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Hello Zulf, welcome to the club. No, I'm sorry must have been after my time. Stay well Moe

Hello Waverlee, Yes Fred was the man. Wouldn't getaway with it these days. Chope rings a bell but I have no recall of the physical appearance. Belmont rings no bells. Riggall - no recall whatever. I do remember 'Gandy' Gilbert who taught history. I had a minor crush on the French...

Hello Waverlee, Thanks for getting back. Yes, I remember Wilde by name and Wilde by nature too. One lesson was livened by him launching the blackboard cleaner at one of the lads who was larking about. Pretty good shot! What was the name of the Physics master - medium height, medium build...

Thanks for that. She must have enjoyed her job. She was a hard taskmistress but I learned a lot with her. I disappointed her when I took my GCEs in '56 as I was expected to get Lang and Lit, anf failed both. I did get the three I was told not to bother taking though, Physics, Chemistry and...

Hello Devon Jim, I was at Waverley 51-56 but I don't recall "Butch" Frost but do remember Miss Stansfield - name only, I didn't take German. The English teachers I remember are Mrs. Boot from '51 onwards followed by Miss Bollen when Boot left. I was in the 'S' series of science forms. If...

Hello BHFers, Thanks for your interest and suggestions. In the meantime I spoke to relative who says I got the pub right but the place wrong. The Shoulder was somewhere in Blackheath ( which may fall outside the remit of BHF). The pub around Bradford Street was the Adam and Eve. I'm now...

Just had a trawl through the old pubs thread looking for connections. You all do a great job tracking and passing on info. So thanks to you I found the White Horse Hotel on Congreve Street. It was a Mitchells and Butlers Establishment. I started my first job there (trainee cook) in August 1956...

Just had a trawl through the old pubs thread looking for connections. You all do a great job tracking and passing on info. So thanks to you I found the White Horse Hotel on Congreve Street. It was a Mitchells and Butlers Establishment. I started my first job there (trainee cook) in August 1956...

To everyone that replied to my query about The Radleys development. You might find the following of interest. I took a punt and contacted Brum Council Planning and received the following, I don’t know the area but did a quick search on the location you provided , I did find two of which one...

Hello Rob, , Yes I think that's it. Thanks for that Saty happy if you can

hello Ann, No I don't think so. I presume you are thinking of the 'wigwam R.C. church on the corner of Horseshoes Lane. It was a bit further along towards the brook Thanks for your interest

Thanks Mikejee and Robert. My siblings also say that Haddocks was on Sheaf Lane but I got it wrong about their trade. Kelly's confirms . When I was nipper 1945/6 I think the other three corners of the crossroad had Shakespeare's newsagents (remember queueing for the pink Sports Argus on...

Thanks Robert. I still think Haddocks was on Sheaf Lane. I'm in Brum for a wake tomorrow and my bro and sis will be there. I'll check with them. Now the memories are getting a bit sharper with all this chatting. Do you remember the first bungalow farther up on the left that sold veggies...

T hanks PJMB and Morturn, I'll a look later

Hello Morturn, Thanks for the response. Help me out, I'm a BHF virgin. Your comment suggests to me that there is a picture to refer to, and I can't see one. Should have said I was climbing the scaffolding in 1948/9. While I'm on line does anyone remember the Misses Greenwood's shop in Sheaf...

Does anyone know when the shops on the left hand side of Church Road as you approach the Radleys were built. I remember scrambling over scaffolding when I was about 8 or 9. My bro says that it was probably repair work because they built before then. The old memory ain't what it was. Hope...