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Thanks for that Lloyd, as I got older I did wonder about the truth. How many more childhood myths to be exploded?

Hi bluebrummie I know I'm 2 years late but only v recently found this site. My family name is Percival, dad's name William (Bill) mum's maiden name Cox. Their is a Thomas and a Florence on my mum's side but they would have the name Cox. Any help?

In the 60's I had cause to enter some of the tunnels for work reasons. I was told they were built as bomb shelters during the war. The tunnels I entered sloped downwards at the entrace and then back up, the explanation given that the bomb blast would disipate its energy and not be able to roll...

I recall being told, when growing up in Selly Oak, that the heavy water used in the development of the hydrogen bomb (undertaken at the university) was made at the Selly Oak pumping station. Is this corect? I remember the anti-aircraft gun mounting on the roof and being told that was the reason...

I agree that the Battery building fronting Bristol Road was a fine piece of local architecture and a loss verging on the criminal. But it must be bourne in mind that the ground behind occupied by the factory is poisoned with heavy metals and other noxious material. The cost of cleaning the...

Hi Patty I treat all registry cleaners with extreme prejudice. I use Autocad on a daily basis and because of the way Autodesk builds the regisry entries reg cleaners wipe them and cause me much grief. Personally I'd never touch them again.

During the late 60's I served my joinery apprenticeship at A Edmonds on Constitution Hill. Being a strict Methodist Mr Edmonds would not take on bar work and passed this on to Gaskell & Chambers, but I believe Edmonds did some of the joinery work.