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OOOps thanks devonjim, I got that wrong then:rolleyes: yes it was the Kingston at the Blues Ground, but now I cant visualise where the Tivoli was near the Swan. Thank goodness I am certain where the Sheldon was, we had many saturday matinees there as kids. Wendy

Hi, Oh yes the kids Saturday matinee at the Sheldon, loved it! The Adelphi was in Hay Mills it was nicknamed "The fleapit" for some reason. It was later a bathroom supply place sometime in the 70's as we bought some kitchen cabinets and bench tops there. I think the Tivoli was near The Blues...

Oh I didnt know that, my son had so many ear infections he had what they called glue ear so couldn't hear clearly so repeated what he heard, fixed with grommets when he was 5. :)

When my son was young he said Chimley for chimney and stummy was stomach/tummy Wendy

Oh that is a shame. not that I dont like and indian curry but a shame such a nice pub has now gone ...but that is change I guess. Thank you for the update Gary. Wendy

Oops sorry Robert didnt realise this post was so old, does anyone know what happened to the bell inn was it boarded up for renovations? Wendy

Hi Old Boy, they are lovely memories of times gone by when kids could roam around and we often did. Our family often walked to Chelmsley woods and picked bluebells and had picnics there. Wow you walked a lot farther than we did , we lived in Sheldon and went through the King George the 5th...

Thank you mw0njm wondered where it was taken from. Wendy

Hi Vivienne thank you for posting the great photos, I didnt realise when I started as a telephonist inTelephone House in Newhall street in 1967 that the tower had not long been completed. Wendy

Hi Vivienne, the post office tower was close to the Telephone Exchange Newhall st where I worked at the telephone exchange in the late 60's early 70's. I think its in Lionel st, there is information about when the tower was originally built on wikipedia and the updating of it over the years. I...

Ohhh of course, I thought it looked low haha.

Hi Biggles, I googled "was burgess and Garfield on coventry rd sheldon" and came across this facebook page that is headed "Tilton rd school" I am posting 2 screen shots from this site as its a long (hope this is ok to do??) It shows a list of business's in the Kelly's directory from 1956 that...

Hi Morturn, Yes they did and it was mainly women that manned them as most of the men were fighting as someone stated in an earlier post. I enjoyed reading a fiction book a while ago about the "balloon girls" it was a dangerous job and extremely hard work getting the balloons up and down...

Hi Yes i remember a concrete slab and a large metal ring attached in the park/ grassland behind our house in common lane, sheldon, and dad told me it was a mooring ring for a barrage balloon. It is now called the sheldon country park and the rings may have been removed but now.

Wow, I have never seen a barrage balloon, but seeing that one I didnt realise they were situated that low in the sky. Its funny how you visualise things you hear about but have never seen...Wendy

Thank you for posting that photo, that switchboard is like the GPO ones at the Sheldon telephone exchange where i worked int he 1970's. Wendy

Wow what great memories of Lewis's thank you.

I remember Lewis's well and can also remember the smell of the fresh food area. They always had a great Father Christmas grotto for the kids too.

Hi I worked at that Sheldon Telephone exchange from when the new exchange opened in early 1970's till I left in late 1975. it was a modern cordless exchange and i loved working there. Wendy

Just noticed you mentioned a link with Wales, I am a brummy and mum was welsh (born in the rhonda valley) I often still use the word, maybe I heard mum using it... I love mooching in the charity shops haha