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Just to add a bit more fact Edward Stenson was married to a lady called Barbara and Len Stenson was married to Florence always known as Floss they all lived at 53 Church Road and Barbara had twins and named them Leon and Lester, just thought it might jog someones memory. Before moving to Church...

Raining cats and dogs, Black over Bills Mothers, As long as Livery Street.

Remeber my dad used to say, "Well i will go to the foot of our stairs" think he was surprised about something but not sure.

Used to love Harvo as kids, always remember seeing the vans going round brum delivering it fresh to the shops, used to have it as a treat about once a week, sticky, moist, spread with lots of butter or maybe margarine and it tasted divine. If i remember correctly it was in a white wrapper with...

The only way i knew they were ex M O D equipment was they were marked WD with an arrow which i remember my dad saying it stood for war department, this was early sixties probably still got them somewhere in the bottom of my toolbox. From memory i recall they had lots of ex military stuff which...

Wasnt Fletchers located in Gt Lister Street, i am sure i remember buying ex mod tools etc.

Yes you are right it moved to Burlington Arcade, i used to spend ages looking at the displays in the window, it was about half way down the arcade on the left hand side, the same side as Watches of Switzerland which was the big corner shop at the entrance to the arcade. The display the owner had...

Remember the Kardomah on Colmore Row, (opposite the Grand Hotel) and a good Italien Restaurant (but expensive ) was La Capanna on Hurst St just at the junction of Smallbrook Queensway, another Chinese one on Smallbrook Queensway was the Ying Wa, delivered there a few times, enter by the...

Another memory from the past was going into the rag market on a Saturday and watching the traders selling wicker baskets of crockery, they were very good at it and used to have a big crowd of onlookers, a bit like Del boy they used to work the crowd with their spiel, and when they got to the end...

Another memory of those days working in the fruit and veg business, was going to the wholesale market to collect whatever the boss had purchased, my job was to collect it and take it back to the van and load it, he usually parked in Jaimaca Row, and i had to use a barrow to transport the goods...

Back in 68 i would be about 14 and i used to work for a guy in the fruit and veg trade for 10 bob a day, and we used to deliver to the Burlington, he had a small fruit and veg shop about half way down Burlington Passage, and if i remember correctly the deliveries to the kitchens was via an...

Takes me back, when we moved to Aldridge from Kingshurst the only way you could earn money in the summer was to go fruit picking, for whatever was in season. The local farmer would come and pick everybody up in a horse box and take you to a small village called Stonnall, you would sit on a straw...

Hi all i have purchased and retain a copy of the 1901 census for Oxygen Street and surrounding streets, if anyone wants any information just drop me a message with the address and i can return the names living at that address in 1901, just thought it might help someone.

Just doing my family tree and from the census have discovered my grandmother lived at 13 Oxygen street family name was Grosvenor probably the best that was available at the time.

Dont know if anyone remembers but i had an uncle that used to live on Church Road and operated a garage at the back of the house where he used to repair cars as a business, there was a gap in between the terraced houses where he used to take the cars to the rear garage. This would be in the 50,s...

The outside shots were recorded at Walford Hall in Baschurch, Shropshire, for the main motel frontage and house, with chalet shots recorded at the Longshoot Motel in Nuneaton.

Was Bill the manager Bill Thorn ?

Hi yes i remember my dad mentioning Jim Cooper, also there was a guy that used to work Great Charles Street selling petrol called Johnny Roberts think he was Welsh and the other thing i remember he smoked like a trooper but a nice guy. My dad spent more of his time around Cornwall Street he...

Dont remember the Thunderbirds Rolls Royce being parked up there, but didnt know where the promotion was but it looks like Rackhams, great clip from the paper. Found the picture of the Queen opening the Queensway tunnel.