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  1. oldbrit

    Music groups in pubs

    You know, thinking about all the bands that formed and played, maybe after the war, people wanted to relax have some fun, and dance away the horrors we went through, most of us just kids then. WE packed them in, every night we played and we certainly drank our fair share of beer! Happy times...
  2. oldbrit

    Ex Pats and Brummies abroad

    Hang on mate stay safe John
  3. oldbrit

    Wynn, masonic jeweller, grandads trade

    MY Grandfather worked at the Carriage Works all his life, lived in Smethwick in the same Council house all his life.
  4. oldbrit

    Church Road School Yardley

    I went there when I was 5 or so I guess around 1938 I remember the bottle of milk and the outdoor toilets I live on Moat Lane Yardley we walked up to school every day.
  5. oldbrit

    Stamp Albums.

    I collected stamps for years and wish I still had them, the shop in Needless Alley my favorite they had a Half Penny black that I could not afford and did a lot of business there.
  6. oldbrit

    Church Road, Yardley.

    I lived on Moat Lane across from the church and rec centre we used to play tennis in the field across the street. Have fond memories of Harding bakery and a slice of fresh bread The Tiv on Sats snoggin with my bird in the back Flash Gordon snd movitone news
  7. oldbrit

    Definition of “Brummie”, “Astonian” etc

    Born in Brum lived in Yardley once a Brummie always a Brummie PROUD OF IT!!!
  8. oldbrit

    Villa Park stadium history

    As a Villa fan from the 1950s, It was pretty rough those days
  9. oldbrit

    Birmingham School of Art/Birmingham School of Art & Design

    I went there for night classes when I worked for William Bloye in the 1950s down the basement. Caught the bus around the corner
  10. oldbrit

    Severn valley railway.

    One year our nephew and niece took us and they had a WW2 theme great fun
  11. oldbrit

    Lodge hill cemetery map

    I worked there for years in the 1950s carving inscriptions in the Crematorium
  12. oldbrit

    Postie

    JIM
  13. oldbrit

    Rootes Birmingham

    I worked at ROOTES factory o the Coventry Road as a cost accountant in the 1950s Rode my bike their everyday rain or shine from Yardley, Humber Hillman parts.
  14. oldbrit

    New Inn Coventry Road Sheldon

    Our band played a lot at the Swan in the 1950s
  15. oldbrit

    Greys Department Store

    I never spent much time at Greys, Lewis was the place to go
  16. oldbrit

    The Outer Circle

    Did that many many times great fun
  17. oldbrit

    Jazz players

    I loved Humph and trad jazz groups. Not sure about Tuba skinny but will check it out?
  18. oldbrit

    Grammar schools and comprehensives in Birmingham in the 50s and 60s.

    As I age the Little grey cells get weaker so many things have happened in our lives wish I could remember them all
  19. oldbrit

    Music groups in pubs

    I am the alto sax player that's the reason I left for America in 1957 to try to get into the big bands, it never happened I was not then a US Citz all union jobs. gave up glad I did I would have been dead years ago
  20. oldbrit

    Music groups in pubs

    Our band played all over Brum in pubs during the early 1950s many around Yardley where we all lived
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