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I absolutely love creamy blue Stilton, sitting there on the evening with cherry tomatoes, Jacob's crackers, some grapes and a wedge of Stilton. I also love black pudding, which I've eaten for as long as I can remember, I could only imagine what my boy would say if I offered him black pudding or...

I can only drink coffee black now, very strong with no sugar, the thought of coffee with no milk when I was younger would have been a definite no no

These photos are just amazing, I love the dedication of members on this site it's a credit to you all

Only just seen this, rest in peace Alan, only knew you from reading the forums. As a newish member, the story of the pools coupon at Tucker's sticks in my mind, very funny but with a tinge of what could have been. At rest in the bullring in the sky

No that's definitely not Jack Grealish the lad on the picture is still on his feet

Look at the state of that road repair on the junction

To true Lyn I'm like you, we need our city looking nice and the canal work has been superb, but a lot of the work to streets and buildings is so final, your left with an area no where near resembling what it used to look like and all you have are pictures and memories it's very sad

You can go on the dvla website now and type in any car number plate, it will tell you the complete history of the car, if its still on the road or not, when it was made and it's complete Mot history with everything it's ever failed on, quite amazing really

Some fabulous photos there thanks for sharing

This was and will always be my most favorite Birmingham store ever, One of my first stops would always be the HiFi department and then I could quite easily spend a few hours in there just browsing around. Christmas time was magical, I would give anything to have those times back again

What great picture, love the sports Argus van aswel l really miss paper that on a Saturday evening, hanging outside the news agent waiting for the delivery driver to drop them off

Hi Lyn My Dad started his business in Albion street and has worked in the jewelry quarter for 70 years (he's 86 now) There doing some lovely renovations to the old buildings in Hockley now, long overdue in my opinion the place has some great history and stories to tell Ade

My workshop was at the top of keyhill drive for 10 years and the cemetery was my view out of the window for all those years. It's a beautiful peaceful place, very quiet and calm in the madness of the city, thanks for the photos it brings back great memories

Thanks Lyn My dad was an excellent photographer and was a member of the Aston and erdington club for many years He has a very comprehensive set of photos of the demolition of the lucas factory which he's donated some photos to books over the years. But yes I will endeavor to have a sort...

Hi everyone Firstly apologies if this thread has been done before, I'm a new member and still working my way around this forum thingy :) I was wondering if anyone has any memories of the shopping center which was there before the one stop, I was only young but remember there was a finefare...

Yes indeed boogies was definitely my favorite especially with the three floors and different music on every level, snobs was good to with the two rooms, first place I ever saw a cocktail bar

YouTube is really good now for showing complete series from years gone, at the moment I'm watching all the prisoner episodes (Patrick McGoohan) the TV now is pretty poor I'm not surprised that people are still turning to the old classics especially the old British comedy shows

I used to go to boogies nightclub every week and every other Wednesday I'm still trying to work out how I used to afford it