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To be honest podge, i'd only ever heard it from a couple of guys myself in the building trade. Regards rick

Very funny viv. Mind you I've had a few dodgy meals in my time. Regards rick

i was watching an episode of come dine with me set in brum and one person guest said i'm so hungry i could eat a scabby horse. i haven't heard that for a long time

my favourite lonny donegan record is my old man,s a dustman

great picture bernie what a crying shame they tore it down. regards rick

an occupation you dont see these days for obvious reasons is the rentman. i would imagine some of you out there remember hiding behind the sofa or in the pantry on the odd occasion when he was due.

Dave was this the late 60s,early 70s you're talking about. Rick

Hi stars. I know, brumgum pointed it out on post 55.regards rick

That's the bulls head I remember. Nice one postie. Regards rick

I know the very tree your talking about derek. Where did you live, it sounds like we were moving. In the same circles. Rick

Me and my brother used to wander down to the river cole every now and then derek or go over to the pond and fish for stickle backs and whatever else was there. When I was a teen, I had a mate who lived on mary st and we used to go into the woods by the river at the bottom of frederick rd. It was...

Hi dave . I know there's a stechford sign just before bordesley green rd, that much I'm sure of. It's a difficult one that. Can you imagine running cars like that today. Regards rick

At the top of flaxley rd there was a dirt pathway that went between two sports fields all the way to audley rd and there on the left were arow of prefabs. Does anyone remember them?

That makes interesting reading brumgum thanks. I always thought stechford's borders were church rd not including glebe farm. bordesley green, along the river cole down to the burney lane island. Regards rick

Hi Dave, i used to go into the cafe on station rd opp albert rd with my mates and play the pinball machines. I remember leviss . I'd forgotten they existed. Another shop I. Remember by iron lane was the shoe shop. I'm surprised I. Forgot that one because my mother bought me a pair of shoes there...

That's a great photo mike of I presume victorian bull st. Regards nijinski

I've just remembered dave there used to be a transport cafe there aswell with it' s frothy coffee and it's pinball machines. Regards nijinski

Obviously not brumgum, its nice to see that. Regards nijinski

Hi dave, there was also a second hand shop there . Regards nijinski

Hi sue we we,re catholics aswell and use to go to corpus christi. Do you remember father corcoran? Do you remember they used to do bingo in ithink the church hall or school hall? My mother use to drag me up there. I remember the old police station before they built a new one. No character. I can...