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Carrying out a search on the Internet I have come across a Birmingham City Council site " Children of the poor in Sutton Park". It describes the events of the slum- dwelling and under privaleged children of Birmingham who were taken on day trips to Sutton Park by the " Birmingham Cinderella Club...

Made another day out for the family. ( 1984 - 1995). What shall we do this Sunday ? How about we have a ride up to Brum Airport and go watch the Aeroplanes coming and going and if the weathers good we can drive over the road and have a picnic on Elmdon Heath. A good break for Mom and Dad and a...

A 1970's FIRST HOLIDAY ABROAD.

A SCIVE OFF. ( but rubber stamped by the teachers ). Around 1944. The schools classroom windows had been ' cross taped ' to prevent shattering during air raids but all the bottom rows of the windows had been fully covered with stuck on paper ( this served as a good anti-shatter protection but I...

A morning with Dad. Period : Pre-war. I was out in the street one Sunday morning, playing with my friends and I heard Dad calling to me from the bottom of our entry. I ran over to see what he was calling me for. He told me that he was going down Perry Barr to get some wood for the Chicken House...

From a brummie war-time kid. I would just like to add my own thanks and tribute today, in rememberance to Winston Churchill. The man that in the early years of WW2, when things were not looking too good, gave everyone that extra strength and determination that got us through in the end. Good Bloke.

I'M A BUS DRIVER TODAY. (Making a Bus trip with Mom ). Waiting in the queue at the Bus terminus. Here's the Bus coming. Smashing, got the seats right behind the drivers cabin. If I stand up I can see right into his cab. The bus driver has just climbed up on the front of the bus and turned the...

BLUEBELLS FOR MOM. This is a little story that probably spans the experience of many generations of children. ( another little lesson on the learning curve ). On this particular day our little group of kids decided that we would adventure from our base in Kingstanding and go and explore Barr...

Found this on a ' search ' and I think it more or less shows the type of Bullet Cigarette Lighter concoction mentioned on Post#484 of this thread.

" UP TOWN " another nice adventure. Being brought up in Kingstanding in its early years had a certain degree of a Rural feel to it, an occassional visit with Mom and Dad to Brum City Centre was a change and an exciting experience. We would start off by catching a ' 29 ' bus at Kingstanding and...

LIGHT THE BULLET. There was a period, probably around 1940 - 1950 ish, that the Bullet Cigarette Lighter became a favourite ' Foreigner ' ( term used to describe a personal, and sometimes slightly illegal piece of work carried out during working hours at the workplace ). These Cigarette...

A definite not to miss gathering of the family Children. ( Sunday evenings, the 1930's ). There wasn't a great many radio programmes available that were deliberately aimed at the Children during this period, but there was one that seemed to entice us kids and became a must on a Sunday night. "...

OVER THE GARDEN FENCE. Whispers to protect the Children. ( But the kids were already ahead of the game ). The kids had met up and were all playing in one of the back gardens. A couple of the Moms had come out and had started talking to one another ' over the garden fence '. This was of little...

OLD FASHIONED ' ODOUR ' REMOVAL SOLUTION. I don't know how wide spread this ' technique ' was but I observed our Mom doing it on occassions. Sometimes there was an unwanted odour that had got into the living room. This might have been brought about by various situations. Some examples that I...

ENTER OR EXIT AT YOUR OWN PERIL. During a prolonged cold weather period the family would gather in the only room in the house that had got a fire going THE LITTLE LIVING ROOM. Invariably anyone either entering or leaving the room ( mainly us kids ) would be firmly reminded with words that went...

oldMohawk, I think you would be right regarding the schools staying open during the 1947 winter snow period. Probably, during those winter periods of those years there was still that ' Battle on, no matter what ' attitude that had developed during the war years.

Always was one of the best times of the year for the kids. Two days of Snow and the school had closed its doors due to the weather conditions. So, quick breaky, on with the Wellygogs, find a pair of gloves and out the front door sharpish. Meet up with the gang, have a brief Snowball fight and...

It looks also that things have moved on a bit from the original hand held/ hold to the light versions. Put your favourite tape on the stereo, pour yourself a glass of wine, switch off the lights, settle back on the couch, give the Kaleidoscpe a shake and enjoy.

Perchance anyone viewing the thread hasn't experienced the random image patterns of the Kaleidoscope, here is one typical image to give some Idea of the spectacle be seen.

ESCALATION. The Setting : The children are out in the street playing a game of ' Tig and Tag '. Tom is on ' Tag ' and is chasing to get a touch on Billy so that Billy is then on ' Tag '. They collide, Billy falls over and gets a very minor cut to his knee. Game carries on and Billie, still...