jmadone
master brummie
Geoff that's wonderful. I have tried to send a message to you but with no successs. can you private message me please?
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jmadone
master brummie
Thanks Lyn.
jmadone
master brummie
Thanks. Perhaps I was doing it wrong but no worries as messages have now been sent.
Johnny Duff
proper brummie kid
Hi Ivor can’t say I remember you but I was friendly with Geoffrey Broadbent and his sister Betty.
They lived in Pendeen road can’t recall the number but would have been father down the road from you towards Yardley wood road.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Flints stores one at either end of the row of shops. I did a paper round for Mrs Flint when 13. There was a clothing shop in the row of shops but can not remember the name. I used to go the Tudor Saturday Matinees stamping our feet when Ming appears in the Flash Gordon episode. Then went again on Sunday night finished about 9.15 then the Valley pub as they used to close at 10 on Sunday stand in the corridor. My father would bring out a packet of Smiths crisps the ones with the salt in a twisted blue paper, then hopefully the mussels and cockles man would come around.
My mom was caretaker of the church hall - Christ Church and we used to go to Flints - I went to HH school and we lived on Prince of Wales Lane. Dad frequented the social club for a game of dominoes and a “shandy” aka pints of mild! We hoped to get chosen to clean up wedding confetti at the church after we sang in the choir!
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Yardley Wood Social Club. Prince of Wales Lane. My father's yard was behind the shops which were opposite the allotments. We spent more time in the cafe in that row of shops. The Chantelles used to have a practice night in the room above the Warstock pub on the corner. Ace Kefford was in the Chantelles at the time. Blonde guy went and resurfaced in the Move when they made it.
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Beautiful scene at the Dingle of a horse drinking at the ford. Sorry, no date. Viv.
Speedy23
master brummie
Clothing shop was "Simpsons"....it survived against all odds until not too long ago. Empty for ages, but otherwise untouched. Those of us who could not afford Simpsons had to resort to "Patricks" just around the corner on YWR, near Jones' bike shop and "Decorate".....
Terence David Lines
master brummie
I remember the local MP who came to see my father when he was alive, he brought him a similar photo. Charlie you will like this old photo of Yardley Wood Road. My father said this photo is of Stoney Lane and that’s where Stoney Lane Sparkbrook gets its name from. My father said I had to go down to that ford to collect the milk and bread when the brook was flooded as the horse and cart could not get through it. The Dingles are still there, I used to swim in a deep stretch just below Trittiford Park. It is now YWR. But it was not in 1925.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Simpson’s that right. Mrs Flint you had to keep a track if you did any extra paper rounds if the paper boy for that round did not turn up. She had a selective memory.
Speedy23
master brummie
Arrgh. When I was a kid in the 1960's we used to go down the Dingles. The bit just at the bottom of the park where it used to go under Trittiford Road used to be swarming with horse-leeches. We used to collect 'em in jam-jars.
Not nice.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
The things we used to collect when we we’re kids. Used to dredge the brook up by the Aquaduct using a hessian sack. You could get stone loach and small roach in that stretch. The overflow in Trittiford Park what went into the brook used to be full of kids paddling in hot weather even in those days many got bad cuts as someone had smashed a bottle in the brook. Scribblers Lane ford was also full of kids when the weather got warm it had a really sandy bottom. I went a few years ago this ford and the one at the Aquaduct have been concreted over and the stream runs through ducts underneath. I may be mistaken perhaps it was only the Aquaduct ford that was concrete.
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Radiorails
master brummie
There is a lot of reminiscences about the Aqueduct -the one in Shirley - maybe earlier in this thread. It was a wonderful place for enjoyment back in the late ''40s and early 1950's. Not that many cars around then.
I spent many happy days down at the ford in Scribers Lane in my early childhood. Also in the fields next to it - fishing with nets and putting the fish into jars; we also did drag fishing with cloth, but that wasn't as exciting for me.
The last time I was down there was about 10-12 years ago on a nostalgia visit. The ford was still open water then and looked pretty much as I remembered it, although quite leafy with overhanging trees.
