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When I was 23 I was a youth leader at Ladywood Brookfield Boys Club. I was the first female leader they ever had so of course I felt I had to clean the snack bar. The tea pot which was huge was disgusting as you can imagine so that was my first project. It looked quite good after a clean inside...

We never had a fridge. We got our first one in about 1965 and that was a used one. We had milk delivered every day so it wasn't issue. When I got married in 1968 we bought a fridge as soon as we could afford one. Mo

Hanco I think you are right the water makes the difference. Our Aunt lives 40 min north of us and is on well water. I just hate the tea made with it. As she has had a problem with the well she now gets water from the spring a little way west or uses bottle water, much better. I think we had...

Your Mom's list is so interesting Wendy but that would have been a lot of money in 1940. It must have been fascinating finding all that information. What a pity we didn't all do that when we got married or even if we did make sure we kept it in a safe place. Great thread Wendy. Mo

David that is priceless and I so enjoyed it. Maybe you are right about expensive weddings Chris, we have been married 40 years this year and ours wasn't expensive. We got married at St Andrews and had the reception at the New Inns. Wish I could remember how much it was but we paid for it...

We live near to the main rail line and I love watching the trains even today. They redid the road and put up a sound barrier so I can't see them on my regular walk now. We can just walk up the road and stand on the bridge if we want to though. If I go into the city I always go on the train if...

That is lovely Alf. We used to cycle to Perry Hall Park and sit on the bridge over the track, train spotting. The train drivers would sound their horns when we waved to them. Mo

The one we went to on Barwick Street I'm sure we went down stairs. We used to joke as there were pigeons usually sitting above the door and if they weren't there we wondered what we had in our meals. It is the only Chinese restaurant I went to in Birmingham. That would have been around 1962...

Welcome back Reggie, hope you have been having fun. :) Mo

The Chinese Restaurant we went to was on Barwick Street, just around the corner from Livery Street. Great being being able to check that in the A - Z a very kind member sent to me. Again many thanks. Mo

Someone contacted me see my Family Tree. She has just got back to me and it looks like we are related. Her tree is on Genes but as I don't have a membership I can't look at it and she doesn't know how to send it to me any other way. Any suggestions. Thanks.Mo

I was on Friends this week and I tried Genes but that was not free although it gave that impression on Friends. I have had a few messages from friends on Friends this week. Just renewed by membership in Feb as well. I hope the next time I try genes it is free as well. Mo

Hi Rod - I'm so sorry to hear about Barney, it is a lovely picture. Take care and thinking of you. Mo

We used to go to a Chines Restaurant just across from Snow Hill Station. We went just down Livery Street and the first street on the left. I think as someone else said Chinese food tastes different today, I think it has become Westernized that is why. I agree it does taste different unless you...

This was the pub of my childhood. My dad and mom were members of the bowling club, so the children of the members spent many hours a week playing in the grounds while they played bowls. It was great, certainly a simpler way of life than today.:)Mo The Uplands, Oxhill Road, Handsworth.

This is my dad Arthur Wigley in 1966. I'm not sure whether it is close enough for you to see him lencop. He was a very pleasant jolly person, so maybe it is the same person. :) Mo You will need to click on it to enlarge it.

Is it at the Lickey Hills?

Could it be the Handsworth Branch. But I can't remember what road it was on. Although looking at the houses it could be Harbourne. So I will go for Harbourne. Mo

Thanks pmc1947, those photos do bring back memories. I had almost forgotten what the main entrance where the coaches are, looked like. Oh! the luxury of being able to get a cup of tea to take on the train, my dad always had to have one and a newspaper.Mo

I just wish I could get a doctor with the bed side manner, (even though they don't do house calls today) that they used to have. Times certainly have changed for the worst as far as I'm concerned. I know they are busy but a kind word goes a long way. We always had a long wait but our doctors...