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Birmingham in 1960s

Richard Dye said:
I thought that at the time, when I got to the fifth form it all seemed to change and I got focused! Or something like that.
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I was there until the last day that the school was on that site , the Friday we broke for summer holidays in July ,then all us fourth year lads went back the next day to help load all the the removal lorries that were taking to the new site which is opposite Handsworth Cemetery, then later it’s name changed to Blessed St John wall .Then Monday morning I started my first ever job as a sign writer and silk screen printer , happy days indeed
 
Pete Elliott said:
I was there until the last day that the school was on that site , the Friday we broke for summer holidays in July ,then all us fourth year lads went back the next day to help load all the the removal lorries that were taking to the new site which is opposite Handsworth Cemetery, then later it’s name changed to Blessed St John wall .Then Monday morning I started my first ever job as a sign writer and silk screen printer , happy days indeed
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Was that the new name for William Murdoch?
 
Richard Dye said:
Was that the new name for William Murdoch?
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We were never really sure why the name change, my wife went to the new site and all the teachers and headmaster were still there, I’m not sure if the new name relates to Roman Catholic , maybe someone on the forum could shed some light
 
Vivienne14 said:
I smoked Sobranie but they were black paper with gold tips. Thought I was incredibly sophisticated darhhhhlings ! The other extreme was smoking Gitanes - stunk the piace out. Like Morturn I'd smoke anything, especially if others were offering, like in the office. Seems crazy that smoking in public places, including hospitals, was acceptable.
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Viv I like your style with regards to smoking anything, me an a mate had we did at different times , how does the News of The World and dummy cigarettes they put in shop windows grab you ? If we could get a drag out of it we would puff away , some years later courtesy of a gambling machine I was promoted to Dunhill International, the price then 6 shillings and fourpence . I think Park Drive and the like were about 1 shilling and eightpence
 
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Dionysius//88 said:
Viv I like your style with regards to smoking, anything me an a mate had we did at different times , how does the News of The World and dummy cigarettes they put in shop windows grab you ? If we could get a drag out of it we would puff away , some years later courtesy of a gambling machine I was promoted to Dunhill International, the price then 6 shillings and fourpence . I think Park Drive and the like were about 1 shilling and eightpence
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When I had a little extra it was Piccadilly.
 
An introduction to the 60's for me , a new hair style arriving late at assembly in the last year of school , something was happening and it was bringing a great change with it . So out went the winkle pickers and Italian striped suit and drainpipe jeans , in came a new jacket and a pair of maroon cords and chiselled toed shoes . Then starting work that same year came Levi's , suits , waisted shirts canvas jackets and fell boots not all at once obviously .Music was changing in came Tamla Motown ,Ska,Reggae etc. Peoples ideas and thoughts were changing, for the normal person it was greatest decade to live through without doubt
 
Pedro42 said:
I don't know if this video of Birmingham in the 1960's has been shown before, but I found it fascinating!


Peter
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9 mins 22 secs into the video nice to see my dad sitting in the acorn pub wheeler street...he was on his dinner break having a pint and reading the paper

lyn
 
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