Re: A Birmingham Childhood Remembered

Its this one I always have the beef with mushroom & noodles and banana fritters after lol

Re: A Birmingham Childhood Remembered

Hi cassie, it looks a very tempting place, but the I thought it was is quite a large restaurant. - I love the buffet chinese set up so I would proberbly like the one you've been to!
I don't experiment much with food - so a visit to a formal chinese or indian restaurnt leaves me in feer of something I might not like

Re: A Birmingham Childhood Remembered

The Dalek in Lewis's circa 1968 put the wind up me, mother was oblivious.

Re: A Birmingham Childhood Remembered

The old Snow Hill Station, steam trains, The 6pm to Paddington on a Sunday night going back to army base, non stop train. Chestnut man outside.74 bus to Dudley and you paid to the boundary at West Brom then had to pay again.
New st Station wher you could walk over from new st across the bridge with the Trains below, all steam in those days .

Re: A Birmingham Childhood Remembered

That bought back happy memories thanks, I too was born in Brum and used to go to Lewis, roof top café, and the Father Xmas grotto, and often went on the Outer Circle Bus( 11 ) just for a ride round the City, my mother used to work at Kunzle Cakes near five ways remember them ? I also used to be a train spotter and went to New St station armed with my Ian Allen train spotter book to tick off a few more, I wonder if kids ? nah ! also the wet fish shops which have all but disappeared these days, my mother used to send me with a little note to be handed to the bloke that served you which read " Mum says 1lb of whale meat please and if possible, can we have the head for the Cat ! and I always wondered what they were laffin at ?

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Used to go to the Silver Blades, Wurlitzer banging out Nilsson, and Saturdays, playing hide and seek in the Museum.