the smiths
master brummie
Think the man behind the one with the cane is a clippy and he has the machine just over his shoulder great pic lots to spot.......
In 18 hundred and fity one, my corderoy breeches i put on, my corderoy breeche I put pm to work upon the railway, the railway, working on the rail ay hail way, yes Paddy works on the Railway.. I wonder if Big G knows that one?1905 Gravelly Hill and they were hard at work laying tram tracks and a little girl in the hat looks on - she will probably enjoy a ride on the new electric trams when they start running .... now 108 years later tram tracks are again being laid in central Birmingham ...
He probably got his mates (in doorway) to give him a leg up there - or he was trying to escape from them in case they thumped him for having a clean shirt!He looks like a jockey. "Where's me 'orse gone?"
He has probably climbed up there to get a light for his fag.
These days we don't see many young lads walking along a street arm-in-arm with their mums, but this young Hockley lad did back in the early 1960s
Hi Viv - I liked sitting on those front seats and with my sister and a cousin, went round the Outer Circle a few times when my mum and aunt wanted to get rid of us for the afternoon. I only used the Inner Circle bus to travel from Aston Park Lane to Springhill, but several times each week.And there'd always be two boys on the front seats on top deck. They were probably friends but chose to take a seat each. Doubtless in their minds they were the driver. Viv.