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My mother worked at the Apex, she got off the bus near the Aldridge Road fire station just as a huge fire burst through the factory roof, she dashed into the fire station to tell them, one of the firemen said "Ok missus we'll deal with it."

My brother Allen's first job on leaving school in the late 40s was as an upholsterer with Gaskell & Chambers, he loved t but was only there for a few weeks, he' had pneumonia as a child and the dust from taking apart used pub furniture attacked him, our doctor (Massey) told him if he continued...

Not really to do with this thread but has anyone watched the TV series called The secret agent? It's recently made with some very popular actors and set in Victorian England with horse drawn carriages and Hansom cabs but the last episode has a steam train journey to Southampton, the train passes...

Splasshed about in there many times as a kid, my brother in law Paddy Cox who I never met drowned in the pool.

There seems to be some damage/smudge to the photo, in the middle of the H pathways and that's where the brook was.

I worked at Hawthorn garage there in 1950 when I was fifteen, just out of school, down from Kingstanding and turn right at the Parson and Clerk, it was a workshop with petrol forecourt and an orchard round the back with a few pre-war cars parked among the trees. Used to watch the red squirrels...

I re-read it and meant to delete my post but I couldn't find it again. :confused:

I think that's 1943, it's an old fashioned 3

I had a siren in my shop for the cold war, 60s/70s never tested it though it was in a crate at the back of my workshop.

Pre war I'd say Pedro. not quite sure which end it is I don't remember the bollards and lamppost. I'll have a wander on Google earth and see if I can place it. It's at the bottom end junction with Danesbury Crescent, the lamppost has been updated and the bollards replaced with keep left signs.

Likewise the Doffer, the machine he's working at has Taunton Massachusetts on the end. I did though have a great uncle who was a Birmingham lamplighter.

"many people who couldn't afford to visit the dentist resorted to buying second-hand false teeth The foundation of the NHS in 1948 ended the icky trade in the UK," Visiting the dentist now even on the NHS costs so much maybe that one will return,

There were a few listed on Ebay so I bought one, I'll let you know which when it arrives.

On Ebay...

I suppose "Thick as two posts." wouldn't do. ;)

Way back in August 2000. it's all spent. :)

I never did the Mail place the ball but dad did every time, he could put lots of crosses on it, never won a thing. I did one in Readers Digest, you could only put one cross, it was a rugby match throw in. I tossed a cushion across the room to judge where it should be and hit the spot dead on...

They look exactly the same as our house at 82 Hurlingham Road.

There's a coincidence, I was in Home bargains in Monmouth yesterday and noted the checkout lady had a Brummy accent, she told me she was from the Pheasey Estate..

Have a look here...