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When, I lived in Duncroft Road Sheldon I used to go to the shops for broken biscuits I think it was George Masons. They were in a square metal tin and were lovely. Also you could buy "specks" from the greengrocers, bruised apples, for 1d.

I never meet you Mike but I enjoyed the pleasure of reading your nterestng posts and I thank you for them. Goodbye and R.I.P. my heart goes out to your family

Oh the memories :) There was a wool shop on the Parade where I bought wool to knit my first borns jackets and 40 years later I meet the manageress of the shop who was a Cornish woman married to a Cornishman who was a Brummie Policeman.....I meet them quite often here in Penzance and we chat...

The original tune was "BLAZE AWAY" :)

Wendy, that is where I went and I was made a monitor in the 1950's.............I loved going every Saturday and loved singing the song................. oh happy days :)

Another "song" we sang when playing two ball was................ Oliver Twist can you do this if so do so. touch your knee touch your toe. Over your head and under you go.

It maybe a bit rude this ......................... "I wanna a cack" sorry gang but it is what we use to say as kids down our way.............A Brummie saying or no?

Thank you Colin. I seem to confuse most people at sometime or other............it's me age you know :rolleyes: Again thank you.

yes it is a repeat, it was shown on BBC3 or 4 afew weeks ago............... but it is still good telly

can anyone tell me the name of a bike shop that was in Newtown Row please?

Re: Rose Herbert Thank you again Maurice :) Will see if that is her by a death certificate

Re: Rose Herbert Thanks Maurice but she would have been a Herbert as Martin was her maiden name. She was born about 1902/3 Thank you for your time I am grateful.

Rose MARTIN married Thomas HERBERT in Dec Q 1922 in Birmingham, they later divorced. I don't think she remarried I am looking for her death in the 1970's or 80's can someone look it up for me please? Thank you very much :)

I think this was mentioned before.............. RHEI was the purging medicine used in Sir Josiah Mason Orphanage. It was foul stuff but by golly it worked!! Every morning you were asked if you had "had your bowels open?" even if replied YES you still had a spoonful of the stuff :((...

Alberta You are correct, our colours were navy and light blue. Do you remember the straw boaters with the ribbon round and the beret?

I remember going to Coleshill with both sets of my Grandparents in a car and having picnics in the summer :) A thing back then, that has always stuck with me, was my brother being told never to walk with his hands in his pockets as it was slovenly. Ladies always wore hats and gloves when going...

If you type Sir Josiah Mason Orphanage into the search box you will see pictures of the orphanage

My other half went to school with David Pardoe................Thornton Road School.

Thank you Vivienne that is most interesting. I wonder if there are more members who went there? I'd love to see some photos of the building. I recall a long sweeping drive up to a large house? and it seemed to be very light inside...................but then I was only about 8 or 9years old

I think it was Erdington or Wylde Green as I went from Sir Josiah Mason Orphanage and it would have been in the late 1940's. I vaguelly remeber it was on the right hand side going down from the Chester Road towards the Walmly cinema?