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Thank you Ray

Winter of '47, still at school, thought it was great. Winre of '62, married with two kids, just been thrown out on the street, (No protection then). Council put us in what they called "A half way house", one room in an old large victorian house in Moseley. Very cold, shared kitchen, one cold...

Just a thought, where do I find the "neighbours and streets" thread?

OK thanks

OK, understood, but why not let me know that has been moved. It would save any problems. Thank you.

But why has the original post dissapeared from "General Discussion"thread.?

Where is it please?

I started a thread with this title last week. For some reason it seems to have dissapeared, can anyone explain what has happened please. AustinK2

Does anyone remember the DARBY'S from GRAVELLY HILL, Erdington during the 1940's through to the 1960's. Would love to catch up with family and friends from that era. A couple of names I remember are Billy Kane and Kevin Rumble from Minstead Road, also Warwick Brown from Oval Road. I attended...

I was in Shepton Mallet prison for a week in 1956. Not as a prisoner I may add, but as duty driver. I had just been posted to 22 Coy. RASC and was sent on detatchment to the prison for one week as duty driver, just ferrying prisoners about and fetching rations and such like. As drivers we were...

Has anyone any connection with SLADE ROAD SERVICE GARAGE?, Slade Road, Erdington. I was there between 1952 and 1956 when I started my National Service, then went back there 1958/59 when I moved on. Would love to catch up with anyone who worked there at that time.

Hi Westy, Just got back to this forum after a long spell away. When were you at Ryland Road ?, I was there from early 1943 to December 1952. So far I've managed to trace 1 of my old schoolmates, if you were there the same time as me, perhaps you could "PRIVATE MESSAGE" your name to me. Who...

Just been reading through this very interesting thread, and thought that you may be interested in seeing the attached photo. Is is of a small lapel badge which I bought off e-bay a short while back. (For not a lot) I bought it because my Father was in the Royal Warwicks during the Great War, he...

As a lad when my older brothers were doing their national service, they would on occasions bring home a few of the military thunderflashes that were used on army training. Great fun tying one to a housebrick, lighting and dropping into water, made a hell of a bang with a goodly shower to go with...

If I can go off on a slight tangent, when we lived in a back terrace in Upper Webster Street in the '60's, the old girl on the end of our four houses shouted at my wife to "Get back to Scotland, where you belong". She must have heard at sometime, someone talking about where my wife was born...

Phl said, I think that most people that say that Birmingham is a bit of a dump are people who have never visited the City and are going on what they are told by other people who have never visited either. Sorry Phil, I was born a Brummie 78 years ago, and at one time wouldn't hear a word said...

Yes, did that with my children and grandchildren. Waiting for the greats to get a bit bigger. Get started all over again.

The first picture, Stewarts and Lloyds, reminds me, as a lad we used to walk past here to go train spotting at the staion. Up against the railings were masses of what looked like bombs or shells, all piled up going rusty. They were there for years. Wonder what happened to them, probably be...

There are little problems with horse poo against what dogs do. Far too much to paste and copy here. If you are interested in reading about this, just search for "dog poo versus horse poo" lots of answers there.

While on the subject of refuse collection, as a boy growing up in Erdington, we called the dustmen, "Miskin" men. Anyone got any idea where that came from.?