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I think it’s a very special thing to be able to create happy memories for a child. It’s a funny thing, but one of the clearest recollections I have of my first holiday is lying underneath a fold out sunlounger that was being used as a bed (I was THAT young) while Mum cooked breakfast. As I lay...

From infancy, all my childhood holidays were in Cornwall, the first I can remember would have been in the early to mid 70s. We were a large family so my sister and I had to travel in the boot of my Dad’s Ford Cortina Mk1 Estate, wedged either side of the camping equipment, any discomfort...

Hello Nellie The Elephant, nice to see you here! Here’s a link to the thread I mentioned about the Saw Mill on Adderley Road https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/back-to-back-house-at-the-gate-saltley.57090/#post-810541 Scroll down and you’ll find the map. Cheers, John.

Yeah…think I’ll give it a miss, thanks all the same. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/live-firearm-found-birmingham-park-27006665 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/double-stabbing-ward-end--24607544...

Blimey, that’s sad.

Later that year, another of my dogs developed a medical problem. I took her to the vets who had previously carried out surgery on my other dog, and after a sizeable consultation fee I was told that although they thought they might know what the problem was, an exploratory procedure was required...

Not too long ago one of my younger dogs began to have difficulty walking. Our regular vet referred us to another practice who diagnosed spinal trauma and carried out surgery to correct it, total cost was approaching £8000 if I remember correctly. Thankfully the procedure was successful. Vets are...

The last time I saw something similar was when I purchased some furniture online and went to collect it from the home of an elderly lady who had passed away and her son was clearing the house. That may not be the case here but if it is I think it’s quite sad that someone’s personal possessions...

Quite remarkable!

Thanks Rob, from that Kelly’s entry I can see Cartwright was the bread shop and the greengrocer and wool shop were the other way around. No.166 is puzzling, listed as “Nash W. hardware dlr” it was a launderette when I lived there.

That’s them. The chippy was the newsagents when I lived there. How old are these pictures, John?

Commenting on another subject has prompted me to post this thread. Just up the road from my childhood home in the 70s was a row of ten shops on Yarningale Road. Starting at one end there was a bookies, then a tiny chemist, then what we called the bread shop (no baking onsite as I recall, it was...

Great post, Viv. I remember going to the laundrette in the evening with my mom several times as a nipper in the mid 70’s, there was one in the row of shops at the bottom of Yarningale Road in Brandwood. I think our washing machine must have been broken because she normally did our laundry in a...

Years ago I listened to an item on the radio about a study that had been done regarding British accents. Recordings of people from all over Britain were sent to Universities all over the world, and English speakers there were asked to listen to them and say which ones they liked most, and why. I...

Well I never knew that, you learn something new every day!

If you search “Birmingham Anchor Exchange“ online you can find out more. I believe it was one of a handful of hardened telephone exchanges built across Britain at the dawn of the Atomic Age but later more powerful weapons rendered them too vulnerable. It makes you wonder what other unknown...

If I drank “Up Town” as it were, it was usually after work on my way home. I worked in Hockley and later Digbeth so they tended to be pubs I passed on the way to getting a bus in the city centre. Some of these I only visited once and others fairly regularly. I recall the Brown Derby on Colmore...

Happy Birthda, Brenda

Happy New Year to everyone here!

Yes, that’s the one! Thank you!!