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I think the shop I work in is haunted, I've often felt as if someone was putting their hand on my back but I turn around and nobody is there. It only happens when I'm at work

The house where I grew up in Dudley Road, Winson Green had "This is Davis's" painted on the front, I suppose that would be classed as a ghost sign. Sadly, the house has been demolished now but someone on the Winson Green in the '50's, 60's, 70's page on facebook has posted a photo of it on there

Me and my brother queued up all night for tickets in 1965,. I remember the concert, couldn't hear a thing for all the screaming. Can't remember who the supporting act was tho, wasn't all that interested at the time, but if anyone can remember I'd be interested now hahaha. the year before I won...

the wellhead tavern in franchise street was round the corner from wellhead lane, perry barr. I THINK the landlords name was Keogh,

I can't remember the name of the manager although, I can remember what he looked like!

In the late 1960's I worked in the cosmetics department on the general counter on the ground floor. I remember Pat Fall and Mollie Longmore, we used to sell stuff like Nivea cream and Oil of Ulay etc. There were specific counters for Max Factor, Coty, Revlon and Yardley who had beauty...

the smethwick buses were all scrapped - and replaced with new bus routes and new numbers at the end of october, I go to work on the 53 now and I use a west midlands bus travel card . I get on at the Queens Head in Smethwick and go to Bearwood Road. Also, the 99 bus runs along Harborne High...

the 53 goes around smethwick these days

I've seen loads of the 60's groups including the Beatles (twice) - Last week I saw the Pointer Sisters and the week before I saw Boys II Men

I used to love going to the roller rink in the 60's. I remember Doc Linsey and Les Ross. I remember how Les would put on an L.P. so he had time to go to the loo and always forgot to change the record speed so it would play too fast and sounded like the chipmonks

I went up town today and stood on the corner of newhall street and cornwall street, the building from the drawing is easily recognisable and the post office tower is exactly where it appears in the drawing

I'm really curious - who is D. Dugmore? he could be a relative of mine

what's the 'D' stand for in D Dugmore?

Astonian, I was only a small child in 1960, my incident didn't happen till a few years later

Hi Astonian, Sorry, that story in the local paper wasn't mine. I never even told my parents, they used to say 'there's no such thing as ghosts' . I'd be interested to know about the story in the paper though and who the lady from Dudley Road was.

what happened to Sketchleys dry cleaners and Harris's too?

I said previously that I thought I saw a ghost of a completely white man in my bedroom in Dudley Road in the 1950's. Just by co-incidence but someone has posted a photo of my old house on the thread entitled 'Dudley Road, Winson Green'. my house is the one on the left. My bedroom was the 1st...

I remember going to see father christmas and uncle holly there as a child. I can also remember a childrens play area on the roof. As an adult I remember going in there to buy a birthday present and I was the only person shopping (on the ground floor at least), but oh my goodness they were so...

Phil, your photo is no 52 and 54 Dudley Road facing the City Hospital, the one on the right was a shoe repairers. they were approx. halfway between the Birmingham Arms and the Duke of Edinburgh pubs. I remember it well

My friend is being bullied at work right now and is experiencing all the self doubt and everything else that goes with it. She was suspended by her boss while he investigates allegations of certain misdemeanors which she vigorously denies. The letter he gave her informing her of the suspension...