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Thanks Kat 72, Incidently Stevie Nicks didn’t join till mid seventies along with Lindsey Buckingham!

Froggy wrote hits for the Dave Clarke Five, Cliff Richards, and had a number one hit in New Zealand with Rachel, song by Russell Morris. It was a Vietnam protest song, and made 23 in Australia. He was always on the cusp of making it in the UK, but found his potential as a country singer...

Jasper Carrott was the M.C for a funny evening as well

In 1975 I had an invite along with my wife to the 21st birthday party of Trevor Francis at the Swan, Yardley. It was a who’s who of BIrmingham rock bands.Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, Raymond Froggatt, , Carl Wayne Bev Bevan, and many more, plus a multitude of local first division soccer players My...

When you think about it, to have only one, perhaps two airport police on duty in the sixties, compared to today, how times have changed! Cushy was a friendly irish cop, who I think wanted things to go along nice and easy, if he was on duty with a newish cop you were ok, but if he was on with...

G'day Elmdon boy, do you still have your BSA Bantam!!! I have posted a couple of messages in conversations about the old days

I recall Barry Chair working on his Banda manual printer, churning out the monthly Contrail magazine. When all the pages had been printed he would get the club members to staple them together and place them in envelopes, to be mailed out. There was a hard core of spotters at the club who would...

During the early sixties i would spend a bit of time spotting around various airfields in the U.K. On one of these occassions I was at Wolverhampton airfield, on the tarmac was G-AOFF a Warwickshire Aero Club chipmunk based at Elmdon. The pilot was going through his pre flight checks, I plucked...

Thanks for your reply pistonvalve. 46121 was my last Scot so I know how you feel, this was the first and last time I ever saw this loco. When the diversions first started I would go to Lea Hall at 6.00am on Sunday morning before I did my paper round to see what was pulling the Stranraer to...

G'day Colin, Many thanks for the info' Web site looks really interesting - will spend some time on this, thanks fisho

Can't help with the photos but saw two A3's that had arrived on Aston Shed after hauling the Stirling - Sutton Coldfield car sleeper iin the early sixties. The first A3 was 60088 Book Law, followed 2 -3 weeks later by 60077 - The White Knight. 60088 did a further 2 or 3 trips before the car...

I also remember this working, having seen 46121 Highland Light Infantry of 66A, this was during the week at about 1-30 pm southbound at Lea Hall. Did anybody ever see these excursions returning? I am pretty sure that they were Coventry Cathedral specials. Do you also remember the Cadbury...

I was surprised to read that the Tyburn Road workshop was the largest free standing building when it was constructed! Is their any more history on when it was opened,wartime use,how many employed at its peak?

Thought I would put my first post here having worked at Tyburn Road as an Apprentice Machinist, 1st Class, between 1964-1969 Wonder if anyone remembers Graham Miles when he played in the canteen of a lunchtime? He was a fitter at Tyburn Road before he became a professional snooker player. The...