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My mates and I, with hanging on sister and brother of course, used to play in the field behind there over the river Cole in the early to mid fifties. We always thought it was part of the Aldiss company then because there were lots of pieces of broken glass and signalling 'thing parts' amongst...

Funny to think I am alive because of Hamstead Colliery, my dad was a miner in Hamilton and came to Brum in the thirties to work at Hamstead. He stayed with his cousin in Aston Lane when he came here, as many of those immigrant lads did and when he asked cousin Jimmy Anderson if there was...

Hiya Lyn, yes I know Blucher St was still in occupation up the hill, I even wandered down it during my stupid sessions of playing the wag but I was not so sure about the gas lamps, is all. Its obviously on a flatter piece than 2/57 too and on consideration the kids seem to be wearing long...

I wonder where that alley was Vivienne and when it was taken, not sure I'd believe 1963, we were all out of our bit before the Coronation. So close to the event in fact that Val and I (my little sis) didn't get a coronation mug or any other souvenir, nobody knew we were coming to the estate but...

This set of pictures my mom took a huge long time ago show our home in the distance because Jimmy and I were building houses out of spare bricks which mom thought more important, Jimmy McFadden was my cousin. You can see how much of the housing stock was left, our house on the right and Mrs...

I can't begin to say how thrilled I am at these photos. I lived at 2/57 until we were moved for the flatted factory to begin building The second picture shows a lamp post outside the entry to our 'court' and on the map I can help add some numbers The red marked building is indeed number 57...

Did we all go to Sparkhill Library? I was in there almost every day

Shhh please Lloyd, green and cream or red and cream did not quite fit my dream of a Brummy horse bus, a mate of mine is going to undertake to make a motor bus from a bit later, that will be proper coloured. Can we keep it our secret please. I know that picture of course, I used it to design...

Thank you Lloyd I thought I remembered that from reading the Forum a while back and since the blue theme worked for the time frame even if not under the exact signwriting I used it I am pleased the horse buses could have been blue and cream. Of course I can remember the green dust cars with the...

I wanted the bus to look Brummy so I adapted the Corporation scheme for it, not being sure when blue and cream actually began.

This is one of the beautiful photos I used when I researched my scratch built horse drawn bus model, I did wonder where it was taken. Seeing these new to me pictures I wish I was making another, almost [/url]

And everything past it too huh?

Some lucky mornings mom would let us pop into the sweet shop on our way to St Peter's. Heavenly

My God it's a surprise how much this has taken me aback. I lived in Blucher Street and mom and I always walked along the canal walkway from Commercial St every day to Broad St and St Peters which was the first school I ever went to. I remember mom worrying about leaving me but I just dived...

Hi I wonder if anyone can help me with answering a question a mate posed to me. He is trying to identify the service number of the airport buses, as he wants to model the old Leyland PS2 Tiger bus that worked on the service. We both hang around in a model making forum and because I am making...

I remember my mom taking me inside and forever after would pop in to see the Exhibitions when I noticed the signs outside. It is a pity Tinpot didn't get to go inside, I used to love it. Esecially when I discovered my old Art Master exhibited there and became President for a time. When we...