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Wow, yes, Moturn - I'd completely forgotten about those single seats at the top of the stairs on the buses! You brought back memories. I remember coming home from work one night from town on the No.9 to Quinton. The bus was packed and I was with my sister. We went upstairs and I got a seat...

Smell of a privet hedge always brings back memories of childhood to me. You don't see that many these days and yet they seemed to be everywhere when I was growing up. Judy

Maybe there aren't too many tea chests around these days Viv - we are all using tea bags rather than loose tea leaves. I do agree with you though as I have also moved many times and the old tea chests were brilliant and very substantial for packing things in. Judy

Makes you wonder doesn't it? Here's an advert from when the Grand Sultan Divan's American Bowling Saloon opened - Judy

Thanks for the picture again Mike. I have this from when you posted it quite a while ago, and was trying to find it to re-post! I can't vouch for the price of the building when it was sold to the YMCA but can only say that the information came from Showells Dictionary! Agreed it does seem a...

Interesting article Mike. The Grand Sultan Divan in Needless Alley was owned by Joseph Bandano. I am told he was Algerian. He was running the Sultan Divan in Birmingham sometime after 1863, but in the 1861 census he is living at the Turkish Divan in Manchester with his nephew, Owen Thur from...

Thanks for the information Viv and Jennyann. I will have a look at those links later (when I've finished painting the lounge!!) Judy

Thanks for the offer David, and yes, Alexander Noel Tuck was my Dad, but the information on FMP is the same as that which I got from the National Archives at Kew. I did actually get 4 pages of information but it was very scant with many abbreviations, when I was hoping to get similar to the to...

What a lovely photo of Holly Road in years gone by. I walked down that road many times in the 1950's on my way to Handsworth Park, and the houses looked just the same, although I think a lot of the greenery had gone unfortunately. Judy

Here's a photo of my Dad, Alexander Tuck. He joined the Royal Flying Corps, and in 1916 (when he was 19) took exams at Winchester College for a commission in the RFCV, and he joined the Officer Cadet Unit in South Farnborough on 16 May 1917. In September of that year after passing his exams...

My best friend in the 1950's was Jean Thomas. Her Mom and Dad had a fish and chip shop on Soho Road, Handsworth. It was called the Blackpool Fish and Chip shop and was on the same side as the Regal Cinema. I think you could get a bag of chips for 6d in those days!! Judy

That's how I remember it too Nick! Judy

I too would be interested in any website covering the RFC. My Dad was in the Royal Flying Corps and would like to know more about his time there. I did go to the National Archives this year to see what I could find out, but only found a couple of small pages of information covering his...

Lyn, back in 1993 on a visit to Birmingham I saw that Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery were involved in the renovation of Soho, so I wrote to them and told them of my connection with the house. I was in correspondence with Rita Maclean and Val Loggie who was the Project Development Assistant at...

Thanks Lyn. It is a lovely photo that I treasure. I should have mentioned in my previous post to Amanda that the Writing Room (which my Dad's car is standing in front of) revealed an interesting surprise when the house was being renovated by the Museums & Art Gallery. There was a fireplace...

Hi Amanda. The corrugated building to the right of the photo was an extension that housed a billiard room and store room when my grandparents/parents were at Soho. There was also a large garage with inspection pit at the rear of this extension. The three windows you can see behind my Dad in...

I just posted this photo on the 1920 Car thread, as I didn't know what year this photo was taken. It is of my Dad in his car at the front of Soho when it was a hotel and my family were there. They moved there in 1925. I have been advised that the car is a Morris Flatnose, so I guess the date...

Thanks Curly. Lovely to have more information on my Dad. The timescale of the car would fit in as well with the time the family moved to Soho in 1925. So the photo could date from 1927-1935 by reading the information you gave the link to. Judy

Lovely photo Dave and one to treasure. I have one of my Dad in his car, probably around the same time or maybe it could be the 1930's (I don't know) , and wondered what make it would be. Anyone know? By the way the picture was taken outside Soho Hall Hotel, now Soho House. Judy

I lived in both Norfolk Road and on Hagley Road West in the late 50s early 60's, and remember both photos No.3 and 4 well as I regularly went backwards and forwards on the bus into town and to work. At one time I worked as a temp secretary in the old TI House (Pic 4) - bit earlier than you...