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The one at Spion Kop was just a railway sleeper type thing with chains. I loved the wooden fort though--very Davy Crockett!

That's right. Total blackness! We were told that occasionally floodgates would open and a torrent of water would sweep through! ----I don't think it ever did, but we were always wary of it.

'The Dark Half Hour' ------bloody hell, I wouldn't do it now! We must have been mad!

I fell off the concrete castle and broke my arm when i was 4! It was a death trap!

This seems to be outside of what would be Mr Barber's classroom during my time there.

'SHE' absolutely hated me being in Row 1! She did everything to keep me out of it. Many of the children were from very poor families and she seemed to pick on and ridicule these children mercilessly (Incidentally, ALL the children in my time at Somerville were wonderful). She once marked me down...

Much as I hated 'Her' ( not to be mentioned), Mr Barber was a lovely man,an excellent teacher and a credit to the profession. Knowing you are remembered so fondly by many children after all these years,is a wonderful thing. Incidentally,we had a young supply teacher for 8 weeks in Mr Barber's...

That woman—-who we can’t mention —-was just pure evil. She disliked me because I was very poor ( most of us were, but I can’t think of any other reason at all ) and deliberately ridiculed and marked me down to keep her Precious top 2 or three favourites close to her desk! She hit me hard across...

Thanks Phil and Morturn---brilliant work!

Thanks for the reply. I thought it might be the Bus station with the Birmingham Institute Digbeth in the background ,but it's not. The building in the foreground has 'GOVERNMENT' something above the windows.

Hi, does anyone know where this picture was taken in the early 1950's I suspect it may be Birmingham city centre somewhere, but could be in the suburbs. Any help?

Pedro, you must have lived next door to the old couple who had a sort of model village in their garden! I lived on the opposite side.