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  1. oldbrit

    National Service

    Guess who?
  2. oldbrit

    Clothes & shoes of yesteryear

    Our Moms KNITTED all our club colour cycling jersey sweaters "Knit one drop one pearl one remember that??? KNITTING!!! Would spend hours at night
  3. oldbrit

    Church Road, Yardley.

    When we first moved to Yardley we lived on a Cul de sac off Church Rd before the shops, that billy Hardens barber shop and a news Agents, across from Hardings backed onto the park that we could walk through to Cov rd by the Old Bill station anyone remember the name of it. long gone now
  4. oldbrit

    Scribbons cake factory Smeithwick

    My aunt Rene Snape, lived on Cheshire Rd Smethwick, she worked at a cake place maybe Scribbons or Windush? in the 1940s1950s
  5. oldbrit

    Coventry Road, Small Heath

    For years I rode my bike to work down the Cov Rd in Small Heath. Loved the park, spent hours walking around the lake with the paddle boats there. Happy times
  6. oldbrit

    H.P Sauce Birmingham

    loved HP wish I could still get it in the USA
  7. oldbrit

    Saint Mary's church Warwick

    Rode my bike manymant times to Warwick castle we would take Cov Rd to Stonebridge then through the ford on the way to Kenilworth then on to Warwick, happy days fun rides.
  8. oldbrit

    Sanitorium Little Bromwich Hospital Yardley Green Road Yardley Road

    Yardley GREEN Sanatorium? I lived in Yardley from 1933 to 1957 never heard of it???
  9. oldbrit

    Relevance of naming child after parent

    I was named ANTHONY John William. but everyone called me "JOHN" My Dad William James Herbert was always called BERT?
  10. oldbrit

    Relevance of naming child after parent

    Most of my relatives have used one of a previous name, in our childrens name. My full name is. Anthony John William Crump this includes my Dads name William. My son Paul Anthony John Crump
  11. oldbrit

    Saint Mary's Warwick painting

    WHY?
  12. oldbrit

    Saint Mary's church Warwick

    Absolute Fab painting, you are a great artist, thanks for sharing this.
  13. oldbrit

    Bread Vehicles

    Great pic, I loved to go to Hardings on Church Road get a warm slice of fresh baked bread, YUMMY I wish they baked that kind of bread in the States. Most bread here is to sweet
  14. oldbrit

    Good music to listen to on U Tube

    We also did visit Pompeii and the eruption ruins, some, very erotic to say the least, for two young Englishmen, the volcano was smoking when we were there. There was a Catholic church there, that had lots of valuables on show, but then down the streets utter poverty, made us wonder why? We had...
  15. oldbrit

    Good music to listen to on U Tube

    Maurice. You will enjoy this true tale I have to tell. In 1956 A friend and I rode our bikes all over Europe, We rode down the Amalfi Coast (even lived to say so) The traffic was not bad then but no guardrails!!, BUT we went to the Isle of Capri, We had been told that Gracie had a villa there...
  16. oldbrit

    Birmingham Town Hall

    Saw many concerts there in the 1950s happy days
  17. oldbrit

    Church Road, Yardley.

    I left in March 1957 so,it was after that I am sure.
  18. oldbrit

    Church Road, Yardley.

    I lived at 126 Moat Lane almost Barrows lane in the 1950s
  19. oldbrit

    A drive around Birmingham in the 1950s

    Great stuff days I remember well thats what I like about BHF
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