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  1. oldbrit

    Elmdon Airport Birmingham International Airport

    We have flown on 747 several times but we did fly last year on 787 from Denver Colorado to Heathrow now that is a great craft. Got First class treatment all the way. one of the many many advantages of marrying a Stew 57 years ago!!
  2. oldbrit

    The Battle of Britain

  3. oldbrit

    11 Plus Exams

    The FIRST thing IS TO GET UP!! After that, all will fall in place HaHa!!!
  4. oldbrit

    H. Miller & Co. Ltd. Aston Brook Street

    My Dad who loved boot sales and going to the rag market in the 1950s. Got this H Miller lamp. oil lamp ( I think parafin?) from the 1800s 1900s?, that he gave to me in Brum many many years ago, I had him send this over to me in the USA and I have had this on my desks for years. On Ebay they get...
  5. oldbrit

    11 Plus Exams

    Bob. I am 87 I still work everyday 3-4 hours non stop very stressful and sometimes painful. RIDING MY BLOODY BIKE!!!! But all serious aside, I admire what you do and it is at least helpful to others, great that you are still doing what you enjoy, as I do. Bob
  6. oldbrit

    Moseley Road Baths

    Spent a of of time there, when I went to Moseley school of art 1940s 1950s. Cold damp place not very friendly then.
  7. oldbrit

    Housing : Living conditions

    My Grandparents in Smethwick had out door ones UGH!!!
  8. oldbrit

    Tastes Of The Past

    To me American bread is to sweet. I loved going to Harding's on Church Rd Yardley and getting a piece of fresh baked bread YUMMY nothing tasted better
  9. oldbrit

    11 Plus Exams

    I passed the ll+ exams OK, in fact I was always good at math and had the choice of a tech school or an art school, but my parents knew that I loved to draw and paint, so I was sent to Moseley School of art. This was I think? one of the many mistakes I made in my life, It affected my job, in the...
  10. oldbrit

    Record shops in Birmingham

    Funny how things come back to you, BUT re record shops.There was a shop downtown I cant remember just where, BUT as a teenager I was always chatting up the "BIRDS" GIRLS!! There was working at this record shop one I fancied, one day I went after having a meal and I got talking to her, she said...
  11. oldbrit

    Thanks - post your thanks here

    Dave, It is also amazing that we both went to Moseley School of Art!!!
  12. oldbrit

    Emirates A380 returning to BHX

    UAL and Continental did fly into Brum but they stopped why? We did fly from Denver Colorado USA to Heathrow on a UAL 787 not bad in business class, that is why I married a stewardess 57 years ago HaHa. Brings back memories of March 1957 Shannon to LaGuardia NY USA, took 14 hours on a 4 prop...
  13. oldbrit

    City And Midland Arcades

    I loved the arcades, places to get in out of the rain!!!
  14. oldbrit

    Artists Who Painted Birmingham Landscapes

    Is that MY bike hanging there?
  15. oldbrit

    VJ DAY

    WHY?????
  16. oldbrit

    1st Aeroplane Flight

    Living in Yardley Brum in the late 1940s 1950s I use to see Yellow Tiger Moths flying from Eldom. In Virginia USA we saw one at an airport museum there great planes true flying on my bucket list of thing to do?
  17. oldbrit

    1st Aeroplane Flight

    March 1957 I with my friend Reg Hudman, we fly from Eldom to Shannon then onto New York USA
  18. oldbrit

    787 Boeing Dreamliner

    We did fly first class, on UAL 787 direct from Denver to Heathrow last year. I must say it was a grand trip. BUT the toilet seat auto was not working!! One advantage of of marrying a stewardess 57 years ago and flying standby HUH!!!
  19. oldbrit

    Seventy-five Years Ago Today....(and eventually Eighty!)

    When my son Paul was stationed in Japan. We paid a visit to Hiroshima, they have a museum with lots of photos of the horror of war and its effects on the people. Of course as Americans, not made very welcome. But then, the Germans and the Japanese committed much the same themselves, as we all...
  20. oldbrit

    Clothes & shoes of yesteryear

    Darning the socks remember that? Sewing on buttons on the flys on mens pants no zippers those days
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