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  1. nijinski

    Jasper Carrott

    One of my favourite jokes from jasper is the football match, he doesn't half take the mickey out of us brummies. Very funny man.
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    Another couple of sayings that come to mind. Are been through the mill or dragged through a hedge backwards .
  3. nijinski

    Birmingham Nightclubs of the Past - Memories

    hi grumlow, where was the cavendish club? i can't remember.
  4. nijinski

    Jasper Carrott

    Happy birthday jasper 68 today. Hope we see a lot more of you.
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    sayings

    My mother in law, lovely woman god bless her soul when she was getting on and would stand up to go somewhere would pass wind noisely and say oops ark at me.
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    sayings

    i remember the brass farthing one aswell nico
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    Items that have faded away

    Does anyone remember the old ringboards? I think it had a clowns face on it with some hooks on it, each hook had a different number.you threw rubber rings to catch the hooks. The higher the score the better.
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    sayings

    I don't know if anyone has said this one."don't have two ha'pennies to rub together". Something my family experienced a few times when I was a child
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    BBC brum

    I read an article from julie walters in the mail about how brum and the midlands are being stripped of all the beebs investment.for programmes except for doctors and the news. It is shocking that 25per cent of licence fee payers are from the midlands yet we're second bottom of the table for...
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    Crossroads programme

    never mind betty, your not on your own, i got kenny ball's hit mixed up with acker bilk's.
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    Sayings, legends and customs.

    wink came into a few sayings like " a nod's as good as a wink to a blind man", "40 winks", "can't get a wink of sleep", "a twinkle in her eye" or even "wink wink nudge nudge say no more" or is that just eric idle.
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    Crossroads programme

    Alright they wasn't the best actors or the sets were a bit shakey but the audience loved it just the same. Maybe it's because we like prying into other people's lives.as a pastime. Maybe that's why reality tv is so popular.
  13. nijinski

    Crossroads programme

    You ain't wrong there steve. I think everyones favourite would probably be. Meg and hugh's wedding altho I thought it was a bit soppy but that's men for you
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    Crossroads programme

    No steve, rodger tonge was only disabled for the series. People used to be surprised by seeing him walk about.although he did suffer from hodgekins disease in real life. He eventually died from the effects of it at the age of 35. His girlfriend at the time was sonia fox who played sheila harvey.
  15. nijinski

    Crossroads programme

    Susan Hanson/Miss Diane did marry carl wayne. She married him as you say in 1974 until his death in 2004. They had one son called jack.
  16. nijinski

    Crossroads programme

    Hi betty' I think you mean david hunter. Do you remember when his wife wife shot him. We were glued to the set.
  17. nijinski

    Crossroads programme

    Hi steve, I can't place mr love.joy at the moment but I remember the name. Of course meditation was for the hippies back then. The episode that stands out in my mind is the one when amy turtle was accused of stealing and was sacked.
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    Michael Balcon

    Did you know daniel day lewis's grandfather was sir michael balcon. Michael Balcon was born in birmingham in 1896l he went to school in george dixons grammer school. He went on to be personal assistant to the managing director of dunlops in aston cross. He and his friend victor saville. Went to...
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    Crossroads programme

    I thought this might be worth a mention. Did you know it's the 10th anniversary of the very last episode of crossroads this year and next year is the 50th anniversary of the first episode. The crossroad appreciation society are setting up events to. Remember it by. We never missed an episode in...
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    Pubs Of The Past

    I used to drink at the speedwell in yardley with my workmates every Friday night and we'd go on to bloomers disco. Every xmas we'd go to the swan hotel in yardley for the works do. Does anyone have any photo's of the three mentioned places? None of them exist now.
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