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  1. chocks2

    Old aeroplane photo's.

    Great pics Baron. Can you tell me what aircraft is in picture #2 It looks like a member of the DeHavilland family but I'm really not sure. Chocks
  2. chocks2

    Old aeroplane photo's.

    Darby. It seems there may be a possability the "J" was used on the Bulwark. I can not find any photographic evidence to confirm the fact or any recordings of it in any books but I have found a paintig showing the "J" on the Flight Deck, unfortunately there is no dete printed on it. "J" was...
  3. chocks2

    Blues win

    I'd realy like to say that I'm extreamly pleased that the blues are doing so well........... I just can't bring myself to actually say it.
  4. chocks2

    Blues win

    Cheers Frothy!!!! Last time I saw anything like that it was waering a KILT!
  5. chocks2

    Blues win

    At least you're not a blue nose Lyn. I like you even more now. LOL PS consider a few smileys after my post. They've disapeared from my message box.
  6. chocks2

    Blues win

    Dear,Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear!!!!! You're all B***dy Blue Noses. Never Mind I forgive you. After all, it was a Villa old boy that did the job for you today. ............Eh Eh Eh
  7. chocks2

    Devon street

  8. chocks2

    high park st...nechells

    How a picture can evoke such memories!
  9. chocks2

    Devon street

    Yes Dek I believe he did.
  10. chocks2

    Devon street

    The stories my Grandad could tell you about Devon Street were he still here. He was the window cleaner down there in the late 40's and early 50's
  11. chocks2

    Dirtey Street

    Sorry Dek but I can't remember! Only joking!! I guess that it would have been by reading between the lines of Lelands writings. It was the main metal working area of Brum at the time.
  12. chocks2

    Dirtey Street

    Col, Maybe Leland was right then but if it was so bad why on earth would he refer to it as a pretty street? Confusing isn't it?
  13. chocks2

    Women at work..but where???

    Hoooooooray !!!!!!!!!!! I got one right.
  14. chocks2

    Dirtey Street

    I agree Mike. thats what I have read this afternoon. I have spent hours today researching the man himself who it seems was not only hard of hearing but he couldn't spell his own name either. In some documents he signed as Leyland and in others as Leland. Unless anyone knows different we can...
  15. chocks2

    Women at work..but where???

    Looks like it could be sections of a spitfire fuselage they are working on so is it the Spitfire farctory, Castle Bromwich
  16. chocks2

    Dirtey Street

    For those of you that would like to know more, I found an interesting piece and explination on bildargue.jimdo.com i know many of you are familiar with this website but for those who are not, just go to the website, click on D then Deritend to find the article.l
  17. chocks2

    Dirtey Street

    Dek. I know very little about Dirtey Street other than, in 1535 the historian, John Leyland wrote "I walked along a pretty street that I now know to be called Dirtey Street (Deritend) and crossed a quaint little brook at the ford by the bidge (River Rae) and proceeded up a mean hill of a quater...
  18. chocks2

    Dirtey Street

    Can anyone tell me when Dirtey Street changed to Deritend and are there any known origins to the name Dirtey Street.
  19. chocks2

    Where is this???

    Summer Lane, The Stags Head extension! No, I think it's Soho House too.
  20. chocks2

    Where is this ? 178

    Is it Navigation Street Mike?
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