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Just a question- have we had two Brummie born players play for England at the same time? We have now with Jude and Jack. And now do we get a Brummie England manager? Well Lee Carsley is temporary boss- it could happen. I used to play against Lee's dad Frank who played for Walsall for a bit and...

As a young lad my Dad would give me the money to get my haircut at Bobs [ I think that was his name) top of Comberton Road shops in Sheldon. Nice guy, wore glasses, ex American Army I was told. He would settle you in the chair, asked how you wanted it and the proceed to give you a short back and...

Me and my wife reckon the office was probably in Cumberland House, masquerading as a local govt office- wasn't that at Five Ways, big multi storey block with lots of offices and a short trip to the A38 by the Bristol Cinema

What fascinated me about the story which apparently was based on fact was that in our city ( yes Birmingham not London, Paris, Berlin etc ) we had spy chasers working out of a building near the A38 out of an office named Alaska. The author mentions many areas in and around Brum before her main...

Hi I never had the pleasure of the Coombes family teaching me chemistry but a male teacher whose name I forget but who took unkindly to me sitting out a chemistry lesson ( literally as I decided to sit in the boys toilet for the lesson-could never get the hang of chemistry ) My hideout was...

I remember some of these guys who I played with for Birmingham Boys team that year, Graham Butlin centre front, Roger Coudjo ? far left and far right Askey ? Later I played with Graham and his brother John for a sunday youth team called BG Brazilia, we won a lot of stuff

Wow some of you guys have seen a lot of live bands- I remember seeing Led Zeppelin at the Town Hall around 1968/69 accompanied by Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig. The weirdest live performance I saw was in 2003, we were in New York and had just done the carriage ride round Central Park and were...

Hi Doug, I found that short story and attach for your entertainment. I'm not sure this is in the right format but hopefully you can read it-regards Richard

Hi Doug, thanks for the kind words. Anyone who even attempts to write a book deserves my praise, its a long haul and not easy. Looking back, the idea germinated in 2005 but with work and life interrupting it took me until 2017 to complete it. I am proud of my achievement but if you want big...

For me living in Sheldon obviously the Sheldon on Cov Rd was my local although it was a fair old walk from my house in Frodesley Rd. Then the one at the Swan, the Tivoli? That was a bus ride. Saw many films there, loved Zorro. My mum bought me a plastic sword with a section at the top end so you...

Hi I think earlier in this thread about The Professor, one of the moderators listed the pubs Billy Argyle had managed and The Garrison was not one of them but considering his reputation for enjoying a drink around the local area and the company he kept I am sure he would have taken a libation at...

Hi Shorttermer, yes and even more amazing all 3 went to Sheldon Heath Comp- must have instilled a sense of adventure in us. Youre right about sport out here, lots of encouragement and opportunities to have a go at any sport, theres basketball courts and tennis courts everywhere. How would you...

Wow. So proud of my home city. Watching from Australia, the whole ceremony was so professional and spectacular enough to rival any recent games of any note. For us on this forum it also covered so much history of our city, the things we made, ' from pins to a ships anchor' my Dad reckoned. Was...

Hi Malcolm, thought you went to comp as you mentioned many in your year who did so you wouldnt have known my sister. We lived in Frodesley Rd and yes I remember Vince the ice cream man, always happy that guy. Did you get the guy who sold toffee apples from a two wheeled cart, scrumptious.

Hi Malcolm, yes although a few years younger than you I remember my family talking about the big fight at my school. Bicycle chains and knuckledusters were mentioned i think. Teddy Boys, Elvis and Bill Haley, Marlon Brando when he played that part of a bikie. The world was beginning to change...

Thats what I got-I'll try again

Hey Doug, I have sent an email to you-might have gone to junk

Well I can say my life hasn't been dull. Yes Smithy did relent and turned the expulsion into a suspension after my Mum and Dad turned up at school to meet him. You would have laughed, there's my Dad with his leg encased in a plaster cast as he had broken it at work, limping about trying to get a...

Doug, guilty as charged. Someone I think Ian Burns phoned the Birmingham Evening Mail and made the claim, 'our headboy has been expelled for no good reason' and then it all blew up. I recall a reporter called me at home and asked a few questions. Before I knew it I had told him I was only up at...

Hiya Doug, Smith, couldnt remember surname but one of the few things I managed to do that year was write down the names of everyone. I am back row 2nd from right, Richard