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Tomorrow morning - or possibly Friday - I'll be driving 9 miles (15 km) to Salerno War Cemetery. If any member of the Forum would like me to place a flower on the grave of a relative, friend or simply an acquaintance lying there, would he or she please let me know the full name of the war hero...

Robert Scott took this photograph in 1985. We’re looking along Church Rd, Yardley, towards the Yew Tree pub/roundabout. It was taken from the Swan Centre multi-storey car park. My problem is that I can’t for the life of me explain why that bus is turning there. Could someone enlighten me please?

A former school friend (Bordesley Green Tech. 1959/ 66) has sent me the following list. It made me chuckle several times so I hope, by recycling it, it'll bring a smile to your faces ....... EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES * Pasta had not been invented. * Curry was an unknown entity. * Olive...

I wonder if anyone on the Forum could shed any light on this as regards the manufacturer, model, years of production, etc. : ..... I'm told it still works ...... Thanks, David

With all the former bus drivers, conductors/conductresses and ex-transport company employees on the Forum, does anyone know Mrs Gill who certainly worked on the buses in the late '50s/ early 60s? Her son, Michael, was a great friend of mine at Bordesley Green Tech. and I would very much like to...

Genealogy in a Nutshell My Granddad had two sisters ….. My Dad had two sisters ….. My Mum had two sisters ….. I’ve got two sisters ….. Destiny dictated that I’d have two daughters ….. The genes live on …. The surname’s gone.

I'd very much like to find out all I can about the bus in this photograph. Could someone on the Forum let me know details about its chassis, coachwork, years of operation, capacity, the number in the BCT fleet, etc., etc., please? Thank you, David

I've just missed out on a 1952 edition of Bartholomew’s Pocket Atlas and Guide to Birmingham on eBay. :cry: I upped the bid from £0.99 to £5. I hope I haven't trodden on a fellow member’s toes and that it went to a good home. Someone wanted it far more than I did. Pity ……. but good luck whoever...

The 16th September, 1943 was the cloudiest, blackest day in the honourable history of the British Armed Forces. From innumerable photographs I’ve seen, there was an overcast sky as tens of thousands of British, American, ex-British Commonwealth and other allied forces battled to gain control of...

In town today ........ very, very different from the 14th September, 1943.

I was very interested to read in Astonite's opening post in his thread “No longer available? Or are they?” the word "bracers". Because it's used in a paragraph about things which he thinks are no longer available, I imagine he's referring to the two strips of elasticised material, leather or...

Can anyone help me please? Does anybody know what the two "M"s in this railway company's name stand for? We are talking about the mid-nineteenth century (1860s). db84124

As the thread "Silly Rhymes" is proving to be quite popular, is there any chance of organising a "Mary had a Little Lamb" original verse competition? Perhaps verse sent in or published on this thread could be read out at the St George's Day get-together - after all, what could possibly be more...

I've picked up somewhere along the line - excuse me! - that 6014 King Henry VII was fitted with streamlining during the month of March 1935, but had had it all removed by January 1943. Has anyone got photographs of the engine during these eight years? I would be very interested to see what a...

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I have just received this from a caring friend in Shrewsbury. It seems to be a very simple "trick", which could be most useful, critical and life-saving. It was a true dilemma to decide or not to post this - and I sincerely hope the advice will never be needed - but I personally think my friend...

I came across this quite by chance on YouTube. I've been a member of BHF since last July but have never seen any of these photographs. I apologise if they have been posted previously. db84124

It was probably 1967. Was anybody present in the Great Hall of the University of Birmingham when Cream played to an almost packed house? Eric Clapton was wonderful that night; Jack Bruce was extraordinary and Ginger Baker simply stratospheric with a drum solo which must have lasted 20 minutes...

I went to the school between 1957 and 1959. Has anybody got a photograph of the school's blazer badge? I seem to remember it was a very simple shield-shaped midnight blue badge, divided into three segments, each containing a letter "B"ordesley, "G"reen and "P"rimary in yellow/gold. If someone...

Is there anyone out there that recognises himself, or his/her brother, boyfriend, cousin, father, uncle, etc. in this poor quality enlargement of an 80x80mm Polaroid shot of the Yardley Church R.F.C. 1st Fifteen 1967-68 . It was taken over 40 years ago at the Oaklands Playing Fields near what...