I found this photograph of my dad taken paddling in the ford. Not sure of the date but would be late 40s - early 50s.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
Love it used to love paddling in that ford. Do you remember the old sharabang in the field further up towards the Shirley end. Can not remember if it was Ian Hatfield who threw a banger in the petrol tank that still had fumes in after all those years blew it up. If it was not you Ian I am sorry but we all got a lecture at assembly in school about the incident. It got a sand lining after Hoveringham Gravels opened up the sand quarry further up stream past the Drawbridge Pub towards Whitlock End Halt station on the Stratford on Avon line. I need to go back that way sometime to see if the pool is still in Priory Road, I do know the wind mill went years ago.
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Terence David Lines
master brummie
A young boy fell off the bridge and died whilst I was at Yardley Wood School.
We used to play in the ford down Scribers Lane. Caught loads of sticklebacks in jam jars.
We moved from Reddings Lane to Doveridge Road when I was about 2 yrs old.
Many halfpenny sweets were purchased at Warwicks, Robert the son was in our class at Chilcote if I remember rightly.
We moved from Reddings Lane to Doveridge Road when I was about 2 yrs old.
Many halfpenny sweets were purchased at Warwicks, Robert the son was in our class at Chilcote if I remember rightly.
Terence David Lines
master brummie
I was always hanging around Shribers Lane when I was about 13, I had a crush on a girl who lived further up far side of the railway bridge on the right. Three story flats I seem to remember at a junction.
Margaret Flood
New Member
I remember Judy and her brother, we lived at 21 Cleeve Road and my name was Margaret Clements
Does anyone remember the Police phone box near Yardley Wood Station. I used to be fascinated by it thinking someone actually lived in it!
I vaguely remember a Bobby wearing a cape opening the little door and using the phone which dispelled that notion!
I found a purse with six shillings & eight pence in it. I took it to the Robin Hood Police Station and was told to come back in three months. I excitedly went back to claim it and the desk sergeant pointed at the Police Benevolent Fund Charity Box when he gave it to me which my Mum thought was very unfair to an eight year old!
I bought my Mum a glass sugar bowl with the money from a shop on Highfield Road.
I vaguely remember a Bobby wearing a cape opening the little door and using the phone which dispelled that notion!
I found a purse with six shillings & eight pence in it. I took it to the Robin Hood Police Station and was told to come back in three months. I excitedly went back to claim it and the desk sergeant pointed at the Police Benevolent Fund Charity Box when he gave it to me which my Mum thought was very unfair to an eight year old!
I bought my Mum a glass sugar bowl with the money from a shop on Highfield Road.
Hi Margaret, I remember you being friends with Marilyn Brown who I was always chasing and finally married her!! We were married 51 years, 3 kids, lost her in 2012. Hope you keep well, Basher Reynolds
I remember Judy. She was a friend of my sister - Glenys Williams - they were in the same class at YWSM.
I remember your name Basher. You were a friend of one of my sisters, either Mary or Glenys Williams.
I don't remember the sharabang incident, but I do remember (I think it was) Alan Ainsworth chucking a match or something into the tank of an old car that was abandoned on the grass verge that ran up the middle of Priory Road. He was badly burned around the head and we had the school assembly lecture afterwards. It was also Alan who I remember being dragged around the classroom by his ear in a French lesson (Mrs. Wood?).
Yes, I was taken there by my mum, but i got nits, following a haircut and she marched me back there to complain
Hi to all. I lived in Glastonbury road number 126 and went to YWS infants juniors and seniors. The seniors were boys
only and the girls school was next door. I remember both schools joined after a time. My name by the way is Trevor Waters.
I had 2 brothers Bill and Tom. J's pictures brought back a few names and faces I don't think I was in that class but I certainly
played football in the school team with a few of the boys. Fond memories thanks
only and the girls school was next door. I remember both schools joined after a time. My name by the way is Trevor Waters.
I had 2 brothers Bill and Tom. J's pictures brought back a few names and faces I don't think I was in that class but I certainly
played football in the school team with a few of the boys. Fond memories thanks
Margaret Flood
New Member
Hi Sue I lived at 21 Cleeve Road and I remember Judy, Peter and your aunt, my name was Margaret Clements, Judy may remember me