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Anyone interested in this subject might like to have a look at a Video just put out on ' You Tube '. Google : Sainsbury's OFFICIAL Christmas 2014 Ad

THE LITTLE BOY THAT SANTA CLAUS FORGOT. ( Story/ Sketch ). Going back a few years,during the Christmas period,this little story song was relayed to some of the children to help them appreciate how fortunate they had been that Christmas. " The little boy that Santa Claus forgot " You know...

KIDS PRANKS. ( Might nudge a couple of memories ). THE PENNY SLOT WEIGHING MACHINE ( the ones that used to be situated just inside the Chemist shops ). Stand on the scale platform, put your penny in the slot. Round flicks the needle on the dial and there displayed is your weight. Then as you...

An interesting combination. I have recently received a request via the Birmingham History Forum from the Reverand Johnathan Strickland, Vicar of Bawtry, Doncaster. He is looking for an ' image ' to use on a " Church Together Christmas Card " for this year. He is trying to make the connection...

SATURDAY MORNING WARRIORS. ( 1944 ish ). The kids school football teams are arriving at Wellhead Lane sports field, Perry Barr to take part in another Aston Schoolboys league match. Amongst them are school teams from Aldridge Road school, Upper-Thomas street school, Peckham Road school, Sacred...

It's about a bunch of kids and their Street Corner meetings. Did try to put this on the Forum as a direct written ' post'. Did'nt succeed . I'll try this ' photo note '.

Ref ( Post#1 ). Good 'spot ' terryb18. Had a browse through the ' genome ' site that you highlighted and came across a couple of war-time radio programs that as a kid I remember the ' Family ' never missed. " MARCHING ON " ( Home Service 1940 ) and " INTO BATTLE " ( For the Forces program 1942...

THE WINDOW DISPLAY - LEWIS'S - OLD BRUM - THE KIDS FREE SHOW. ( Talking pre-war Christmases ). Here was a treat for the the kids if they could get up to the city centre. Lewis's on Corporation Street always put on a top class ' Window show ' over the Xmas period which always delighted the kids...

THE OLD PARAFFIN HEATER. Winter would begin to set in and the inside of the Bedroom windows would start to become ice smeared every night. Dad would rummage in the shed and bring out our two old upright Paraffin Heaters. Round to the Ironmongers for a can of Paraffin fuel. The heaters were then...

To farmerdave, your right about my spelling. Thank you. Spelling just ain't my ' forte '.

GOT A ' POTATOE ' IN YOUR SOCK '. This was a term ( used in our area anyway ) to describe a hole in your sock(s). Moms would set about finding a matching coloured length of wool and commence a ' darn'. Kids would tend to take the ' mickey ' out of one another if a ' Potatoe ' was showing...

rosie, you referring to the taste left in your mouth after using a rusty Pea- shooter brought to mind a Pea - shooter taste that I remember too. We favoured using Pigeom Peas as our ' ammunition ' and we purchased these from a shop that kept its stock of Pigeon Peas in a large sack on the shop...

The ' POKE BOARD ' shop. This was actually one of the houses right opposite to the entrance to the Peckham Road Infants and Junior school, Kingstanding. The Lady tenant of the house had made a small Kitchen conversion and turned part of it into a Sweet Shop. ( entrance round the back and knock...

In the Dance Hall there was as well the opportunity for the ladies to open a conversation with a young man that they might be interested in and as yet had not had the opportunity. The announcement of the ' LADIES EXCUSE ME DANCE ' Now any lady could, without any embarrassment , approach her...

Reading your ' post ' farmerdave. Got me visualising that first approach used very often way back in the Dance Hall days. Young fella wants to have a dance with that well presented young lady that he's spotted standing at the side of the dance floor. Doesn't know her name. Makes his way over to...

Opening a conversation with strangers ( the changes as we grew up ). Approaching and opening a conversation with a stranger ( without prior introductions ) we tried to sort out some sort of ' title ' for that person and as I remember it these were and probably still are typical lead in openings...

1930's - 1940's . Here's another one of those kids home made play devises that showed up in this period. ( The elastic band gun shooter ). No more ' pretend ' Cowboy shoot outs, this was the real thing. We now had our own guns that we could shoot little elastic bands from and get ' hits ' on...

NICE TIMES. Here was a lovely time for children growing up in Brum. Here was the period when the kids participated in and were able to experience those special ' fresh air ' activities. The frequency of Motor Vehicles around the new Brum estates was fairly rare and the streets at this time were...

" CAN YOU TAKE ME IN PLEASE ". 1940's. Another tale about the kids. They had spotted that the new film showing round at the local Cinema had two of their favourite film stars in it and looking at the photos being displayed outside the Cinema it was going to be a really great film to watch...

The playground ' UP - AND - DOWNER ' . Occasionally School play ground disagreements, between a couple of the kids, would blow up ( a wrong word spoken maybe, something that had been simmering for a while or that one to many verbal dig would spark it off ) . Voices raised, bit of pushing and...