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Would that aerial shot really be the old Little Bromwich Hospital just pre WW2? I suppose it would be isolated then, the post war developments are clearly to be seen. Has anyone more info i.e. Ordinance Survey Map of that era in close up?

Just come across this thread which I noticed hasn't been added to since May 2011. I read many accounts of Little Bromwich Hospital. I was a patient there in March 1942 for 6 weeks with a very critical kidney disease. My main treatment for 4 weeks was to be wrapped in blankets surrounded by hot...

Lloyd. YES! exactly as I remember, what a smashing photograph. Thanks

This is a very old bike my cousin and I found at his father's farm in 1952. We assembled it, less a petrol tank, and by towing with a tractor had it going. The rear tyre we filled with straw and used a "Chemico" tin for the fuel. We new it was a Royal Enfield and by measuring the bore and...

Not quite an"old " street picture, perhaps c1970. A lovely view looking up Bournville Lane towards the Bristol Rd . I think it would be difficult to find a better road embellishment than here. I'd say the best in Birmingham. Some of the trees have been replaced in recent times so the...

Those interested may like to know that Ken Sedgley is still alive and kicking, saw him at our apprentice's reunion in April. He started off his working life as an apprentice at Birmetals.

brummie nick........To me that photograph of the gent riding with the aid of a Cyclemaster has not only brought back one memory but the Austin 8 Tourer behind him is similar to one I owned at the time. I know it isn't but it's almost like father and son. Many thanks.

Not quite a motor bike, but I remember my late father buying a Cyclemaster from I believe Halfords situated on the very corner of Navigation St (just where the No 70/72 trams made a swift turn). This was a complete petrol engine built in a bicycle wheel and then inserted into the rear of an...

To add to the eating trauma, does anyone like freshly prepared pig's tongue? I agree , with some out there, that stuffed and roast lamb's hearts are wonderful. There is one "food" I would like to try and that is chicken's feet. I used to purchase sackfulls of these to supply Chinese sailors...

brumgum Your comment about pigs brains made me reflect on a story my son mentioned after having brains on toast at my mothers. He asked my mother what exactly this brains on toast was to which she straight away replied "brains" . He actually thought it a pseudonym for something else...

brumgrum .I find the pressed and cooked meat from pigs head is delicious!! This is widely called brawn and home made always seems superior to the purchased option.. This is often a few pieces of meat floating around in a mass of gelatine and to enhance this mass a small amount of red dye...

rosie..................Can you remember the recipe for the faggots your mother made? I can still "taste" the flavour of those my late mother made, they were wonderful. The bought faggots presented today are nothing like those of mothers! I seem to remember faggots contained heart, kidney...

I do know my late aunt , married, worked at Cadburys during WW2 making gas masks!

It is well known that Cadburys didn't employ married women, was it possible that they would have employed widows?

I attended Gosta Green Technical Collage around 1959/60 when one day it became a university! Whilst there I can just about recall visiting, I think, Gosta green cinema which was converted into a BBC studio to show Percy Thrower and his latest gardening techniques, complete with green house.

A friend of mine, Derek Base, worked in sales at Tuckers, had a car reg, COL 1C. Perhaps worth a pound or two by now!

Desburnett...... Thanks, smashing picture.

Desbunett......Don't quite know what you mean by picture (5) re Ken Sedgely Motor Cycles. but I attended an apprentices reunion at which Ken was present. This was in April 2013.

A Mr. John Baker has an amazing account of the Austin Motor Co, including details of aircraft production, on [email protected] It is truly astounding on the variety of aircraft made by the Austin.

Just been looking at the early posts on this page, especially the escapologist memories. I presume it was this same fellow who stuck hat pins through his cheeks, tongue and loose skin on his chest!! He would then crack a large whip in front of the crowd urging them to make donations.