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We lived in Lozells, my dad worked at Great King Street, Lucas. I always remember the parties. I remember collecting pippa dolls, loved them, they were all ethnicities and had lovely costumes to collect. Wish I had kept them all.

Are any of the regulars from The Queens Head, Steelhouse Lane here? Remember the lock ins and the juke box. What is it like now? I know many of the staff from around the law courts and the general hospital were regulars there. My dad was one of the regulars in the 60's 70's and 80's till the...

Im sure we all have our favourites that are exclusive to Birmingham, as we discovered in the thread about bomb pecks. Ever had a massive bobowler fly in through the window? Fancy a cob for tea? Comin up town (even though its a city) meet ya in the Bull Ring. I love the word bobowler. I live...

Was the shop called Pendry's, I remember the sweets, would get enough to last all week in a 10p mix up :-)

Yeah, I always called them uncle Ron and Auntie Lil. I remember when Ron passed away, which was sad. He was fun, I remember him hanging the hose pipe over the fence and turning it on us when we were on our way to the loo, down the end of the garden. I think he kept pigeons too. Auntie Lil...

Trying to remember which way up the house numbers went, cant place the names, we moved from there when I was 10 because the houses were being demolished.

Yes, holidays in Devon, we went with them once or twice, they had family there. There may have been a cat, I remember lots of dogs and pigeons. Carol used to babysit for me when I was little.

I think bomb pecks are one of those phrases unique to Brummies, like Bobowler, cob, and 'up the bull ring' :-)

New here, just telling my mum about this site, she lived at 165 Wheeler St, but left around 1965. Her name was Jean Markland, brother called Michael.

I remember fine fayre, 'where you can be fair to your family, and your purse' the ad said. It was our local supermarket where we would shop every Friday. My friend who lived in Chain Walk was Sharon Davies, her dad was a postman. We stayed friends for years after moving, but lost touch over time.

He did have that car im sure, I thought he worked at Lucas at some point. im not sure what he did, but I can picture him in white overalls splattered with paint. Do you remember his wife Lil, always in denims and rode a motorbike? The kids were Carol, Paul, Peter and Robert.

During the 1970's I lived in Wilton Street, Lozells. We lived at 238, next door to Lil and Ron Hardy. I remember playing in the play area we all knew as 'the dragon', in Bennett Street. It was a solid stone dragon shaped thing, we would climb on, slide down, crawl through and hide in. There...

Did anyone play on the bomb peck in Lozells, just behind st Pauls Church, backing onto Bennetts street? I lived in Wilton Street during the 70's. I had friends living in Bennetts Street and Chain Walk who used to play there. And there was that little play area called the dragon, health and...

I love this forum, just discovered it last night. I used to go to the school, opposite Gt King St, Lucas. Hampton Primary School, anyone remember it? I used to go to the xmas parties as my dad worked at Lucas. I remember we got brilliant presents to take home, and so much party food, then...