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Thanks Bernard i thought i had birthday cards delivered on christmas day, but i can't trust my memory now.

Hi all has my memory gone completely wonky? i seem to remember in the late 40's and early 50's there being a Christmas day post. I was very young so i'm probably dreaming.

Hi i used to get a annual with Roy of the Rovers in it but i can't remember the actual annual it was in.My sister had the rupert annual every year and i loved to read it.

Hi nijinski i think im right in saying they only used these safety straps when the bus was full to stop people getting on, the stap didn't stop me from jumping off anyway.

Hi i didn't know you bought them with the patches on, i thought you had them put on to stop the elbows from wearing. how thick am i?

Hi Vivienne yes thoughs are the ones they seem very old fashioned now, but in the early 50's they were the best.

Hi does anyone remember the pear shaped tree lights, these were the first lights we had. Funny talking about christmas trees and lights in March but there you go, i cant control my memories.

Yes also crepe paper trimmings that we twisted and hung from the corners of the room to the light fitting then through tinsel over them. also chain trimmings i seem to remember making them at school but i can't remember what material we used.

Thanks all what memories hey? Stan i can't see the tree for the trimmings but it looks close to what im after, but Vivienne that is the one I will use that photo. Yes paul we also had candles on our tree, my birthday is on Christmas day and when i was five Christmas 1949 my father lifted me up...

Hi everyone, i hope some one can help me with this. I am putting together a story of my early life when i lived in Arthur terrace Hay Mills for my Grandchildren as a comparison to what life was like then compared to life today.I am suplementing it with pictures of the things we used and played...

I don't think we stuck our roof on we just placed it. Am i right in thinking that you could use the same roof for different models by simply re bending it?

Hi talking of building sets, i had one when i was a kid. It had bricks like real bricks, and you build them using a type of cement. my dad and me played with this for years and built quite a few houses etc. When we had completed one and wanted to reuse the bricks all we had to do was stand the...

Also silver paper off chocolate biscuits.

Hi all,talking about illnesses in the 50s, i caught glandular fever in 1953 when i was eight. The doctor called an ambulance and i was rushed off to hospital (little bromwich as it was called then) with the bell ringing i was scared to death i thought i was going to die. I was kept in an...

Thanks for that glad to see my memory is ok.

Thanks everyone for the info, I have been talking to my grand children about when i was a kid and because trams and trolly buses came up i want to get the information right. I have just looked at a photo of rednal terminus (that brought back some memories) but my memory tells me that a tram...

Hi All i'm after a bit of info concerning the Trolley buses and the B'ham trams. First what was the arm that went to the electric cable called? Am i right the trams only had one of these arms but the trolley bus had two? I always thought that they both used the same cables but i must be confused...

Thanks paul & Astonia we have a Timpsons in Tamworth so i will try there if not i'll try on line.

Havn't seen them for years who sells them?

Blimey thats a blast from the past, i never wore a pair of shoes when i was a kid without these studs on.