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Re: GEC Works Witton In the 1970's I was apprenticed at Landor Cartons in Landor Street. I seem to remember being told that the large building we occupied was an ex GEC place... maybe during the war. Of course the building is no longer there.

I never learned to swim as a kid. I hated water in my ears! A teacher recommended that I wear earplugs....but I couldn't stand those in my ears either! From Foundry Rd. Juniors we used to go to Monument Rd. I have no memory of ever being pushed in, but I was never confident in the water and...

Thanks ladywood I'll give this a try when I get a chance to get down there!

Hi Kieron, If I'm thinking of the same General Wolfe, it will be fondly remembered by a lot of printers as it was over the road from the School of Printing which was attached to Aston University. I can't remember if the pub I'm thinking of was in Aston Road or Holt St. We used to be in there...

Thanks for the reply Mike, Unfortunately, my dad never spoke much about his prison experience. It was only a few days before he died in 2001 that he said anything about it. It didn't sound as if he had been kept anywhere separate. He mentioned being fed what they called 'grass soup' and 'ersatz...

When I was a child I remember my Mom mentioning that we were related to a certain 'Viscount Alexander' who had been First Lord Of the Admiralty during the war. I always assumed that he was a distant relative, but recent research has shown that A.V Alexander's mother was my Great Grandfather's...

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Brian Rix. Oops... scrub that...he's still alive!

Whilst searching for information on Nonsuch Farm in Bartley Green, I came across this: "14/10/1941 Tiger Moth T8199 of 19 EFTS hit a balloon cable and spun in at Nonsuch Farm, Stonehouse Lane, Woodgate Valley, Birmingham. Pilot Cpl Thompson was injured."

A recording of my 1st cousin twice removed, A.V Alexander announcing the sinking of the Bismarck: YouTube - First Sea Lord A V Alexander On Sinking Of Bismarck

My mum & dad's wedding in 1952. Registry Office with photos up by the Council House!

My mum, Elsie Ada Owen went to Elkington St School in the late 20's When I got a job in 1987 at Studio Press in Lower Tower St. she said what a coincidence it was as she lived there as a child.

Here's another photo of my paternal grandparents Harold Sydney and Bertha Viola Thatcher.

Another memory is of my mum running out of the back yard to go to the shops and bumping into Alfred Burke...he was filming a scene for 'Public Eye' She always said that she quite fancied him and I remember her coming back in all of a fluster! :D

Astonian: I don't know Matt Chambers... I just came across his Flickr page when I was looking for old photos of Brum. Was the cafe you mentioned, up near Bryant Street? As kids we used to go up the entry between the houses in Bryant Street and get over the wall and onto the railway track. Up...

I also went to Foundry Road School.. between 1960 and 1966. The only teachers I remember are: Mr Griffiths (Headmaster) Mr Williams and Mrs Underwood.

Here is a photo on Matt Chambers' Flickr page of Winson Green Road 1974. There are more Brum pics there. https://www.flickr.com/photos/21498924@N04/2550846659/ All the Best John.

£20 to buy today: https://www.tracks.co.uk/acatalog/Various_Artists_Programmes.html about a third of the way down.

Might be worth a look: https://www.mylostaccount.org.uk/index.htm

I believe chitlins were pig's intestines! never tried them.