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Jonah the whale

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Does any-one remember Jonah the whale, supposedly the biggest whale ever caught:D it was preserved in a sort of black tar and was taken around for people to view, i know it came to Birmingham but i cannot remember where. My uncle lifted me up onto the platform so that i was standing almost inside it's mouth, strange but i can still see the inside of it's mouth....:)...Cat
 
Naughty whale

I researched this whale today,apparently it was a catch penny it was called Jonah because it had supposedly swallowed a whaler (James Bartley) and when the whale was caught a few hours later and was opened up James was inside unconscious but alive.
In fact the whale had run aground at Great Yarmouth it was then put on show for a couple of days then disemboweled and the skin stretched over a wooden frame and then taken around the country as an exhibit.

A tall tale, those were the days.......Cat:)
 
Cat it was outside by where the Greyhound Track was Near where that shopping centre was built. I went to see it and did it stink:steamingpile::steamingpile:
 
Where

Alf, i have no idea where you mean...:rolleyes:

As i stood by it's mouth something fell onto my lip from above and i can remember that i could not stop wiping my lip with a hankie, can't recall how old i was.

Alf i must say i do like your two little piles of do do:D:D:D...Cat
 
Sorry Alf

Sorry Alf,:) my fault i missed the words greyhound track...Cat
 
We use to call it the Dog Track anyway, you couldn't remember the place when you visited to young?:)

They had a viewing type Platform I pity the next Venue.

You can find the smelly piles in your Smilely's
 
The dog track.

:grin2: I remember the dog track. My uncle Fred used to keep pigs and Prince the pony on the Aldridge road. Remember the grass in the middle. We used to go and cut it and store it for hay winter feed. Good old days. We would put him in front of the cart and go round collecting food out of the pig bins to make swill. Did that stink. :steamingpile: TTFN. Jean.
 
animals

Gee, My cousin got a job at the dog track, she was fine, (lasted a couple of hours) until they asked her to clean up the dog mess.:D:D:D.....Cat
 
Cat do you remember Mrs Bedwood and her Sons John, Jimmy & George on the left Gyspy Lane about the 4th or 5th House in, I was a big mate of Johns and his Mom had a Shell Fish & eel Stall at the Dog Track and John & myself worked washing up for her on Race nights.:)
 
Bedwood/Bedford

Alf did they have a sister,? if its the same people she had red hair and beautiful skin, she was lovely looking they lived in those houses, just thought of Brenda Braycloud who's son was drowned at Witton Lakes she lived there too....Cat:)
 
Morning Cat,

They had a Sister named of Berly.
I remember Brenda Braycloud sad about her Son I do remember that. Do also remember the Knights on the Ridgeway their Daughter was a good friend of my late Sister.

My Sister told me that the Knights Daughters Son age about 12 died age 12 falling from a Tree while picking Conkers:(
 
The Knights

Hello Alf morning to you to, Janet Knight Was one of my friends, she went to Erdington grammer.
Do you remember the Christmas family i can only remember one name that was Neal we would call him Nearly Christmas..:D and the Hollis family by the phone box..............Cat
 
Missed that first time round Alf it must have been Janet's son (how sad).........Cat
 
Jonah the whale.

:biggrin: Alf. Do you remember the Pheasy family from Gypsey Lane?. They were relatives of mine. Jean. :biggrin:
 
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