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  1. oldbrit

    Queen Elizabeth II has died

    Watching the funeral in Parker, Colorado USA what a sad day for all.
  2. oldbrit

    Jag or Rover?

    In Colorado USA I had a new 1967? Rover 2000tc for a few years apart from no air con it was a fine machine that I drove all over the USA and went skiing in the Colorado Mountains with snow tyres no problem at all. later I had a Sterling that was nothing but trouble
  3. oldbrit

    Singer Factory Small Heath

    I rode my bike every day there from Yardley I worked in cost accounting on the top floor 1953 on
  4. oldbrit

    Singer Factory Small Heath

  5. oldbrit

    Church Road, Yardley.

    Billy Haden had a barbers shop on top of Church rd before the Swan in the 1940s 1950s
  6. oldbrit

    Prefabs

    That is one that was on Moat Lane it is the next door one to the Howells that their daughter June was my first girlfriend
  7. oldbrit

    FAO: Residents of Chelmsley Wood (past and present).

    I used to go fishing for tiddlers in the stream in Clelmsley Woods in the 1950s Beautiful countryside then
  8. oldbrit

    Prefabs in Queens Road, Yardley

    Prefabs on Moat Lane Yardley for year my first girl friend June Howell lived there
  9. oldbrit

    MY FIRST/SECOND GRANDCHILD

    my youngest Grandson age 13 has really grown up of late.
  10. oldbrit

    First Driving Lesson

    I tried to drive my Dad's Rover in Yardley Brum in 1956 but never could do it. Then in 1957 age 23 I left for the USA and passed my driving test first time in Wallingford Connecticut USA
  11. oldbrit

    Postie Jim

    From John the cyclist Jim
  12. oldbrit

    Where was your first holiday?

    Rhyl Mom and Dad took me in my pram
  13. oldbrit

    Bus routes (70s and 80s)

    The 17 A AND B STOPPED OUTSIDE OUR HOUSE ON MOAT LANE Yardley
  14. oldbrit

    Salford Park Photos Please

    After my time, the track we always raced on was The Butts in Coventry
  15. oldbrit

    Brummies who moved to the USA

    My family who lived in Smethwick moved to the USA in the late 1800s on a cattle ship they settled in Wallingford Connecticut USA and started up a printing co, I found this ink blotter on eBay!! MY Grandfather did not like the USA and returned to Smethwick and lived in a council house all his...
  16. oldbrit

    Brummies who moved to the USA

    Of course, I am NOW an American Citizen and have been for many years, BUT I will never forget my British AND BRUMMIE heritage. I chose when I was 23 to leave and start a new life in the USA I am now 89 I have no regrets. I even have a Grandson that was born in JAPAN when our Son Paul Crump was...
  17. oldbrit

    Fleur-de-Lys pies

    Not only were the pies good but the place was good also a nice drive on a summers night
  18. oldbrit

    Fleur-de-Lys pies

    Steak and kidney!! Yummy
  19. oldbrit

    it's cookie273uk birthday today

    Eric from John
  20. oldbrit

    Its Alberta’s birthday

    Alberta from John the cyclist in Parker,Colorado USA
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