1966-71
I was born in Birmingham on the 5th February 1966. My memories of this period are good so I’ll tell you about some of them.
I remember my first school, it was called stanville. see the school now and how it was shaped, by looking on Google Earth confirms that my memory is good.
Great memories of playing with our go carts up on the main road path and down the lane through the middle of our houses. Mike’s was much faster and being 2 years older. The pavements were excellent to ride on, flat and long with a small 1 ft white fence each side.
Climbing over the school fence and eating chewing gum off the floor! Yuck!!
There was a open bit of lane to the right with a stream through it. My brother Mike fell in and scrambled back to safety. I also fell in but obviously made it too.
A man falling off his motorcycle at the top of our road, I’m sure he was knocked down. we kept his bike until he came out of hospital.
I also remember being given a red farm tractor when mike was at school. We would also roam the school grounds.
Trips to Cornwall and Devon 9n the summer, not in my wildest dreams would I thought we would end up living there.
Visiting Nan in her big block of Flats, very high up she was, amazing views. I remember one time we were there for three days, so we always made a bee 🐝 line for the Big slide at the bottom of the flats every day. These two slides were much bigger that what we had at home. So after going up and down these slides god knows how many times in those two days. On the 3rd day we quickly changed and had breakfast and knowing it was our last day to go on the now fantastic! Amazing, Fun slides. 😔☹️. We rushed down to the ground floor using the lift and jumped out eagerly wanting to feel the sensation and speed these bad boys had. We stopped in our tracks and stared in disbelief! Someone had shit on both slides and pasted it all the wall up to the top! We were gutted. 😭
Also visiting Auntie Nor who lived in and old red brick Victorian house. The whole area was made of these Red bricks houses, all having detailed stone work, lots of patterns, circles eta. Very ornate Door ways and Windows. Remember going to stay there with Daz n Mike on Christmas 🎄 🎅🏻 Day. Mum n Dad too. It snowed a lot, I’d probably think it was fairly tail ish now. 🔴 Red brick houses, 🌳 Trees and bushes all with snow on them ❄️🌨. It had a large open fire 🔥🤟.
