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WE AINT BEGGING. ( and that's begging ). " Got any Gum Chum ". 1942 ish. About this time we kids began to see numerous American Soldiers ( Yanks ) around Kingstanding. They ( the Yanks ) proved to be, in the main, a very friendly and generous collection of new ' grown ups ' now in our area...

A TROLLEY FOLLY ( 1942 ish ) One of the lads got his Farther to build a ' trolley ' that could sit Four aboard. It really looked good and we were eager to try out a fully laden downhill run on it. One morning Six of us of us set off to the Old Oscott Lane hill ( A Country like sloping ditch...

Their first baby and a new little Brummie is here. For new Mom and new Dad a fast track learning curve and a new growing up experience begins. Some of new Dads thoughts : He's proud of his wife and thrilled at the arrival of his first little one. He's worked it out in his own mind as to how he...

Waste not, want not. Nearly every street had at least one Lamp Post which during the war became virtually redundant ( Black- Out ). A fair number of the kids around the estates used these lamp posts as ' climbing frames '. The Girls were likely to be seen using the lamp post as a ' swing ' by...

The kids helped out. ( Early 1940,s ). Im not sure how many schools across Brum were involved with helping out with ' War Effort Farm Cropping ' but I remember the Senior pupils at Peckham Road School were asked to volunteer to help out with harvesting the Potato crops at farms around Aldridge...

Waiting for Dad. ( Sketch ). The Conversation : Worro Charlie, I'm waiting for Dad , he's gonna bring me a bag of crisps out soon. Lo Frank, our old man's gonna get me a chocolate biscuit bar I think and he will get some jelly sweets for our Mollie and he usually gets a Nutbrown to take back for...

Oil Painting by Roy Blakey. ( 1985 ).

Oil Painting by Roy Blakey. ( 1986 ).

To StewieA : Not sure if this is of any help but if the company name you are looking for is " George Ellison Ltd " there is an existing Forum thread (12 Posts ) under the thread heading " George Ellison and Tufnol ". Photo from thread incl.

Cracking sketch farmerdave. Love it. Keep em coming.

Probably not the earliest of childhood memories but as a young person you couldn't help but remember your first visits to the pre-war Bull Ring. What might you have seen and experienced. The Escapologist performer struggling to get out of his ' straight jacket ', ropes and chains. His hat...

Brought up in Brum ? What do you believe might have been your earliest childhood memory ? Bit difficult this one but I guess a lot of folk have tried to pin down what they believe is their earliest memory. I would guess the setting or story of anyone's believed earliest memory might not...

That was a nice period when the existing ' Six day working week ' started to become ' The Five day working week '. On the Saturday mornings it allowed the Dads to do those extra job bits around the house or help or join the ' Missus ' on a shopping run. It was great for the kids too because Dad...

There's definitely no age limit to this ' Growing up ' business. Picked up another skill over the last few years. Done a few jobs round the house, had a it of lunch and now settling down to participate in me new skill. Turn the fire up a tweak, switch the Telly and the phone off and put me feet...

To Astoness. You may be looking for this. A thread does exist on the Forum for memories of growing up. It's there for anyone to participate in and share their stories or experiences. It's located under the thread title " Birmingham History " and then the further listed thread " Growing up in...

A BODGED UP PLAN ( 1940 ish ). One of our mates in our group of nine to ten year old kids came up with the idea of collecting second hand useable and no further required Toys from around the area of Kingstanding with a view to handing them over to Maryvale Convent for the use of the orphaned...

Growing up ( Streetwise ). The kids and young folk used to gather on the streets or in the parks. The learning experiences gathered during the get togethers in the the streets or the parks provided, I believe , a major portion of the skills of being ' Streetwise ' and learning a bit about '...

To Smudge: Once a week Smudge. Small gas boiler in our kitchen fed through the wall into the bathroom and thence into the bath. First ' boil up ' could just about half fill the bath. Friday night. First in, Dad, second in Mom ( same water, no top up available yet ). Third in, Aunt Daisy ( boiler...

Some of the aromas and smells in and around Brum that we don't encounter a lot these days. (1) That smell from a bit of ' scorching ' when your Mom was doing the ' ironing ' using those old heavy gas stove heated irons. (2) The early morning smoke smell from newly lit house fires. (3) The aroma...

Remember the G Plan era ? ( 1950's - 1970's ). I recollect young couples trying to put to-gether their own homes ( whether it be a flat or a house ) during tis period and wanting to furnish and add as and when they could afford it had a useful store situated close to the top of the Bull Ring (...