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Cheers Richard. Yea, I seem to remember a lot of side shows there too. Chocks

So hard to comment on such sad news. My heartfelt condolences go to you and your family Lyn Chocks

Who could this be? Taken in secret on a recent Ladies mini meet:D:P:P

YER ALL MAD!!!:D:D:D:D:D Or is Senility creeping in????:P

Lyn. Is that "The Flowerpot Men" ...... or Bill Pitt the Younger & Ben Disraelie:D:Dlol

Morning Frothy. Sadly I can't play youtube on this antiquated computer of mine but thanks anyway. Chocks

I remember "Fireball XL5" very well and the sad part about it was I could even understand what Zunie was saying. And Auntie Jean Morton with Tinga & Tucker..... Classics! I also loved watching "Supercar" around the same time but for some reason very few people seem to remember that series...

I didn't mean this year Lyn, I just meant sometime in the future. May be worth looking at eh? Oh, the hidey hole was empty yesterday!

Likewise Brian. I think the Forum should have another Meet Up at the Bull. "Gr:)eat Pub!" Over to you Lyn

OMG, We look like the Bachellors! We were lucky to have the Bull all to ourselves and Brian arranged for me to look for the ghost in the Cellars of the Lad but the only spirits i saw were in my glass. All round good day!

Brilliant Max. That's just the sort of info I was looking for. It sounds pretty much like the story I read when I started this thread, and confirms my thought that Brum would have been pretty much the same as London was regarding the roads. Thanks Max Chocks.

Yes, It's the Unity. I knew you'd get it . What a nice place it is. I know that all of you who are going to the Christmas Bash will have a good time there. I did, Hic. Hic:D Chocks

Oh yes! Frothy, Templer and I hit the town again today. Our first port of call was..... GUESS?:P

Looks a bit clostra.... claustrof.... claustroph...... CRAMPED in there doesn't it? Were you the only one with a camera Lyn?:)

According to the book "Police Cars" by Malcolm Bobbitt "When Birmingham introduced Panda Cars in 1967 the force had already carried out a successful pilot scheme in the City..................... Birmingham remained loyal to Longbridge, purchasing a fleet of Austin A40...

Perhaps we should have kept the wooden roads JohnO Len, You prove the point. Replace the roads with railway sleepers. Mind you, I think the Napolionic soldier would have sruggled to carry a sleeper in his pack. It was probably heavier than the 12lb field gun.:D

Thank's for the pic's Dave.:) I'm obviously aware of the use of timber in road building throughout history but it's use in towns in the form I mentioned is a new one to me. I just amazed at it's longevity. If you look back the success of the old timber walkways and roads was not so great...

Wow! Thanks for all the info guys. Shame no examples are known to remain in Brum.:smile2: Funny how reading a snippet about the blitz in London can spark a local interest isn't it? Chocks;)

I'm fascinated. I would love to see one of these roads

It seems that in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, roads in London were made of wooden blocks soaked in turpentine then coated with tar. Apparently this was better for the horses. These roads must have lasted for somewhere between 40 and 60 years without replacement for when the Blitz...