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In 1964 I worked for a building firm and we did quite a lot of work here. There were quite a few girls there at the time and we were turning one large dormitory into individual rooms. Most of the girls were working and would go off during the day. There was two parts to the Convent and the...

Yes and the NFC became Excel and then got bought out by DHL.

Ha ha this made me smile "a piece of waste ground in Aston" it was called the Serpentine Ground and I loved the Onion Fair. Even though we had no money just the bright lights , watching the rides and the side shows. You could smell the roast on the spit as you walked in through the gates. The...

I thought they might have changed the name at some point. My wife was working there in 1967 when we met. Her father also worked there. In the early 70s they split the Rail from the road and created the National Freight Corporation. My wife and her father transferred to the NFC and moved to the...

I gave up train spotting when I left school aged 15. 44 hours a week on a building site was a bit too much. I also discovered girls which I found to be far more attractive that trains.

Not sure myself Terry. It was taken more than 24 years ago. I think they needed to make them big because of what they were pulling. When I was over there I can remember stopping at a level crossing and this massive Diesel freight train went through, it took about twenty minutes. I have also...

Thankyou lyn. I have put on a few pounds since that was taken.

This thread brought back some happy memories. I was about 14 when I used to go there. The farmer was never happy with us but there was always a crowd of us on a Saturday afternoon. The caravan park as some have called it is a mobile park home site called Stationfields. We never used the...

Not sure how clear this but it was taken at The California State Museum in 1997. My sister lived in California and I went to stay with her for a couple of months. Just look at the size of it. I am 5' 8" and it just dwarfed me. It was a great day out. Ken

The Ashsted Cinema, Ashsted Row. My oldest brother was the projectionist at the Ashsted in early mid 50s and I was allowed up to the projection room to watch him working. It seemed exciting the first couple of times but I soon got bored watching him doing very little. He would load the film...

My wife worked for British Rail and her first day at work was in the offices here. Not sure how long she worked there because she moved to the offices above Snow Hill Station before moving to an office block on Broad Street called Rail House. Her father was a manager with BR and when she said...

Back the 1950s early 60s I had an Aunt who lived a few doors down from the main gate Think it was Thornhill Road. When we went to visit in the 50s my mother would be with my aunt and I was allowed to play in the park

I remember that one well it was in Potters Lane about halfway down between Park Lane and The Bartons Arms. I lived in Potters hill just above Park Lane. I can remember some people saving the newspapers for them. Think back to what they cost back then in the 50s to what they cost now. Eye...

Hi Lyn, it is sad, my younger brother drank in there for many years and was very upset when it closed. Like you I had never been in there. My brother lives off Gravelly Lane and that was the pub he preferred. Ken.

Hi, my brother used to drink in the Keys up until it closed. It had been struggling for customers for sometime before it closed. I was told that the owners wanted to turn it into flats but could not get planning permission. Will never open as a pub again and not sure what else it could be...

Hi Alf and thankyou for the welcome, I do appreciate it. I could not remember the name of the road where the playing fields were but as soon as I read your post it all came back to me and yes it was a fair walk from the school. My memories of Wellhead Lane are cold, damp and miserable...

The photo of the houses were the odd numbers so 24 would have been on the opposite side. The photo I believe was taken in 1963. We left in 1958 because they were supposed to be demolished but that did'nt happen for a few years. The cafe on the corner was a bit of a general store selling...

Hi my name is Ken( just joined the site having looked at it many times in the past) I went to Birchfield School for a short time from 1958. My first school was The Prince Albert, which was in Whitehead Road, the school dentist was just round the corner in Albert Road. To get back to...