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Big freeze I can just about remember this. I was off school with the Chicken Pox and I gazed longingly out of the window into the garden watching my cat gamboling and tossing and turning in the very deep snow. He was almost embedded. I so wanted to join him. Anne

Liquorice Wood Spanish Wood? I know I used to chew this a lot. Was this when sweet rationing was in? I remember my Mum saying because I'd been good she said I could get some sweets. She gave me tuppence and I was able to buy three butter sweets unwrapped, which were placed in a little...

Snow Storm 60's I remember the one in the early sixties 1963ish? I was a Staff Nurse, and I had to travel from home (West Brom) to the General Hospital each day to work, and it was impossible. They had to place me in the Nurses "Sick" room in the Nurses Home for a few days to be sure I was on...

Father takes the upper hand??? Don't believe it! My mother used to say that to me, but I knew it's true value, (nil) 'cause my father was twisted around my little finger! Anne

Swirling Smog It sounds all very familiar to me. Often when walking home from places in the smog, I literally had to slide my hand along the wall to keep me walking in a straight line. What would health and safety say to all the goings on in a smog if it was around in the present day?!!

Old Postcards - Lovely Just had a look at the great postcards. It's lovely to see past times. West Bromwich Hospital I don't recognise. The architecture doesn't relate to Hallam Hospital, or the District Hospital. I'm wondering if it could have been what was to become the Fever Hospital?

Maurice re. Nursing Home Maurice, could you have possibly been born in Sandwell Nursing Home? We may have had our cots next door to each other.

Biscuits Jennyann and Co. Well of course, where I live now was renouned for Beer, Biscuits and Bulbs. I will never be a traitor to Cadbury's, my most fondest memories, but the going of Huntley and Palmers here, plus the Brewery, plus the Bulbs has lost the town it's character. So the...

Forge Lane and Churchfields Oisin, Thank you, I will. When I walked it it was a rough old road surface. Not like that now?? Also Apollo, Churchfilds Comp. was near my family home. I went to All saints Infant and Junior School. I was born to the sound of the Churchbells. I remember when...

Trains and Woodcock Street! Hi Jude, iI's lovely to hear all these common interests. Are you still train crazy. have you been on the Orient Express? Re. Woodcock Street, I trained there during 1951 - 1958, I was out for a couple of years due to a Sports Injury, then back again 1960 - 1962...

Change Spot the deliberate mistake!

Cadbury's Galore Anymore? Chocoholics. Does anyone collect the Cadbury Tins. Some packages never cange do they? I'll start off with the ROSES.

Multi Cadbury Estates Well what a bonus! Are there any other Cadbury's anywhere in the world I wonder. Thanks for that info. I'll track it down on the net and read with interest. Thanks Kate. Do you miss Brum? My hubby and I are visiting my big sister and husband and family in Adelaide at...

Sayings One must draw back in order to leap better Never tell your enemy your foot aches One of these days is none of these days One pair of heels is often worth two pairs of hands

Trains and Lewis's Chris, what a lot of info. just right for my son-in-law. I hope you don't mind, but I copied it and emailed it on to my son-in-law. He's mad about trains and in his spare time he's learning to drive trains! (He's an airtraffic controller at Heathrow!!!!) They've just...

Pictures Historymaker and Cromwell Thanks for the additional picture - marvellous, so clear, concise and sharp. What a talent. Also the original photo. Good to make the comparisons. Was Ellery brewers a local one at the time and where were they situated. Anne

Boundary Absolutely right Apollo, and thanks for yours too Oisin - also about the Brummie Territory!. The Boundary was a pain when I did the journey so often into the "other world" !!!!! I suppose that says it all. If the weather was nice and I had the time I used to get off the bus at the...

Pictures Yes, I remember the baths with great affection, and its where I had swimming lessons under a fearful Mrs Jakeman The school pictures I raked out of my swimming and diving album - I was about 13! The coloured ones I took as a set a couple of years ago on a trip down memory lane...

Boldmere Lodge Lovely picture. Such detail

Personalities of the Baths I'm talking about the late 40's and the 50's Do you remember the Beaulah Gundling Water Ballet Gala? She was from the USA and introduced Water Ballet (today known as Synchronised Swimming and is an Olympic Sport). I was very small , and it was a memorable occasion...