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It reminds me of a bad case of wallpapering. Who on earth thought up that awful paint scheme ?

I would have thought an official inquirey would have taken place and a report submitted. This place looks a good place to start but I have no personal experience of it. https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/m.h.ellison/nera/khoole/khoolecat/index.htm MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. REPORTS...

I have looked on that B'ham City Council site. They have some good maps but the resolution is quite poor. A lot of these small branch lines have funny tales to tell but sadly those who can retell them are going fast.

I had a look on Google Earth for some of the social clubs I could remember from the Walsall area. Many have now gone with fast food places or "Tesco" type mini shops replacing them. I think that they hit the same sort of problems that affected pubs.

While we often use these sayings in context but without knowing the historical root have you thought how baffling these are to people of a a different ethnic background ? I found this site that shows how people can be puzzled by what "White Folks " ( their words ,not mine ) come out with...

Thank you Chris for your reply. I often think the Home Front was, to a great extent, taken for granted. Now with hindsight we can realise the danger and sacrifice many ordinary folk faced .Back then it was just business as usual. My Father joined the Home Guard, enlisted into the South Staffs...

When you think about the military's obsession with pieces of paper in triplicate the Home Guard really was the exception. Quarter Masters required all sorts of names numbers and lists before they let any thing out of their stores. However did the Home Guard get issued with its uniforms ,arms...

Hi Astonian. I just added the picture for MebMM1950 who made the enquiry . You know what I am like for nosing around in the threads and trying to help out. I have had a couple of good results in finding information for members this weekend. It helps to pass the time and makes me feel useful...

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Barford+Road,+Birmingham&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=7.427302,28.256836&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Barford+Rd,+Birmingham,+West+Midlands+B16,+United+Kingdom&ll=52.486138,-1.935568&spn=0.001869,0.010986&z=17&cbll=52.485948,-1.935499&panoid=xgK...

Please try the forum https://www.ww2talk.com/. This is a British and Commonwealth biased ww2 forum, but they look at everthing they are given. and many members know the National archives system very well. I would put it in the Prewar part of the forum and give them everything you have on the...

Got It ! Bath Abbey. There is a photo on flickr...

During Victorian times when the better off went visiting their friends and aquaintances personal servants would often travel as well. So a Ladies Maid and a Man Servant/Gentlemans Dresser would have the chance of travel and meet new people of a similar class. Butlers and Housekeepers would stay...

Just been looking around the net for a picture of my Dads pride and joy of the 1960s. It was a huge radio, 5 speakers, LW,Mw,VHF and all the Short Wave Bands. It sat on the sideboard. I am sure it was a Polish made copy of a SABA , West Germany. The reason I say a copy is because Saba was as...

I think Time Team did a dig on the Somerset Levels looking for a Stone age walkway across the marshy ground . No blocks just planks and piling.

I remember the female reading out the numbers. Radio Moscow was the best comedy show on the radio if you had a weird sense of humour. Is Voice of America still going and its mate Vatican Radio ? The Marine band could be interesting but it has all gone satellite now and beyond my understanding...

I spent many hours as an Air Cadet at the Gliding School. Only the freezing cold days stick in my mind. The dreaded pig field where many a cadet sat and endurered the wrath of his flying instructor for getting his approach wrong. I can remember the look of disdain the Airmen in the Recovery Team...

Everyone of my age remembers how the cut moquette upholstery of the coach and railway seats left a red patch on the back of your legs when wearing short trousers or , if a girl, a gymslyp length skirt. Such lovely coaches with names like Burlingham Seagulls, and of course being a child you had...

"Yes, the balance of payments figures were one of the great 'totems' of British politics at one time, they've hardly had a mention in the last 2 decades".quote Stitcher I think they the call them " Trade Figures " now and you only hear them mentioned on the business programmes,unless they are...

Our Safety Gloves, ear plugs, lens cleaner/ wipes, marker pens and notebooks were expensive if you had to buy them. These days it is all mobile phones ,computers and company credit cards. Arkrite ambles off whistling, looking innocent but his halo is slipping badly.

Astonian , I like old fashioned names. I was named Richard after a great uncle Dick. At school I learned to read from the Dick and Dora books. On starting work the Traffic Office already had three Richards so the Sergeant called me Dick which was as I was known until my late wife insisted in...