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My other half worked at the Motor Tax in Ouzells Street and taxed a Rolls Royce PEN 15 There was also a yellow TR5 with PEN 1S on it also taxed at Ouzells Street.

Lewis's used to have a record shop in the subway. I used to walk through there most nights on my way to catch the Night Service bus. The thing I missed most when the store closed was the Deli, I have never seen such a range of dried sausages, Bratwurst, Kabanos, Krakoska, Wiejska, Mysliwska...

I remember shopping at the old Tesco at the start of Hagley Road when I noticed Roger Tongue doing the same. I carried on and didn't take a lot of notice of what he was doing until I got to the queue to pay. All of a sudden this woman turned around and looked at him, then she looked away and...

Steady you know it's not good for your heart at your age :smug:

The Shah Jahan was where I had my first Indian meal. I can't see the picture but I used to go to Stafford Street almost everyday.

I think it changed it's name from The Guilded Cage to The Exchange in the late 70's I used to drink there after the Tavern was bombed. They had one of the first Space Invader machines in the town centre, it was just inside the door on the right hand side. I spent hours playing on it when I...

Glad I could bring back some happy memories. It's surprising how a few things can bring back a whole load of memories.

She who must be obeyed who comes from Sheffield says "Pikelets from Sheffield are made from Wheat Flour with a little Oat Flour, cooked on a girdle a flat very hot pan. They are small and flatter than a crumpet but do have holes in them." Having had both I can say that the Southern Crumpet is...

Fleur-de-Lys Pies, Steak & Kidney and Chicken & Mushroom were sold by Alex from a caravan at the back of the Old Rep in Station Street. In the 60's on a Sunday night late, soldiers waiting to go back from a long weekend leave would wait around the van eating pies and drinking tea. The coaches...

Gansters 1976 Incident 3 and Incident 4. I knew Pat well, we went to Blackpool to see the lights in his Bentley, it ran on LPG, it was funny driving down the mile with people staring at us in the car. Mind you the PAT *** reg did give it away some what. We did have some good times, and he was...

I remember the BBC TV series Gangsters that used the Rum Runner,they changed the name to some thing else, something cow related I think. I remember the club name outside was made up of those little reflective metal discs that moved and caught the light. It looked really tacky but that was the...

I used to go there to see the midnight movies.

Sort of cross posted on the Colmore Row, Victoria Sq, Thread. I remember a Club above Galloways Corner but I can't remember the name.

As this is a Birmingham History forum and this is the Police section I thought I would mention a really nice guy who used to walk the beat from Steelhouse Lane. As the title says his name was P.C. David Green, or Dave as I knew him. When he was on duty either afternoon/evening or night shift...

I have vivid memories of one incident that happened just after the police cordon went across Corporation Street. A bloke pushed his way through going up the street and when he was clear of the police line he yelled Up the Provos Up the IRA as he got to the front of Rackhams. Three blokes who...

Flippin heck just jogged the memory there was a club over Galloways.

That would have been either a City Transport horse drawn bus or a local company. I was told some years ago that when those used to run up the Hagley Road past a house where someone was sick then straw was thrown under the wheels to deaden the noise.

I agree the JCB is to new

His name was Dennis :)

The Jacy as it was in the 60's did run a loop of good news reels, cartoons and the likes of old Batman and Flash Gordon serials. I hated the Three Stooges.