinnertime duties even after this which must have been very painful for her I fear. Perhaps I am confused over Mrs...

I was at Thornton Road School between 1946 and 1950 and I remember Mrs Brown who helped out at dinner time. I seem to remember her as a tall, slender lady. There was also a Mrs Cresswell there at some stage doing the same job. Also, I remember teachers Mr Dallow, Mr Hardcastle, Mr Goodman...

I seem to remember there was one on the corner of Corporation St and New Street, when the Post & Mail were based there in the 1940s & 50s. but maybe the old grey cells are playing up again.

Just came across this thread - saw the mention of Regent Remoulds Here is a trade advertisement for them.

I have scanned some pages now and have uploaded them in the Birmingham History Forum on this site, as I thought that it was probably a more suitable forum to place it. The thread is Shustoke, Maxtoke and Surrounding Area. Thanks for your interest.

And the other pictures, now I've mastered the technique!

Failed to get the attachments to "stick" in first shot so here's another go ....!

This post results from my reading an old thread about the Griffin Inn at Shustoke. My father used to visit this pub frequently around 1960-70(although he did not live locally). One of the regulars at the pub was a man called Harry Vincent, who became friendly with my father. When my father died...

After the interest shown, I will scan some of the pages and post them on here - I'm away for a few days but will get them posted by the weekend. - Dave89 - I may be slightly amiss with my dates so either landlord might be the earlier one. I think Billy King was there for quite a long time...

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but I have only just come across it while looking for something else. My father used to patronise The Griffin in the 1970's and 80's. In those days, the landlord was Billy King. After my father died about 10 years ago, amongst my his oddments I found an...

I bought a James moped(!) in the mid-1950s - never saw another one anywhere because i couldn't afford a Vespa or Lambretta like my mates - my big mistake - been the underdog ever since!

Yes, it was a great shop. As a child going into the city, I would walk from where the 14 bus stopped (by Lewis's) down Corporation Street towards New St. Station, to Smiths and the Midland Educational - they were within a few doors of each other. Bought loads of things from the ME - a...

Bernard67Arnold & PeterW Ref : Peter Yorke You can find whole pages of details about Peter Yorke (and others such as Frank Chacksfield, Mantovani, Ray Martin, Cyril Stapleton etc. etc.) on : https://www.rfsoc.org.uk/ which is the web site for the Robert Farnon Society. A wealth of...

Shady : I was born in 1939 and would have been 2 years old when the plane crash took place that you speak of. At thAt time we lived in Flaxley Road, Stechford and my mother would push me in a pushchair down to some shops at the bottom of Flaxley Road in order to do day-to-day shopping. On one...

If the BBC was funded by adverts then half the television channels would disappear, maybe some of the BBC television and radio channels as well. There's not enough advertising revenue to go round now - ITV are strapped for cash (as stated in an earlier post) and Channel 4 are asking for a...

Oisin: It's also amazing that people didn't burn their houses down as lighting wiring in houses is to 5 amp maximum, whereas most irons should only be plugged into 13 or, in those days, 15 amp power sockets on the walls - the wiring in their ceilings would have been getting hot and possibly...

Not actually anything he said, but an alarming reaction. My grandson, aged about 4 at the time, was taken to the pantomime at Christmas. Although he had been to the cinema and, of course, watched television he had never been to a live performance on a stage. He enjoyed it at first but went...

Hi Dav89 Yes, on a Sunday, the main line trains that would normally go through New Street were diverted up the Aston line. The line passed the Capitol Cinema on Alum Rock Road and I used to spend Sunday mornings looking through the railings at the side of the cinema, waiting for the next Big...

My grandfather worked at the Wolseley Car Factory in Washwood Heath in the early part of the last century and my father worked there also between the two world wars. My father was a coachbuilder and, I believe, so was my grandfather. After my father died, amongst his effects, I found about 10...

Probable explanation for the confusion is that you are searching for WaGGon Wheels when you should be searching for WaGon Wheels