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A FAVOURITE LESSON PERIOD. Peckham Road school around 1942 - 1943 ish. We had a ' Woodwork ' teacher who would attempt to teach us the rudermentries of basic woodwork. We learned right from the beginning ( by virtue of the playground grapevine) that this particular teacher was fairly easily...

Hi MartinB. Yes, my recollection of watching the Harlem GLOBETROTTERS was at the old the old Birchfield Harriers track, Perry Barr. Im thinking that MAYBE the ' tour ' did include some other venue(s) around Birmingham. Good though weren't they.

THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS CAME TO BRUM. ( 1950 's or there abouts ). Here was an interesting ' introduction ' to Basket Ball for many Birmingham people. This top American basket ball team came to Brum and performed a series of exhibition matches at the Alexander Sports Ground, Perry Barr. I...

THE DECK CHAIR. ( popular around 1940's to mid 1950's ). The good old fashioned Deck Chair. Sometimes became the ' prop ' for some interesting and amusing observations . To watch some persons trying to ' set up ' a chair would be a fair comedy. Got it the wrong way round or upside down during...

HELPING MOM. ( Maybe with just a tiny bit of ulterior motive ). I think this was one of the ' help out for moms ' that some of the kids enjoyed doing. Fresh Peas with the Sunday lunch today. Sitting on the back yard step with your brother or your sister, a bag of unshelled peas on one side and...

The kids having another bit of fun. A small number of the youngsters are out on the local high street, wandering along looking at any goodies that might be on view in the shop windows. At one stage one of the group lingering at the back calls out to his or her mates to catch their attention...

Yes Paul, the ' saviour ' that I call to mind was the one situated just inside " Banners Gate ", Sutton Park. If I recall it right, it too had a Brass delivery ' ball ' spilling trickles of drinking water into a Brass drainer bowl, all mounted on a Cast Iron stand. Put new life into us that did.

THE LITTLE LIFE SAVER. All afternoon the kids had been roaming around the park, endlessly chasing one another, climbed a few trees, played on the swings and roundabouts and had little paddle in the pool. Now it was time to go home. Little legs are tired now and there is still a fair bit of...

THE GROCERY DELIVERY BOYS. ( Around 1945+) To be seen cycling round the district, riding their ' adapted ' bikes with the front carrier basket loaded with groceries to be delivered to the customers. They always appeared to be cheerful types of lads. We had two of the lads in our group who took...

POSITIVE THINKING. ( Always worth a try ). Another part on the " Growing Up " curve. Recognise any of these situations ? THE COMPETITION " Blazes, I'm so disappointed. I only came second in the finish ". ( Hand on a bit, doesn't that mean that apart from one other, you were better than all the...

Re: Birmingham History " HEY, HANG ON A BIT. THIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ". Period : 1946. One afternoon, as a group of young blokes, we were on a visit down Perry Barr, just having a general 'nose around '. Having exhausted our interest in walking up and down the Birchfield Road we decided to make...

Nickee101. True enough that, I wonder what it was with the kids digging holes. The deeper the better and as you say didn't bother too much about a cave-in neither.

STUCK IN THE HOUSE . The steamed up Window. Perfect to do a little drawing on. Pre Double Glazing period. I wonder how many times would the kids get told off for doing this. Weather outside unsuitable for ' playing out ', the kids are getting a bit bored. A few back and forth visits to the front...

" CAN I MIND IT FOR YOU MISTER ". (Period : Around 1974 ). A Saturday car trip to the local ' pro ' football ground. You would find yourself looking for a parking spot to leave your car. Get in as close to the Football stadium as possible. Yes, this will do ( a street parking spot not far from...

" HEY, LOOK AT THAT, IT'S A ROLLS ROYCE ". Thinking about how we kids viewed cars and car makers. There wasn't too many cars to be seen at the time that I'm talking about.I recall that we kids would see a few cars of the likes of the Austin 7 ( that was a little one to us ) there was the Ford...

THE EXPORT DRIVE. " Brum "and " Cov " rolled up their sleeves and led the way. Early Post War British debts meant that it's balance of payments were a necessary priority and needed to be tackled quickly. Export, Export, Export became the rule. The Motor Vehicle industry was recognised as an...

" BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS ". Period : July 1951. There was a whole bunch of us Brummagem young men that had just been demobed from our National Service stint. Our old gang had now regrouped and we were ( having had the great experience that the National Service had given us ) now generally...

Just another comment on the Dick Barton- Special Agent radio programme discussion. Browsing through a book " Chronicle of the 21st Century" I came across a short column referring to January 16th 1948 in which it states; Writers and Producers of the BBC's popular radio series " Dick Barton...

" THE WEDDING RECEPTION ". Recalling some of those reception plans that confronted young couples. Time period : Around the early Post War years. A typical list and notes by a young Bride to be, preparing for her Wedding reception, would probably have included some of these reminders. THE LIST ...

WHEN ' AUNTIE ' MET UP WITH THE ' MODS '. I bumped into an old School mate sometime ago and amongst the general catch up conversation he told me an amusing story ( Referring back a while ). Aparently his family had decided to take one of his ' Aunties ' out for a lunch time drink to celebrate...