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I remember a friend of mine having a few cross words with Noelle Gorden when she was driving her Rolls Royce in New John St West one day, apparently she believed she should have the right of way whilst overtaking parked cars and he didn't.

Hello Jeannette. Yes she was always very smart, think her husband was disabled as he was in a wheelchair. She spent most of her time teaching music apart from being our form tutor, she also sang at the town hall when we went as a choir. Can't remember her car but the headmaster had a Standard...

Another slow learner class student but I was there with Miss Lloyd in 1960, used to often see her with the Head when we came back from lunch sitting on her desk with a long cigarette holder puffing away, seemed acceptable in those days.

Crowd of us used to go to the baths during our lunch breaks when I worked in Ryland street back in the early sixties. Never had a problem if we got back late as the foreman used to come with us.

Unfortunately our neighbour has a multi fuel burner, leaving our windows open or window vents is a no no as we have a prevailing South westerly wind that blows directly from his flue into our house. Roll on the day when the environmentalists get their wish and get coal and wood burners banned.

Sounds like the Atkinson wrecker we had at Ryland Garage, AEC 7.7 engine, rubbish brakes when towing and 28mph max speed unless you knocked it out of gear. Sorry didn't realise I'd already covered most of this post a short time ago, old age or what.

About the same time I started. Though not Birmingham the Belfry on a Saturday was one of my favourites. Used the Cedar club quite often also the Tower Ballroom.

The only bull we had was the foreman shouting at us to end our breaks, you never argued with him as he was the only men I knew who could lift a full sized anvil above his head.

Used to eat at the Plough when a Bernie inn back in the early seventies, we lived in Cheswick Green and this would be our occasional treat.

Always remember the mechanic driver of our wrecker knocking it out of gear when going down long hills only problem was you couldn't stop it when you reached the bottom especially when you were towing another vehicle. No such thing as airlines operating the broken down vehicle brakes in those...

We had the 7.7 engine in our Atkinson wrecker back in 1960, whenever we sat on the engine cover the Driver/senior mechanic would tell of the time an injector blew out through the cover, we as 15 year olds believed every word and lived in fear the whole journey.

Motor spirit tanks were always underground but diesel tanks were often above.

Midland red had a separate stop next to the BCT stop inbound at Perry avenue but used the BCT outbound stop by the tennis courts.

Always thought compulsory stops were called limited stops.

Foreman at the garage I worked for used to grab your hand then one of the cars plug leads with the engine running, boy did we jump.

Had similar "bread vans" here in Cornwall when I worked for First Devon and Cornwall' as it was. They were certainly flying machines compared to other Mercedes midibuses in the fleet but it was a bit like driving a very noisy shed on wheels.

As they say takes all kinds to make a world. I can remember some lads happily sitting eating my lovingly grown raspberries, when I chased them off they seemed to think that they had every right to help themselves, unfortunately for them I didn't.

Great to hear from a relative of Rodney, no matter what we were great friends and I really mourn his passing. Have a great life.

You don't have start conversation set, I've just clicked on you're name and it's not there.

Pretty sure a conductor or inspector would have had a tie on whilst a mechanic/fitter probably wouldn't as in the photo.