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  1. oldbrit

    Birmingham buses

    Not sure but my birth cert shows Dad at "16 Hobmoor Croft Yardley" So that could be where it was taken I did Google that but do not think that was the place
  2. oldbrit

    Birmingham buses

    No def, not Moat lane. This was before we moved to Moat Lane
  3. oldbrit

    Birmingham buses

    Thanks for all your info I was born in 1933 I look about 3 in the photo so it was taken about 1935 so you are spot on with what you say
  4. oldbrit

    OLD HUDSON MOTOR AND CYCLING ROAD MAP

    Could you scan the map so we can all see it I wonder? I am sure that I have and many others ridden our bikes on the roads and lanes long gone now
  5. oldbrit

    Birmingham buses

    That's me and my sister, Joan, I was born In 1933 she in 1936. So the photo may be taken in 1938? taken In Yardley before we moved to Moat Lane
  6. oldbrit

    Birmingham buses

    Does anyone have any idea what year this was taken by the Trolley Bus in the background?
  7. oldbrit

    IT'S LYNS (ASTONESS )BIRTHDAY TO DAY FOLKS.

    From OldBrit in Parker, Colorado USA
  8. oldbrit

    Occupations That Have Faded Away

    "Filler up and check the oil" Those days long gone in the USA, just like 25cent a gal gas (Petrol)
  9. oldbrit

    OLDEST AND YOUNGEST BHF MEMBERS

    Born June 7 1933 87years young now and still riding my bloody bike, did 35 miles today in sunny warm HILLY Parker, Colorado USA
  10. oldbrit

    RIP GINGER BAKER

    Sorry about that I corrected my posting
  11. oldbrit

    RIP GINGER BAKER

    Did you know he was a pretty good cyclist lived, a few miles from me in Elizabeth Colorado USA If you read his Bio he says that he was going to be a Pro Cyclist but an ACCIDENT AND HIS BIKE WAS CRUSHED AND THAT ENDED IT
  12. oldbrit

    What type of motor cycle?

    It looks like a Canardly to me.
  13. oldbrit

    Occupations That Have Faded Away

    In Colorado we did have shoe repair shops but most have gone now
  14. oldbrit

    Occupations That Have Faded Away

    Cobblers, no one repairs holes in shoes anymore
  15. oldbrit

    Childhood Memories

    SO what is COKE not the drug type of course and was it as cheap as coal? Did it emit fumes and pollute like coal?
  16. oldbrit

    SALFORD BRIDGE AREA NEW PHOTOS

    The late and great Graham Webb raced at SALFORD PARK in the 1960s does anyone have any photos of the track and the date that the track opened? All the photos that were on the post are not there anymore
  17. oldbrit

    Childhood Memories

    Not as messy as coal, but you are right took more time to get going
  18. oldbrit

    Childhood Memories

    I do remember that we switched from coal to coke at one time?
  19. oldbrit

    Old street pics..

    I am trying to find what year this photo of ME and MY sister Joan was taken, There is a TROLLEY BUS in the background what year is this bus? I was born in 1933 Joan 1936 I look about 5 years old could this have been taken that long ago poss 1938?
  20. oldbrit

    Jazz bands of Birmingham

    Loved Trad jazz and followed Hump during the 1950s. I was schooled in Classical music and really not a jazz player at all, my band played dance music, at many local pubs in the 1950s did well and had a good following, Colin Willets on piano went on to be well know and of course "Eddie" or "Ted"...
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