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I went to Dorrington road infants and juniors. I remember the bench style desks and big white enamel jugs of cocoa. Miss Kirkham was our Headmistress in the Infants Mr Aspinall in the Juniors.

No photo but the Curry centre on Bristol Street was very popular in 1967, chap on the door had an Indian army ? Uniform on with a massive sword so never got much trouble.

Nice to see I wasn’t the only one subjected to Edge’s corporal punishment. Unfortunately he was very quick to condemn and even quicker with the cane. On my first visit to his study I was accused of smoking something I’ve never done and on the second occasion for throwing stones at some...

Winfields at Tower Hill was where we bought our fishing gear including a pint of maggots when we fished the Canal at Tower Hill late fifties.

I thought it was just me so I’m glad I’m not alone:)

Had to surrender mine when I moved to the north east DD52788 was then issued an AA badge. Bought a copy DD badge of a Facebook group last year including the horse shoe clip for £25. Passed my single decker test in 1966 then PCV test in 1998, slightly more difficult :)

Used to go for a lunchtime kick about when I worked for Stockland Coaches back in the sixties.

I started work at 14 as Birthday fell 2nd September during the School holidays. Retired at 50 then found it was too early as missed workmates comradeship so returned to work, entirely different job, and fully retired at 58. My spare time was taken up looking after my Grandchildren, house...

Bought my 1962 FHC in 1968 needed plenty of looking after which I didn’t have the time for so sold it in 1970.

Good car but usual rot boxes. Brakes were a problem on the MK 1 at least they were on mine.

Used to go to the Swimming Baths during lunch break from Ryland Street.

Ernie worked part time at the petrol pumps for Stockland Garage at Stockland green when I worked there, he was also on the doors at the Queens head Erdington, great bloke and a real Character.

Had a friend called Ernie Marsden who lived in Dovedale until about 1970.

Also asks if you or anyone resident cares for other residents and time spent doing this.

As soon as I retired the weekends and bank holidays became meaningless as every day was more or less the same and that was 24 years ago.

Hotspur and the Adventure were my favourites late fifties, mind you I always had a sneaky read of many others whilst I did my paper round.

We lived in Durham not far from Ushaw moor then the centre of Durham for 10 years and were out every weekend whilst the children were young, Hamsterley Forest was one of our favourites also the beaches around Alnwick etc but as we’ve become older and the children have their own families we just...

Strange isn’t it that wherever we live we never seem to enjoy visiting our local beauty spots. We moved to Torquay as I had such fond holiday memories but rarely after the move did we visit those places, now having moved back to Cornwall we rarely go, or plan to go once the lockdown is lifted...

I remember buying Bedford spares from Prestages NewJohn st West parts dept also collecting new cars from the compound near Robin Hood roundabout back in the sixties. Waiting times for the spares was quite long but nowhere near as bad as Leyland Motors on the Wolverhampton new road where you...