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Hi there, i went to all these shops C&D Autos Vale Onslows Kings (ward end) Stirchley M/Cs Sheldon M/Cs(by Wagon & Horses) Emis Percy Taites Mike Hailwoods Grays I once approached the late great Mike Hailwood if I could take some photos inside his shop, he told me to come down on...

I once had an old motorcycle, a Panther, with the reg PAT 23 and I sold it for £10 ( oh my god!!):angry:

hi there, my! this brings back some awful memories. I was 19 at the time and going out with a girl when it happened. I remember being at her house on our own when the news came through about the bombings. I was watching the TV when they announced the name of the pubs involved and my girl friend...

hi linda my wife lived in nursery rd, her name was christine devlin her dad was jack devlin and drank with your dad george in the vine

I remember going down to Kunzle's and buying 6d worth of broken biscuits and cakes, this was late 60's in Garrets Green and you would get a big bag if you smiled at the lady

my first bike was a triumph tiger cub £10 and i was sixteen. I then had another cub,matchless 650+sidecar,royal enfield crusader, triumph thunderbird,panther 650, ariel vb+car,bsa b31,bsa shooting star,bsa rocket 3 and finished off with a honda goldwing 1000. I haven't rode a bike for over...

hi there, yes i had the cane many times at wattville rd sec, and i once had 2 strokes on each hand on the stage after assembly in front of the whole school. I must admit that i totally deserved them and i am convinced without it i would definitely gone off the rails. Eventually i realised that...

I worked at king st for 12 yrs and there were 2 pubs. One actually joined the building and was called The Lord Byron, the other was across the road and called The Duke of Cambridge.

Hi Jean it was my school gym teacher, i was 11yrs old at the time and i have never forgot that terrible memory

Hi i learnt to swim at Rolfe st baths, but the school lessons were at Grove lane were i nearly drowned jumping in the deep end, the teacher was completely indifferent and told me not to get so excited. After that i got my mom to write a note saying i had a cold almost every week, that episode...

hi there, well i went to cockshuthill school from 1967-1970 and it was a segregated school with the girls one side and us boys the other. My head master was a small chap named Mr Jolly. The front of the school had it's own rugby pitch and most of the masters were rugby mad

Hi Tammy just logged on and i can tell you i was born in handsworth, I lived in a grove off Wattville rd,learnt to swim at Rolfe st,train spotted on the rail banks,spent many happy hours down Wasson pool,went to Wattville school,Regal Picture houseand had my hair cut at the training centre by...