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Aye Stan, you certainly can.........I was there 1968-75 & loved every minute. Were you a Saltley Sausage too??lol

Oooh this is bringing back memories. I think my first drink was a Pink Lady & it would've been at the Broadway pub on Belchers Lane (we were down the road at Saltley Grammar in 6th form). Then it was one vodka & lime on a Sunday night at the Rio (Yardley)!!! What wild days huh?lol

Ann, what a wonderful photo......dont they all look so grand in all their finery. Beautiful picture. I'm so enjoying seeing all these photos of all the weddings.:)

What a fabulous photo John.:)

Last one for tonight.....my beautiful parents wedding day way back in September 1949 which means they celebrate their 60th Anniversary this year bless em. They are Thomas Charles Dolphin & Evelyn Chamberlain & the wedding was at the Congregational Church, Small Heath.

This is my Grandparents wedding, Alfred Frank Dolphin & Florence Maud Booton, taken outside Nan's home in Tidbury Green......think it would be 1922.

What beautiful wedding photos. :) This one is of my Nan's brother's wedding in 1913, Tom Booton & Clara Ellen Lovell in Stareton. My Nan is the young girl seated at the front (on the left) with a shepherds crook in her hand.

I too would love to know more about Garrison Lane as my Grandad (John Chamberlain) used to live there way back in 1901 when he was 17.

How fabby eh. We live on the back of a primary school & yesterday there were quite a few 'aliens' (odd looking snowmen!) being built.....but now there's no snow left:cry: Love those arms......how brill.lol

What fabulous photos.

Sorry Bernie.......lol

Jean, that's a fascinating link, thanks for sharing. I've just spent ages bimbling through all the different words & phrases. Bostin!:)

Hang about a bit & I'll ask my Ma & Pa........will give em a quick ring!:) Ok, it was called Swanells. The man was possibly Mr Swanell himself (got this from a friend who worked nearby to the shop), altho Mom & Dad seem to think that a Mr Smith (Reg, Ray??) married one of the Swanell girls &...

I remember the park & its pools so well. I went when I was little with an elderly lady known as 'Auntie Mary' who lived down the end of Golden Hillock. Does anyone remember a stabbing in the park around the late 1960s (possible about 1965-ish) that unfortunately us kids were witness too (it was...

I read this in the weekend papers, how sad is that eh??

What fabulous photos, thanks for sharing.

Another fan of Picasa 3 here too. I do have Photoshop Elements 6 & love that as well but most of the time I use Picasa as it's so easy & quick to use.:)

Those are great photos.

Best scoffed with butter & a generous spreading of Bovril.....oh delish.

oooh Williams, you have marvellous taste. I think he's gorgeous too......& definitely improving with age.