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Looks like a good time was had by all. Sorry I couldn't be there. Chocks

Wow! what a wide scope, 50's and 60's Fashion. At the turn of the 50's we were all wearing pretty much the same as Mom and Dad then we had the Teds and/or the Beatnicks followed by the Mods and Rockers. Then the Carnaby Street explosion of Flower Power then the Hippies then the...

"Birmingham City Council"......................"P*** Up" and Brewery springs to mind. There are hundreds of empty premises in Brum, surely some one could step in and help? The Museum should put out a plea on local radio, though it strikes me that the museum has done little to promote itself...

I hope they can save the place, but I doubt they will. It was refurbished a couple of years ago, and it is lovely inside there now but no one goes in there. They have opened a cafe at the back of it and that failed to do any business and they have also turned it into a bed and breakfast but...

Re: Coleshill to Birmingham and Brycreem The Pink Stuff

Re: Coleshill to Birmingham and Brycreem Here's an interesting footnote to thje Brycreem picture in post #1. The guy in the ad' was Tony Gibson an art school model chosen to be the face of brycreem by photographer Howard Coster. During the Battle of Britain the photographer decided to touch up...

In 1895 a small chemist shop was opened in the High Street Coleshill trading under the name of the "County Chemical Company" the founder specialised in oils and lubricants mainly for the car and cycle industries along with puncture repair kits but from 1896 he was trying to develope a grease...

This debate regarding the "Oldest House in Brum" has always confused me and I guess it always will. The claim that the oldest house is the Lad in the Lane, which was a house originally has been well supported but was it in Brum when it was built or was it in the parish of Aston which from my...

I thought that the programme was all that you both said and more. I was very moved by it. However, as regards the "E11R" formation we either have short memories or the comentators are to young. This was done in 1977 for the Queens Silver Jubilee by Buccaneer Aircraft of 809 Naval Air Squadron...

Such a poor turn out for those that risked everything for others during the war. Wish I could have been there but I had to work. These people should have been bestowed with the highest of honours years ago in my oppinion.

Re: Castle Bromwich Areodrome Came across these pictures earlier this week in a box of old photo's I was given. Written on the back of the pictures is "Tiger Moth, Castle Brom'ch 1939". It looks rather peaceful there so I guess it was before the war started.

I was given this picture this morning and I thought it was worth sharing. It shows the old terminal with a Westland Dragonfly overhead. Dated 1950

Here's a picture of The Terrace as it was in 1917 when used as a covalecent home for the wounded service men of WW1

NO! Not all of us were around back then.

Well done Lyn and all those who helped you make today such a great day. Thank's

I'll do that Wendy. I have a rough Idea where the grave is and I do know his name so it shouldn't be too difficult to find.

This is a picture I aquired last night from my Mom. It's my Nan and Grandad on their wedding day in 1932 at Aston Parish Church. Sadly my Grandads life was cut short when TB took him in 1935 aged only 25 years. My only reason for sharing this picture with you is because I'm so proud to own it...

Last night my mother gave me some old photographs and this one has us all puzzled. All we know about it is that the lady marching front right is my Great Grandmother. She is carrying the Standard of the Royal British Legion. We don't know the date but it is obviously between the wars. The...

It wasn't until I joined the forces that I realised just how good school dinners were (Or maybe just how bad the forces grub was)

Excellent Painting Cookie. My Mom would love that. Her favorite singer too. I bet you'll have "No Regrets" in painting that one will you