The Retirement Thread

[Deleted member 1258]

Just imagine the regulars nudging each other and going tut tut.

We are regulars

 

[Dirk]

Near the Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green?

 

[welsh dragon]

Bordesley Green?

Yes. I lived there for around 27 years.

 

[Dirk]

Yes. I lived there for around 27 years.

Nice......

 

[welsh dragon]

Nice......

Yeah. Right.

 

[welsh dragon]

Nice......

It could have been worse. It could have been Alum Rock.

 

[172traindriver]

I keep saying i will have to get a train into Brum to do some shopping. Now though, i don't think will bother.

The nice bits are nice just like any other city.
Look at all the wealth in London yet look at what happens in other parts.
You would be better off on the train as the roadworks are a joke

 

[172traindriver]

We are regulars

You'll be black balled

 

[Dirk]

It could have been worse. It could have been Alum Rock.

Ozzy Osbourne came from Alum Rock.

 

[welsh dragon]

Ozzy Osbourne came from Alum Rock.

That figures.

 

[172traindriver]

Ozzy Osbourne came from Alum Rock.

I thought it was Aston?
Or did he live there when he was a bit older

 

[Dirk]

That figures.

I was dragged up in Sparkhill.

 

[welsh dragon]

I was dragged up in Sparkhill.

Nearly as bad as Bordesley Green. Anywhere near Ladypool road by any chance?

 

[172traindriver]

Nearly as bad as Bordesley Green. Anywhere near Ladypool road by any chance?

Balti land??

 

[Dirk]

Nearly as bad as Bordesley Green. Anywhere near Ladypool road by any chance?

Ladypool Road ran across the end of the road where I was born.

Balti land??

Not in the 1950s it wasn't!