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Nice thread Anne As I attended Bournville Junior School in the mid-1950's I went with my class each week through what we knew as the "bird cage" (the paths through Cadbury's factory grounds that had wrought iron railings each side), to learn to swim for free at the little factory swimming pool...

Hi Sheri, and thanks for your response, I can't immediately see a link between your Taylor family and mine, but further digging may well produce one. My father Harry Taylor was born in 1916 to Thomas and Violet Taylor who were living at the time at the back of 180 High Street, N.D. (Northern...

Hello Sheri (if you're still watching), I'm still piecing things together on this (and I haven't checked the maps people have posted yet), but Arthur Rathbone, my grandfather on my mother's side, was born on the 2nd July 1885 at 38 Court, Watery Lane. In 1906 he was playing for the football...

Helpful picture of old Snow Street Station?: https://railwaystations.fpic.co.uk/p34593676.html

Amazing for me to see this photo Ann! Around 1965/6/7 I took more than one girlfriend to this very lounge - usually on first dates, to impress them! Never in my wildest dreams would I ever have thought of seeing this place again. I wouldn't even have remembered it without you posting the photo...

I went to the Ritz a few times. I smile when I think of the pretty strange dance moves we all used to do with such 'cool' in those days. The only big name band I remember seeing there is the Moody Blues - this sticks in my mind because I boasted for years about the fact that they stood next to...

Does anyone remember a cake shop that was operating in the 1950s (probably before and after too) just a couple of doors up from the Kingsway Cinema? I think it was next to the longstanding newsagents (wish I could remember the name of that shop too). More importantly, does anyone remember the...

It isn't really anything to do with me, but I still feel I'd like to say how nice it is to see Forum members looking out for one another. Good on ya. Who says we can't have 'community' on the internet?!

Blimey! I don't know how you do it Jennyann. I couldn't find it! Ta very much :)

A "Fitter" is a generic term for someone skilled in the installation and adjustment of machinery, so I would regard a "Brass Fitter" as someone who machined and constructed/installed brasswares. I would say a Brass "Founder" has the double meaning of someone who owns/runs a Brass Foundry...

Thanks Jennyann I didn't know Christ Church had a website. Wonder if Brandwood End does? Anyway, I'll follow this up and let you know if I get a result.

My mom and dad used to use the E57 Club at Maypole back in the 60's and early 70's

Somerville Road Junior School - I'm not sure if it still exists or not. In the mid 1950s, for a couple of years my parents owned a little 'front room' shop midway along Palace Road, Bordesley Green (opposite a WW2 bombsite where two houses had gone), and I attended SR School while we lived...

Very good question Jennyann, and one I have asked myself many times. I think it is Brandwood End, but I have never known for sure. If not, it would be Yardley Wood Church/graveyard - where my dad and mom married, I was christened, and they are now buried themselves. Dad's parents were Thomas...

Thankyou Beryl I see you have entered straight into the good 'heart' of this story. There's been a lot of heartfelt support offered to me - also matched with offers of practical help from some with links with Germany - so if it can happen I think it will. Even if it can't, I am already much...

Ah, now I understand Dave Very good choice of camera. The Nikon has an excellent reputation for shooting good pics in low light conditions, this because it has the Vibration Control facility that keeps things steady while your 'shutter' stays open relatively longer to do what I could see it was...

As a matter of interest, what's your camera and lens Dave M? I'm really impressed with the light your lens sucks through it (given that you were indoors - I don't think you were using flash were you?), as well as the quality definition it gives you. I use cameras and binoculars with Carl Zeiss...

2847 That's the baby! And a great photo to boot! Lloyd, you've just played Tardus and shot me back nearly 50 years in a second. I was standing at the bus stop opposite Albert Road, King's Heath when 2847 pulled up! Absolutely wonderful Thankyou, thankyou John :grin2:

Bless you Annie :)

Hello All I'm a new member here and having just read through this whole thread I am so sad I didn't join last year and find out about this event at YWBT. Having been born in Warstock (1947) I remember the place well. I live in Sheffield now, but I would have moved heaven and hell to get to the...