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Sons of Rest started in Birmingham in 1927, to promote leisure and social activities for men over 60. Len.

There was a Sons of Rest meeting room on Oaklands Recreation Park near the Coventry Rd entrance Yardley/Hay Mills. Len.

My Mom & Dad along with my Sisters and Brothers were waiting for VJ Day which came shortly after VE Day to welcome home our Brother Albert (Bert) who was in the 14th Army in the Far East and we had not seen since he sailed to India in 1943. Len.

No, Jean i have never owned or driven a M/Cycle or Moped. Len.:P:):cool::D:D

The Navigation Inn looking as though it is above Buffet Island but the building below is Lidl`s supermarket, at Acocks Green.:rolleyes::):D Len.

BSA Dandy Moped. Len.:):):)

Hi Astonian, The Bulls Head, Stetchford, later name changed to The Manor House is now demolished, The Iron Horse has been refurbished and is still going strong. Len.

The conical buildings were for the rich drinkers to park their horse & trap. Len.

Re: Kunzell Cakes Does any ex-Kunzle employee remember Mary Ryan Mason who worked there in the 1950`s?. Len.

Had an accident in my car in my car late 50`s it was taken to a garage in King Edwards Rd for repair, the garage was owned by a man named Sefton? or Sephton? who did car racing? what type i cannot remember, does any one know of this garage?. Len.

This is the Lea Tavern as i remember it from the 1950`s until its demolition, a relative of that time on certain dates would drink a large number of Starbright bottled beer which was bought from the outdoor, the Lea Tavern had a bad reputation. Len

The Lickey Hills, is it Billbery Hill?. Len.

Lickey Hills, Rubery Terminus. Len.

A.C. Sphinx Sparking Plug Co., Ltd., Bradford Street, Birmingham. Victoria 2742, added phone number. Len.

BSA The Birmingham Small Arms Co was founded in 1861 by the principal gunsmiths of Birmingham, who, in order to compete with the Government plant at Enfield, established a small-arms factory of their own. For the first nineteen years of its existence, from 1861 to 1880, the B.S.A., as it...

BSA Tools were based in Montgomery Street in the years your Dad worked there, in WW2 heavy bombing destroyed the Armoury Rd factory and because of the bombing in the Small Heath area they were moved to a "Shadow Factory" in Kitts Green. Len.

Did Wild`s make heat treatment furnaces?. Len.

Coventry Rd railway bridge with Arthur Street bus garage in the background, The Swan Hotel traffic roundabout, the Swan is top left, a trolly bus is leaving the time clock stop and traveling to the City. Len.

Re: Kunzell Cakes Dani, A Mrs. Hands lives opposite my house, her Husband passed away and she married again she had Daughters but i thought she had a Son i could be wrong of cause. Len.

Bocker & Bettridge, Station Street was my place to learn to dance, they had a bar, never got a medal. Len.