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Hi Phil, I remember you from Moor End school days….and am still in contact with your old mate Ken K …. Can put you in touch if interested. The Lad

Hi Phil, I was at Moor End SM same time as you and certainly remember you, I’m also in contact with your old mate Ken K who would love to make contact again…..drop me a message if you are able to. Best Regards The Lad

Message for Phil Thack …. Hopefully you are still out there and active in the Erdington area. I remember you from Moor End SM along with Ken K. I’m still in touch with Ken ….contact me if you are able to Cheers The Lad

I think the man at the front with the pipe is Reg Bryant ….foreman electrician

Hi Richard, thanks for the update, saddened to hear about OldMohawk, he contributed a lot to various sites. The Lad

Hi Old Mohawk aga as Phil Ridgeway ….DO Manager at Birfield Extrusions. 6inch slide rule usually to be found in your jacket top pocket? The Lad

Worked at Birfield Extrusions 1973 - 79 in the maintenance department……recall many of the names mentioned + John Moore , Len Warrilow, John Parsons, Les Sankey, Aubury Brain, Sadie on afternoon switch board , the Sandbrook brothers , Brian was married to Carol in Buying, Jack Sheriff, still...

Happy memories of attending Aston Tech mid 60s, day release ONC , then around 1966 transferring to the newly opened Birmingham Polytechnic at Perry Barr for another couple of years study and HNC …..recall having great fun jumping on and off the paternoster lifts , initially wondering what would...

Hi Punch, Various pics posted check out a few previous posts ( couple of days ago) The Lad

Hi Mikejee, thanks for the update….he did a lot of posts , any idea why he stopped?

Anyone remember Jonnie Prescott the boxer from William Henry Street….bottom end of Rocky Lane, now Tarroni scrap metal yard ? The Lad

Hi Simon, Thanks for the update and reply ….The Royal Exchange sounds right and a great pic, I seem to remember that Boots the Chemist was a few shops down on the LHS ….a corner shop ? Does anyone have memories of Miller Lighting which I think was on the Lichfield Road heading into Town and...

Hi Peg Monkey, enjoyed reading your memories of the Lyndhurst ….you mentioned joining the 3rd Boys Brigade in 1960, I have memories from that period of the Company, with Arthur Woodley as Captain, followed by Alan Skipper. I wonder if you are AJ ? and may have lived in Sycamore Road when you...

Hi , does anyone out there have memories of the Whitehouse family that lived in Park Street pre and post Second World War Mum was Hilda, dad - can’t recall, they had 2 boys William ( Bill ) and David, they were both members of the Boys Brigade Company and recalled with great fondness Mr Robert’s...

Anyone recall the name of the very small pub opposite the Golden Cross pub, I only went in it once, the landlords son was an apprentice with me over at Tubes Ltd Rocky Lane,, this would be in the 1960s , his name was Malcom , but forgot his surname , might have been Douglas ? The Lad

Hi Punch, as promised pics found and posted …let me know if they don’t appear Cheers The Lad

PS You and other readers might also recognise Bob Jinks, pic taken with The Lad outside the Welding Shop, we had entered an apprentice challenge against apprentices from Dunlop, Bob and myself won it ! I seem to recall Bob went on to work in the Forge Toolroom as a turner

Hi Punch, I’m back…..climbed into the loft and dug out the photo previously mentioned and if I can get the technology to work it should be attached ? …..if it fails I will try again. The pics were taken in 1969 during our break on a 10 - 6 shift ( nights ) , the pic with 5 people were : left to...

Happy memories of my time at BW3 working there in the 70s, moved from GKS R5 Harold Dixson and George Phipps Was in the Production Engineering Department …Factory Planning Names at the time included, Maurice Wells, Bernard Williams, Ron Moncrief, Ray Bromwich, John Brett - Yoke Shop, Jerry...

Hi Boys Brigade Brummie ….. I’m a product of the 3rd Sutton Coldfield, North East Division, which was your Company ? …..alas the BB / Birmingham Battalion is nothing like it was “ When I were a lad “ 50s / 60s period….carried on in the Company as an officer , remember Sir Donald, Harold Burnet...