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HAS ANYONE MENTIONED "MARDI"for miserable. What about starting a thread for "Dipping Songs"??EG Eeeny meeny miny mo

INREMEMBER THE oRANGE . iT WAS A SWEET CORDIAL WE USED TO GHET FROM tOWER hILL cLINIC. tHE STUFF IN FOIL TOP BOTTLES WE GOT FROM OUR mIDLAND cOUNTIES mILKMAN. Another thing we got was Cod liver Oil which I hated but my brother loved, and if you were "off colour" and needed a tonic, it was...

My Dads best Friend was Billy De Roach who must have been born in Aston about 1920. He Married Mary and they lived in Chain Walk Lozells untill 60's. Mary was my mom's stepsister and Mary's daughter is still alive.

I recently became involved with the family of Roy Taylor, a birmingham author who has recently died. He has written three bookks about growing up in the area. They are brilliant. Here is one of his poems. Bell Barn I was born in Bell Barn, a road said to be tough, I admit that Bell Barners...

As someone born and bred great barr, lived in Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Lancashire, I thought I had lost my accent. No chance and I don't like it but toolate to get rid. BUT what I hate more is media speak. You know the sort of people who are employed by BBC local stations...

My Dad was chairman of the Great Barr Ex Servicemans club (Back of Perrywood Rd). I think it killed him all the stress and committee meetings and of course the beer that he drank at all these meetings.

My Nan was a retailer so we all had a card for, Bell and Nicholson, Larkins, Lunts, and Wilkinson and Ridell. My best mate started work at W and R as a commercial trainee and ended up at their cash and Carry at Burnt Tree after working for a branch in Derby. Didnt one of the wholesalers have a...

I am a fowkes I often wonder whether it is a misspellin

We had a TV as Dad was a blues supporter though never bragged about it(whats to brag about??) Had all the neighbours (Menfolk ) in Mom made ham rolls. I was 8years old

Before Dad got a car we used Stocklands, Smithes Imperial and Midland Red for our Holidays in Devon and Cornwall. We would be at the coach station at night , Mom Dad, My brother and I laden with sweets and poaket money saved over the year. My brother would eat his sweets before the coach...

Re: Surmane:- Meakin When Newtown Row market closed they opened a shop at Scott Arms....It may still be there.

The Shop on the corner of BSW and Gt Russel St is Mrs Smiths.

If my memory is Ok (and it rarely is) margaret russel might be the woman who I called aaunty. did she live in round about the house number 90 just up from the bookies on the corner of Frankfort ST?

I was neither having no wish to kill myself on a Bike (My brother had a BSA250 cc), but I did tend to go for Mod styles. Had a "PierreCardin" suit from John Temple in the bullring nice fitted jacket like steed in the avengers, Funnily enough my daughter is a mod, she DJ's soul music for the mod...

I had my rant earlier but now ON TOPIC.....I remember at this time if year Turkeys on display hanging up in Butchers shops.The Joy of Dad collecting his Christmas Club Money, and ordering his turkey and Bellydraft. Xmas eve mon did hot pork and stuffing sandwiches foe me and my mates when we got...

Oh dear, how I hate this idea that just because through an accident of birth I am born in a particular place, it must follow that that place is the best place in the world. I hate mindless patriotism. I am Birmingham born and bred, lived in Willenhall, Studley, Alcester, Banbury, Ormskirk...

Saw a prog last night "Young butcher of the year" and a man from Wythall came second. His sausages evidently were spectacular. It is taste, I like lots of meat and texture and my brother in law prefers loads of rusk so that they relly bang. I havent noticed deterioration or alteration by...

Big gee I'm afraid your wrong the motto of the french navy is "To the water it is the Hour"....Translate.!!!!

Hi Jean, the girls were a little bit older than us and we were all boys at the top of the Road. Down by the "Gulley" was David Potter and nect door *****Cooper. Opposite Joan and sue were the trumans (Builders) at the back of the Birtenshaws was Dave Hopkins with two twin sisters. We were all...

thought i'd replied to this. Yes It was Burkinshaw I must have got name wrong. They lived over the road and down a bit. My mom was friendly with Mrs B. Disnt one daughter die young?