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Practical Wireless! I used to borrow them from Ward End Library. I can remember lusting over ex-mod equipment such as the No 19 set. In one edition there was a design for a one transistor wireless which had the components screwed together on a piece of wood (quite literally a breadboard). I...

Does anyone remember gramdeck - it converted your radiogram to a reel to reel tape recorder. The sound quality was really good. The only downside was that you had to manually rewind the tape (no reverse gear) https://www.johansoldradios.se/tape-recorders/gramdeck

Thank you for your posting, David. It must be a quality of our generation that we still refer to our teachers as "Mr.". If it were possible to meet them now I would still call them "Mr."! Mr. Burditt was a true gentleman - but as French was my best subject (although pronounced with a Saltley...

I think the name I've quoted is that of the printers of the label!!!

Mike, thank you for that very comprehensive reply. There's a brass plaque on the front "EMPIRE SAFE CO - BIRMINGHAM" - I got my words mixed up! However on the inside of the door is a large paper label with a picture of a steamer - and in very small print (which I missed) is "M'CAW STEVENSON &...

Wendy there's one thing for sure you wouldn't be taking it away - my safe is 2' x 15" and I can just about lift it off the floor! I think I'm obsessed with dates - somewhere in my house I've an old silver spoon (probably worth 1/6) but I'm so frustrated that I can't read the hallmarks - partly...

Thank you for your help. I'm busy cleaning the brasswork - I really do need to get a life!

Sorry it's the EMPIRE Safe Co - must cut down on the drink

A belated Happy New Year to everyone! I've just come into possession of a small safe manufactured by the Birmingham Safe Company. I can't find any reference to it on the web. Does anyone know anything about them? I have to add that I have nothing of value to keep in the safe - but my aunt...

Thanks Mike, Chestnut cottages is a block of 4 cottages. I think that block and Sycamore cottages are still there but have been modernised. Thanks again Paul

There used to be a barber called Jack. It was more or less opposite S tSaviours School. I used to go there as a child. I remember a preliminary search for nits (Dicks). although he had electric clippers he used hand clippers for kids. The problem was he moved them quicker than they could cut...

Hi All, I hope I'm posting this in the correct section! I used to live in Reginald Road Saltley and I thought my house was built around 1912 - but I've just purchased a map of Saltley which shows my house in 1902. Does anyone know when this road was built? I was born in Chestnut cottage...

When playing cowboys and indians - when we wated a truce we used to shout "Barley". I think this was the nearest a Salltley boy got to an exotic foreign language - I think we meant "Parlez"!!

One of the more recent surveys predictably reports the Brummie accent as the worst in the Country; BUT it also suggests that foreigners place it near the top of preferred accents as it sounds “melodious”. Part of the problem is the linking of comedy characters with the Brummie accent (or their...

The cheapest I paid for a gallon of petrol was 4 shillings and eleven pence half penny, in the mid 60's. I think £20 pounds per week was a "decent" wage back then. Today the suggested average wage is over £400 per week so petrol should be about £5 a gallon? Have I convinced myself that petrol...

Hi Di.Poppitt, I’m afraid my skills as a genealogist are very limited. I think if you query the 1901 census entering the name “Dayus” there are relatively few results – so I suspect that all of those Dayus’s are related – to some extent. Although I am familiar with the name Kathleen Dayus...

Thanks Chris - have a good time at work!

Hi Chris, Theses are my 2 last records: 1871 back of Willis St Aston Edward Hughes 29years Born 1842 Born Warks Clara Hughes 29 1842 Warks William Hughes 5 1866 Warks Emily Hughes 3 1868 Warks Edward Hughes 1...

Hi Chris, What resource are you using? I'm using findmypast.com, which isn't yielding these results. I think I should try yours. I'm working backwards from the 1901 census. Dayus should be easy as it's a very rare name. The Hughes side is OK with the correlation of other family members; but...

Hi Everyone, I'm researching my mother's side of the family. My great grand father George Dayus born in 1855 (an easy name to research) can be traced back to the 1881 census; but beyond that there is nothing! This record shows that he was born in Worcester, so he is not an immigrant. My...