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  1. katyboo

    Silver Blades Ice Rink

    used to go the blades nearly every night in the 74 76 period except tues n thurs when it was closed if my memory serves me right was the womans speed im on fire by 5000 volts the djs then were kevin king and rod toms good old days my friend was kim ferran god was she fast she had a sister named...
  2. katyboo

    Stitchers stitchings

    love your angels stitcher really beautiful craft
  3. katyboo

    Old street pics..

    i have really enjoyed looking at everybodys images on this thread very well done to all who posted i loved it
  4. katyboo

    Goodbye Max.

    so sorry to hear about the loss of your family pet
  5. katyboo

    Cure for a powk. [eyelid pimple]

    i could be getting square eyes though from the computer ha ha x
  6. katyboo

    Famous people with a Birmingham Connection (how many do you know)?

    was henery manzoni something to do with the little park area on top of the old bullring it was known as manzoni gardens and i remember it used to have a carousel and did susan maughn not sing bobbys girl x
  7. katyboo

    Cure for a powk. [eyelid pimple]

    jean you spoke too soon at this moment in time i have a very sore right eye and im sure its the beginnings pf a powk or conjuctivitis there is a little lump so im certain its a stye i too tried the teabags and wedding ring but as a child i suffered terrible with them and also used golden eye...
  8. katyboo

    Items that have faded away

    great thread guys can people remember the little black sweetscalled imps geez they would burn the gob of ya and husky bars that became trackers the hairsetting lotion twiceas lasting and whatever happened to bar sixand galaxy counters childhood memories long gone but never forgotton this really...
  9. katyboo

    Winson Green / All Saints Asylum

    love the photos you no what stars im back in the 60s and 70s with you now lol goin to the swopshop meself or the ten o clock shop just before tudor st corner heath st side and running to the cornershop on tudor street and winson street for simple things and not forgettin floories the greengrocer...
  10. katyboo

    Winson Green chip shop

    hi there my god you mentioned as we used to call her scaabby aggies as she was a little mean with her chips ha ha but the were the best tasting chips ever the properties you speak of were regrenarated and demolition took place from the late 70s early 802 my family lived on tudor street at the...
  11. katyboo

    Winson Green chip shop

    hi top cat i remember the pet shop i live local and dad used to take us down on a friday nite do you remember the monkey ha ha he wasa bugger the school you are referring to was the oldsummerfield school it is still there but not used as a school any morea new one was built on chiswell road...
  12. katyboo

    odd fellows arms spring hill

    omg lou brown he rings a bell mate he hated our micky ha ha i vaguely tremember old spring hill on the left by the bridge goin towards town was the big interflora place and the old shops like the army store at the bottom opposite summerhikk hostel used to be the old brittanic warehouse hpe your...
  13. katyboo

    odd fellows arms spring hill

    have you tried looking on ted rudges winson green website or mac josephs old ladywood site x
  14. katyboo

    odd fellows arms spring hill

    as far as i know lynn the oldest pub on the dudley road circuit is the oldwindmill the bham arms is closed as is the lee btridge/tagus and the wheatsheaf has been demolished as was the duke of edinburgh
  15. katyboo

    The Bricklayers Arms

    Re: Thebricklayers Arms hi guys live round the corner from the bricklayers and i went to barford school do you remember pimms pet shop on ick port road before the pub and the old betting office come futher down as if your goin to five ways was the queens head nick liperis chippy the butchers...
  16. katyboo

    odd fellows arms spring hill

    hi astoness from the look of the map its on the pposite side of the college pub morefacing western road that would be the junction of heathstreet south i do remember that the land where this pub was situated was once factory space for delta tubes nd a lot to do with metal work and metal spinners
  17. katyboo

    odd fellows arms spring hill

    im sure the pub was renamed the college arms guys x
  18. katyboo

    Sayings, legends and customs.

    reading this brought me back to when i was younger exactly what my ma used to say and on all hallows eve we left bread and water out at midnight and opened the door with a lit candle so spirits who passed over could eat and drink on their way
  19. katyboo

    were would a still born be buried,

    hello pam i dont know if it would be of help to contact the hospital where this unfortunate event took place or maybe a local undertaker might help you
  20. katyboo

    Silly Rhymes.

    or hows about this a man fell down a sewer and down a sewer died the coroner gave his verdict and called it sewercide
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