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Loved going to the Futurist with a date after the movie pop into the Grapes a no trills pub i knew how to spoil em LOL

Anyone recall a shop called Southern Railways near Stechford Station

In the 80s they used to hold a antique market every Monday i was on night shift at IBM Hagley rd i used to nip out at 6am i got some good stuff there as i was converting our first house back to circa 1930s

Thank you Don

James st Lozells Jerry Landmine Don

They were a top bike

Lyn My Grandad Frank Preston got injured James St i hope this not a another urban myth i no one surviving in the family to ask

Yes i did not want to mention on here that the poor women was decapitated but this was a kids tale so im thinking now its a Urban Myth

My first house was no 33 Preston Rd the guy next door Dennis was a little boy during the war he lived at no 31 he found a body of a women who had been taking shelter in the entry to his house all the windows at front and rear of my house were wartime ersatz glass so even our road felt the...

So True

My first and second motorbikes sadly i have no photos of later bigger Beasts but am asking family members Honda C70 from Greys Coventry Rd DOC 91 K Honda 125 from Arnolds by Perry Barr Park

Not Brum But a great photo i found researching Do 217s as i have a rear landing gear makers plate of a Do 217 II E circa late 1943 No heath and safety in them days???

My patch was Oakfield Rd when i worked for the Trust i recall all the Toads in the spring

Yes there was a open well in my Nans garden end house Witton rd before Trinity rd just a board over it very dangerous for us kids thinking back they found a few when demolishing Mansfield rd again a playground for us kids the natural wells are called Artesian wells i recall from my Army days...

Yes but they seemed to live for ever even in cloudy fish bowls

Not in my garden as its first year in this house garden looks like the Somme at mo have time late summer post pics of ponds etc then

Birthday wishes from Don

I had given up after 5 years they never got back to me about my Uncle

Got Grandfather s records back in March i requested them back in 2020

Started the Knuckle Chucker Nunchaku craze used to make your own out of bog chains the only person who got hurt was yourself trying to use them OUCH