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No, The Crown no longer exists it was knocked down in 1981/2 when Tollhouse Way was built, there are shops on only 1 side of Smethwick High Street now. I'm going to the Local History centre in Victoria Park this week, hopefully they can point me in the direction of finding a photo, if now the...

I was searching through some photos on Google hoping to find a picture of The Crown on Smethwick High Street, my dad and granddad's local and came across this photo. I thought it was interesting because it was a mixture of the old and new and wondered where it was, but the only details with the...

Would love to go even though I'm from just across the border, would have to bring Him Indoors as he would be driving. Is the parking ok nearby does anyone know? It would be a little post birthday treat for me ( birthday on the 12th)

Thank you, would be lovely to see one if there is one. Good win yesterday btw!

I was born in 1966 and I think she was there then as my nan used to push me in one of those old fashioned prams down on a Saturday afternoon. I know she was at Charlemont Farm in 1968 so perhaps it closed on the Soho Road and she went there, I'm not sure tbh. Thank you for looking though.

I always thought it was near the junction of Grove Lane on the same side and the shop dropped back a little bit. I think the last time I went down there, it was part of the West Brom Building Society. Yes, every year when it came to Cup matches, mom would mention that she won the prize for best...

Would anyone happen to have a picture of Baines baker's shop on the Soho Road please? My mom worked there just after I was born, I think she became the manageress there, she also went to the shop on Charlemont Farm West Bromwich as relief manageress and won a prize for having the best windows...

They were orange coloured chips, I have no idea how they were cooked, whether it was something to do with the fat used, but they were yummy! And very popular amongst Bearwood teenagers in the late '70's/early '80's. It's strange to think now that we would get up during the school holidays, call...

I spent hours and hours of my life in Lightwoods Park as a teenager, our favourite spots used to be the bandstand looking out for the parkie who was a really miserable so and so, I remember one of my mates was on his bike going down the steep path between the bandstand and the playground...

Thanks Bob, I certainly did enjoy my clubbing days, good times. I'm just amazed looking back how much energy I had then, I was working at the DHSS in Smethwick, my first job and on Fridays I would wait at the steps for my granddad to finish work at the Birmid and walk down, we would then catch...

Some brilliant stories on this thread! I wish I'd been around to go to the Whiskey a go to, but as I went born until '66 that will have to remain a dream!! I was a modette (as we called them,) second time around in 1979 and 1980 and used to go skating at the Silver Blades on a Monday night, no...

I know I'm younger than some of you, but couldn't find a thread on this brilliant band. I've been a fan since "Food for Thought" came out in 1980, and first saw them in concert in 1981, my first ever concert! I remember having some money for Christmas off a relative in 1980 and racing down to...

Sorry to dredge this thread up, but Black Sabbath play their last ever concerts in Birmingham this weekend at the Genting Arena, (the NEC Arena), and there's a nice article on the BBC website about it. Ozzy expects to 'shed a few tears' at Black Sabbath farewell show -...

You're quite right, I'm getting old!! Liked their clothes though!

I used to love their Clockwork teenage fashion range in the late '70's, I had a lovely dark pink and grey bib and braces dress for a party from there, my first pencil skirt (black with a split at the back) in 1979, loved that skirt, I wore it until it fell apart and mom and dad brought me a...

I think coming from Smethwick I learnt a mix of Brummie and Black Country sayings, though a lot of the ones mentioned my nan and granddad used, my granddad was originally from Winson Green though. I was called Fanny Finackerpants and Fanny Anne, told to stop being mardy (a word I still use), if...

Brilliant pictures and video, thank you for uploading them. The pictures inside the station are fascinating, I especially like the one of the tunnel leading to the dock, very atmospheric. I have fond memories of walking past there on my way to work at the old General Hospital back in 1990, it...

My first car 30 years ago was a Mini, I loved that car so much! I brought it for £150 from a friend and used to practice in it before I took my test in December 1986. It was a P reg first time round, which was I think mid '70's and I had it resprayed black with the small steering wheel fitted...

I know this is an old thread and I'm a lot younger than most of you, but I had loads of posters on my walls in the early '80's, like Duran Duran, Human League, Depeche Mode, my favourite band UB40, and the back of my bedroom door was covered in pictures of Bryan Robson, my favourite Baggies...

Update about the Queens Head, it's currently being refurbished to become a vets, I'm currently waiting for it to open to register my dog and cat there as it's not far from where I live. I'm a Smethwick babby as well, my memories of it are from the '70's when I lived in Dibble Road just off the...