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Thanks both. That info was very useful. Have had a look through and will phone them tomorrow. Looks as if there is a £30.00 charge, but will be guided by what I learn tomorrow. Thanks again for your help as I didn't know where to start. Best wishes Lynda:confused2::)

I'm sure someone will have the info I am seeking, bless you. Dad was in the Royal Warwickshires before the war and was called up when war was declared. He didn't ever say a lot to me about what he did in the war, although I think he ended up in Africa and I know he trained african soldiers out...

Reading these posts on Pineapple creams, I can remember the taste of them. Wonderful! I haven't had one in about 50years. Mom used to buy me one every week from the Erdington High Street. A special treat. Lynda

I dareesay this will be one of many unfortunately. The news here in Wales is very bad. They say that it is not as bad as the 70/80's but I can never remember a time like this unless I am going senile. Anyway I thought I would upload a song to cheer us all up(now i've been shown how) Hope it...

I met David in the metabolic unit at East Birmingham Hospital where I was a student nurse. He was up a ladder in the sisters office, painting a ceiling. I was seventeen he was nineteen and I thought he was 'ace'. We went out on March 4th 1964. I remember it as it was my moms birthday He took me...

Just thoughtI'd add my little bit to this thread!!!! When I was first married I worked for several years in the main office of Wesleyan and General next to the Gaumont. We had a great time us girls and I've often wondered what happened to them all, and our Boss Mr Baggott. Later on I went to EH...

Have had mine for 2 years now, but haven't used it yet. I think it's the picture of that old women looking back at me. Puts me off. Some friends took a picture of Dave and I at Aberystwyth this week. My first reaction was 'Whose that old woman with my husband?' Dammit! It's me. Lynda :cry:

Hi Frank and Welcome I couldn't agree more about our accent. Although I haven't lived in Brum for over 35 years now, people still recognise my roots as being from there. I don't consider that my accent is strong, but I think there are many ways that people can detect our origins. Dad came from...

Although I was only twelve when the Star closed down, I must have spent many a happy hour there over the years. The saturday matinee was 4d or 6d. 6d meant you sat further towards the back. I was given 9d so I had threpence to spend on a sherbet dab or something, from the sweet shop on the...

How blessed you are Keith to have such memorabilia from those sad times. It shows how close families were in those days. I also read the postcard from your dad to his sister concerning the one who later died. I can imagine how hurt he must have felt being so far away at that time. Young men went...

:Dancedancer10:Thanks Gillian Have added the site to my favourites so that I can look at it later. Best Wishes Lynda

OH yes. Happy days ok. David and I did most of our courting around Blakesley Hall. When we married we had our reception at the Blakesley Pub. Is it still there I wonder? Spent our first night at a Hotel at the bottom of the Road, but cannot remember the name. I do know we walked to the Yew Tree...

Re: Maycock family Dear Barbara. Nice to hear from you. I did know a family of Maycocks, but they lived in Erdington. Her name was Susan, and she was a twin. Probably born about 1946 the same as me as we were in the same class at school. I know she became a secretary at Dunlops and did quite...

When I was a kid, our Dad belonged to the Brookvale social Club in Erdington. Most nights he and mom trundled up for the 'last hour' and at the weekends I went with them and sat in the childrens room watching the telly. A big treat for me as we didn't have one. The Avengers were all the rage and...

I well remember that. We all strundled up the tyburn Road to see what we could salvage as kids. The Firemen told us off as I think they used the canal water to put the fire out. We took no notice anyway, and as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses said. 'It never did me any harm' Lynda

I'm so glad that Hanco posted this thread. All the replies.have given a lot of pleasure and a few reminders of years gone by. My grandmother did her courting in that area about the turn of the last century when it must have been all countryside. Good on you all Lynda

The pea souper I remember the most was in the sixties and I was courting a chap who is now my husband. I was nursing at that time at East Birmingham Hospital, and we were walking up Green Lane from the hospital. We could hardly see a hand in front of us. As we were only teenagers we played hide...

Haven't had cucumber and onion in ages. I used to pinch it from the dish as a kid, and risk a slap off Mom bless her Lynda

What :lol:about 'Stroll on' and 'Guy squints'? Another one was 'Gordon Bennett' whoever he was. Lynda

Les Richard George and Hannah are definately in my tree. They had a son William Frederick who married Elizabeth Parkes in 1840 in Edgbaston and had 11 children including my G Grandfather another Richard George who married a Mary Ann Morgan in 1864 in St Andrews in Bordesley. As far as I know The...