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    Christmas 2025 Greetings

    Same goes to all members have a great Christmas and New Year . Thanks for jogging the old grey matter and as brummy-lad said take care and stay safe.
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    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    They used to do it in Junior and Infant schools i think.
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    Christmas 2025 Greetings

    To Lady Penelope the name brings back happy memories. I was walking my dog a long the towpath in Polesworth a couple of weeks ago when a narrow boat was mooring up and the name on the side of the was Professor Pat Pending. Lovely couple and great memory jogger .
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    Christmas 2025 Greetings

    You too have a great Christmas and New Year.
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    Christmas 2025 Greetings

    Great video brings back great and fond memories and some those shops long gone. Christmas always stirs something in us.
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    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    I remember when the Snowman first on tv Channel 4 introduced by David Bowie then Father Christmas with Mel Smith as Father Christmas both sadly no longer with us. I recorded them both and still have them . Loved Mel Smiths Father Christmas and the song Another Blooming Christmas. Jack frost was...
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    Commercial vans.

    Love that.
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    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    Blimey that bring's back memories the wishbone .
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    Commercial vans.

    Looks like it's moving whilst standing still . Love the design.
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    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    Thanks very happy memories of Christmases gone by.
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    Christmas Traditions – What Were Yours Growing Up?

    When presents were opened and played with would watch TV dad would do the carving of the turkey on Christmas day later on mom would have a Snowball Harvey's Bristol Cream or Sherry and the men would go out looking for an outdoor which was open to buy some Party 7s either Mild or Bitter and...
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    Happy Birthday Astoness (Lyn)

    Many Happy Returns have a great birthday.
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    School Dinners

    Lovely praise for a lovely lady .
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    School Dinners

    Yes but if the egg was like a doily it was somewhere to put your mug of tea. Never had school dinners only took sandwiches a coward really.
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    School Dinners

    So the school dinners were an incentive to eat healthier or a KFC .
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    School Dinners

    All these School Dinners and Puddings has made Men and Women of you all . Dinner Ladies over the decades i salute you.
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    1950's 60s and 70s Erdington

    Sounds lovely go for it and you don't have to travel far for peaceful surroundings.
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    1950's 60s and 70s Erdington

    I used to go to the Police station to either report my car being broken into or stolen. I did a lot of walking back then.
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