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Hi Pip do you have a cousin or Uncle named Roger M guise who went to Waverley Grammar school between 1955-60 & could now live in Leicestershire, he was also lead singer in a 60s band called Catch 22. I have been trying to trace him for a long time, hope you can help.

There were 2 cries for clangers one was Clangers which was on the main line & baby clangers which meant a local or freight was coming on the platform, I also think this referred to Northbound lines. What I can't remember is what the other one was for the southbound? stoppers. I wait for...

Hi do you remember the Summers brothers who I think played for BSA in that era?

Olives cafe used to be a hairdressers run by Gladys Page who had 2 sons one was called Robin who would be about 69ish now.

I don't think you were in the CTO but the Methods dept. What years were you there? Dynaflow was the high tech forging depot with Raycarl M/cs. After leaving GKN I went to the company which sold Malmedie M/cs. Do you not remember Ray Beaman & Billy Jordan? Who were the other apprentices in your...

Malcolm Laws dad was foreman of Heath Street Mill & then he worked in the same shop as his Dad. Malcolm Pullen I last saw about 12 years ago working as a fitter at Lucas Holfords in Perry Barr. I worked for GKN S & F firstly in the Central Technical office & then in Dynaflow, I was there from...

Do you remember what the arms were for on the lampposts, it was for the lamplighter & maintenance man to rest his ladder on.

Yes that would be him, let me know your full name & i will ask him if he remembers you.

It was Wendys brother Ken that I was referring to.

Did Wendy Guy have a brother Ken?

Judging by the unburnt timber outside I would probably guess at Wartime & bombing.

Hi Mike only trouble is when I looked at their site there were no copies available, well not that I could find. I can't open the document in your post sorry. cheers. Dave

I have heard about this article in Steam World but have been unable to find the date of publication to try to get a copy, if anyone out there has this article could they put it on the site or let me have a copy please. Cheers.

I never had any problems at New Street or Snow Hill in fact I don't recall any problems at Tamworth or Rugby either as one of the previous messages said. I still hope that someone has a log of a day at Tamworth from the 50s so that I can see what I would have seen over the day there but so far...

Re: Alex Hooprers DanceHall. Stratford Road Sparkhill I don't know about her friend but she had a sister called Janice & she did go to Formans Road School.

Re: Alex Hooprers DanceHall. Stratford Road Sparkhill My name is Dave Rock & I went out with a girl from Tyseley called Ann Moore, do you remember her? Cheers

Re: Alex Hooprers DanceHall. Stratford Road Sparkhill Danny King now lives in Aldridge, Walsall. I used to love going to Hoopers & stopped going in about 1964 & graduated to the city centre club scene. Where did you live then Frog & what is your name please?

There was a triangle which meant that MIdland freights could access the Western & a lot of the freights were hauled by LMS Stanier 2-8-0 locos. As far as I know western locos never made the trip on to LMS metals, I can remember seeing one of the Standard 2-10-0s on a freight crossing over the...

The Bordesley incline was on the Midland region & Bordesley station was a Western region so it was mainly Midland freight on the line which went past KEGS Camp hill school, I was in the first intake of Waverley GS when they took over after the opening on KEGS new school at Kings Heath. We used...

One of the houses either 136 or 138 sold cakes & the one time champion motorbike sidecar rider Chris Vincents wife worked there. It has happy memories for me as I was at Waverley from 1955-60.