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I'm 67, but not for too much longer ;), as I was born at the QE on 9th January.

Happy New Year to one and all!

Photographs of the late Queen's 1955 visit: 1) All Saints Church Shard End, 2 King Edward's School & 3) From the Mace archive film (link below): Link: https://www.macearchive.org/films/royal-visit-birmingham-1955

Fred Hanks was a well-known sidecar racer, he raced in 12 Isle of Man TTs. Team Hanks below pictured January 1978 (Fred & Norman rear, Roy & Gerald Daniels centre and Carol & Rose front):

Didn't he use that land to run his bikes? I'm sure I heard them, but I never ventured in, which now seems a very good decision.

My friend used to live here (in Erdington) and like Loyd's sign above @ #149 the lane came into it's own at this time of year:

Those head scarfs were often worn by those engaged in war work in WW2.

Thanks so much for posting that, the detail given of the day are terrific and I love the fact that they lunched at The Yenton between their two rounds.

I wonder how many Henry went round in? I'm thinking, it would be somewhat lower than the best round that I ever manged there, in an awful lot more attempts ;) . Really interesting read that.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all! "Christmas Reflections" drawn by Samuel Read, Aston Hall 1857 from The Illustrated London News.

I have "Trefor" as he pronounced it, to thank for sorting out my handwriting. He also taught my father, so our handwriting was remarkably similar. I remember he used graph paper, to make sure that the proportions of all our letters, were exactly right. I well recall Mr Smith bringing older...

Dick Taylor in the 60's, having taken over as club manager from Joe Mercer (Tony Hateley is on the left):

Tragically, the storm claimed the life of a man in Silver Birch Road in Erdington yesterday afternoon, when a tree fell down and hit his car. I'm sure that our thoughts are with his family and his friends, at this sad time:

A fallen 14-foot tree branch at Cole Valley Road in Hall Green, being attended to by fire crew today and a fallen tree last night at Villa Road/Heathfield Road, but Porthcawl, has been more heavily hit (although some people, seem all too ready to ignore the potential danger :rolleyes: ):

I had at first thought, might the SW refer to Six Ways (Erdington)? The only names linked with Birmingham or Aston (in the case of the 2nd & 3rd named) for the the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers since it was formed (after the amalgamation of The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners...

A great thread. I have seen Paul and Ringo in Brum, but how I wish, I had been able to go to one of those two shows. Pictures below are: 1 - A ticket for the 1964 show, 2 - The Fab 4 in Brum 11/10/64, 3 - Watching themselves on TV, before their 1965 Odeon concert, 4 - Fans queueing at the Odeon...

Two former City Centre pubs, the 21 victims and the 182 that were injured, are I'm sure in all of our thoughts today:

Received this decent "Black Friday" warning from First Direct today, that might be worth sharing: Remember – if it seems too good to be true, it probably is Before you do anything else, Take 5. Stop, think, and don’t get pressured into anything. If you’re unsure about an offer, confirm it’s...