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Many thanks, now I'm trying to find it in my memory. Kind regards to you all. PS The burned trees of Victoria are already shooting green foliage and the birds are returning. The animals that survived are now out looking for food. David .

I'm crying with my memories. Now some Questions to those who know. Was it true that Keepers Pool was hooked up to the arctic because it was always freezing. I remember the slide and the raft and being blue. This is the forties. Also how many of those little wooden bridges were there at...

Along the cut to search for scrap iron, schrapnel from the bombs, memories from a lovely but tough childhood and Aston Villa doing well what more could an old Ausie ask for. Regards to all my fellow Astonians. David Weaver

Remember, coalman say. man who shovels coal into own coalhouse gets warm twice. David Weaver. Australia.

I'm from the Weaver family of coalmen in Gladstone Street Aston. Grew up with the smell of horse muck, sweat and coal tar in my nostrils. Bombed in the war and still have many lovely memories of Aston before the war. Now, sitting in Autralia, I can sit back and smile. Regards, David Weaver.

I was born in Gladstone Street just around the corner from Holt Road. Regards, David Weaver. Australia.

Thanks Baron, remember it well. I also remember folks ice skating on Blackroot about the same time. David Weaver.

Hey ho Silver, I'll check with my oracle back in England and get back to you. May take a bit of time. Regards, David.

My pleasure, Kind regards, David.

Thanks Kandor, made me laugh for it really was hard work. I tried it for a while but decided travelling with a rucksack was much more fun. Regards, David Weaver.

I'll check with my brother to see if he knwe him, if so I'll let you know. Kind regards, david.

Honesty seemed to run in the trade. I remember dad carried a bag of coalup Gkastone Street to give to an old lady who had no money. When told he'd never make a fortune his reply was , 'If ever she gets the money she'll pay for it, and if she doesn't it'll mean she died of cold but not while I'm...

THE COALMAN. David Weaver ‘Australia’ © I was sitting with a few friends in a while back, reminiscing about the old days in England and the people that I knew. When one of them asked me what I remembered about the Coalman. Without hesitating I answered, " The smell of him." All but...

What can I say but shake my head in admiration. It even has 'Drawing my own conclusion' in small letters. Many thanks, David.

Can someone tell me if the reservoir is still at Aston. It was on the left hand side going towards Salford Bridge coming from Aston Railway Bridge directon along the Litchfield Road. I once saw a fisherman in the 30's pull a pike from it and it grabbed his hand. We kids thought it was hilarious...

Lencops, do you remember a poster for showing a pig pulling a cart full of pork sauasages with the caption, 'Drawing its own conclusion'. It was all over Aston, I remember as a kid, and still think it was one of the cleverer one's?

Thanks Young Fella, will do. Do you know anything about the escaped lion from the Onion Fair , next to Aston Church, they captured it in the churchyard and mom said it was looking for bones but I reckon that part was a joke. Regards, David. =mike-g;114397]David, If you put Aston Hall tunnel in...

Wow, that brings back memories. I was a Pea Pod in that pageant and got quite upset at being laughed at. Not sure if I'm gratefull or not at the reminder:D. Kindest regards, David Weaver, Gladstone Street, just around the corner.

When I was a small boy living in Aston in the thirties, we used to play in the grounds of Aston Hall, mostly over to the right where the swings were and later on, when doing a bit of courting, in any place that was quiet. There was a story told of Thomas Holte locking his daughter up in a turret...

Does anyone remember, prior to the war, standing in front of the trumpeter of the Salvation Army sucking a slice of lemon? It caused no end of lousy music, and I wondered if it was widespread or just me being horrible.