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  1. I Am Nico

    Birmingham in 1960s

    My partrner's late mum kept old book matches, tuns, in the bottom drawer of her cooker, under the oven I think we brought some back. She had very long matches too about 8 inches long! Her place was very late 50s 60s, untouched. Massive transistor radio. Stylish black and chrome. We said...
  2. I Am Nico

    Birmingham in 1960s

    It was cool but depending on the way you smoke, not talking with a fag dangling off your lip. or the way you blew the smoke, some cleaver clogs's could blow hoops., or the way you held it. Teenybops remember that word often held it backwards in their cupped palms in case they needed to disguise...
  3. I Am Nico

    Birmingham in 1960s

    My Black Country/Brummie family used to talk about coloured matches but I never saw any. Have any of you? Their flame was coloured too
  4. I Am Nico

    Birmingham in 1960s

    Also Endeavour, Life On Mars, anything like that.
  5. I Am Nico

    Sweets

    Does anyone have their family ration books? I was given my grandfathers by my birth mother.
  6. I Am Nico

    Birmingham in 1960s

    Thank you I hope it brought back good memories for you. My brain is so full and I survive on nostalgia. I think my present family {mostly all of my original family are gone,} are fed up with me emptying it so thank you for endulging me. The BHF is great for those of us who like to,. Really I was...
  7. I Am Nico

    Birmingham Newspapers 1939-1945

    My mum took the train home as usual that year from her job in Birmingham, the points froze at Stourbridge junction & she jumped off into snow up to her waist and walked to Amblecote collapsing when she got home. Women especially were ill equipped, no trousers or high boots then.
  8. I Am Nico

    Sweets

    It is used in France still, they are special too. Did we have berlingots in the uk. A refined boiled sweet, very fruity? As I tasted one & t brought back a memory. I liked the Weekend, jingle.
  9. I Am Nico

    Sweets

    Too sweet for me too but I liked anything with animals. I remember the chocolate mice, they were not sweet enough.
  10. I Am Nico

    Birmingham Newspapers 1939-1945

    We could do with that now as we have no street lamp outside us due to council budgets
  11. I Am Nico

    Birmingham Newspapers 1939-1945

    It reads like an episode of on the buses. My grandad was a bus driver, mum's dad, & dad's mum used to think if he was driving she didn't have to pay!
  12. I Am Nico

    Our childhood toys

    It went, now he's only got one leg , got one leg , got one leg, now he's only got one leg, four blind faaaathuuuurs. Nowhe's only got one eye etc till there was nothing left
  13. I Am Nico

    Our childhood toys

    I was in love with Maria, Aqua Maria. What was the name of that game it was a cloth you wiggled? To make the horses race. I never had one
  14. I Am Nico

    Birmingham Newspapers 1939-1945

    I love Gracie Fields. Navy League of Canada? My great great Aunt Alice used to do a Gracie Tribute act in and around Birmingham, Alice Sutton, she bleached her hair blonde. I discovered she played Muss Marple but am unable to find any film footage. I would love to see that. I just saw a still.
  15. I Am Nico

    Birmingham Newspapers 1939-1945

    Thanks so much I am sure she wrote the park was a cemetery. I had forgotten about Kunzle Cakes, for some reason we called them Nuzzle Cakes. You know it was wrong but you still said it. Like Air [Heir] 'Unters.And 'ome 'elp. And even more recently, Lindykin.
  16. I Am Nico

    Birmingham Newspapers 1939-1945

    I suppose I am off topic.? but does anyone know where Titty Bottle park was? Featured in Kathleen Dayus's book, Her People. Also a churchyard where the latch key kids played in safety till their parents came home from work.
  17. I Am Nico

    Birmingham Newspapers 1939-1945

    You can almost here the quiet
  18. I Am Nico

    Street furniture

    What is the square box towards the bottom.? The sign is to show Vivienne the way to come & see me.
  19. I Am Nico

    Street furniture

    Your post made me remember the old bus stops, a round sign, brown here, on a pole, with a promenade type barrier.
  20. I Am Nico

    Street furniture

    I had forgotten we could get stamps from wall dispensers . I am thinking about the Cadbury's chocolate ones were navy blue.
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