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Am I right in thinking that is Mr Jones standing with the team.

I must be somewhere on that photo, although my eyesight isn't what it was. Remember Mt Kesterton well.

We could see the Nechells ones from our bedroom window in Hodge Hill Also had a good view of the cooling towers , although from ground level you would never have known they were there.

I hear that the Outer Circle is being split in two. Please tell me it's not true.

I've spent hours looking for a reference to the pork butchers. Was beginning to think it was my imagination. My gran used to swear by their meat & I often went there with her before I started school (in the early 50s). If I remember correctly it was called perry's.

Pretty sure the 55 stopped in Old Square in my day. Used to catch it when going to my grandmother's house in Stechford lane.

Is my memory playing tricks. I left Birmingham in 1973, but previously lived in Hodge Hill & I'm sure we caught the 56 bus to the Fox & Goose from outside Henry's in Union Street. Please would someone confirm or deny this.( Incidentally I remember the entrance to C&A in Union Passage.)

When someone asked Gran where something was & she didn't know she'd say "It's on the corner of Bull St & Alum Rock"

I have that drawing (or at least a copy of it) The cup replacement was designed & engraved by my grandfather William Norman who was chief designer & engraver for Fattorini & sons in Bradford, In the 1930s he moved with them to Birmingham to premises in the Jewellery Quarter,. My mother was born...

I believe C&A have shops in Spain. (how much longer is anyone's guess)

Don't know if it's exclusively Brummie, but when you were miserable, you "looked like you'd lost a ten bob note & found a gas bill"

I have been using Rootschat for many years & in fact I was using it until around 4pm yesterday. Windows did one of it's wonderful updates at about 5 pm &when I tried to log into Rootschat this morning, access was denied, saying that the site was unsafe. Please has anyone any idea how I can solve...

Hi Judy. Now I know your surname, of course I remember you. If I remember rightly, your mum had a florists shop in Coleshill Road. (or was that someone else.) I Think you can send a private message by clicking on my name. Not sure though.

I started in September 1950 & left in July 1956. I'm still in touch with Christine Pearce (now Bennett). We started on the same day & our birthdays are 2 weeks apart.... we won't mention how many we have had !!! Marion Judson (nee Davis)

I have a group photo of the reception class, with the girls dressed as fairies & Philip Scriven in a pixie outfit!!!.

The odd thing is, for no apparent reason, when I switched on again yesterday, everything was back to normal. The problem was only with sites accessed through MSN so I suspect one of Windows 10 useless upgrades..

Since yesterday I keep getting a message that something (eg Facebook ) is not responding. Had no problems previously. Any suggestions would be welcome.

It was the Labour Exchange. A purpose built building, & opposite was a Ministry of Pensions caller office in St Marks Church rooms

I remember Miss Bird very well. I went to Stechford road school (as it was known then)in September 1951, when the headmaster was Mr Barley, who was a lovely man. I remember that during my 1st year at the school, 2 children were killed on the pedestrian crossing by a lorry which went out of...

He looks so young there. I remember his wife Angela who was a teacher at Hodge Hill Girl's school & I believe she subsequently became head teacher. I also remember the previous Priest in Charge, Philip Hussey.