I remember when

[dave.woodhall]

JR casts his eye beyond Villa Park.

https://heroesandvillains.info/2023/05/01/i-remember-when/

[bill]

Remember quite a few of those…….Damn I feel old.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

There was a snooker hall above every branch of Burton‘s Tailors

Does anybody know the story to this one?

[dave.woodhall]

There was a snooker hall above every branch of Burton‘s Tailors

Does anybody know the story to this one?

There's probably an urban myth, but the truth is that the halls subsidised the running costs of the shops and the players would get their clothes from there.

[Hillbilly]

The Cannon Hill Park tulip festival and local carnivals.

[Chap]

The Birmingham Show in Perry Park.

[Nev]

That circular cafe in the underpass below Corporation St/Bull Street. You could sit in round bright orange chairs, my Mom would take us in there for a treat when we went to town, a jam doughnut and a glass of orange squash. Then off to the food hall at BHS for a bag of broken biscuits.

[brian green]

Chimpanzees in cages on the top floor of Lewis's.

[Pete]

There was a snooker hall above every branch of Burton‘s Tailors

Does anybody know the story to this one?

There's probably an urban myth, but the truth is that the halls subsidised the running costs of the shops and the players would get their clothes from there.

I certainly played snooker above the Burton's in Sutton when I was a teenager. This was back in the 1980s.

[Martyn Smith]

There was a snooker hall above every branch of Burton‘s Tailors

Does anybody know the story to this one?

There's probably an urban myth, but the truth is that the halls subsidised the running costs of the shops and the players would get their clothes from there.

I certainly played snooker above the Burton's in Sutton when I was a teenager. This was back in the 1980s.

Did you know a guy called Dave Whitlock? Small, fairly quiet. Went to Vesey with him in the '80s. He was a regular at that club, I believe

[Drummond]

Chimpanzees in cages on the top floor of Lewis's.

Were they dressed in Royal Blue shirts and white shorts?

[Paul.S]

A lot of this is before my time but some of it isn’t and it takes me back. A great read, thanks.

[Risso]

I certainly played snooker above the Burton's in Sutton when I was a teenager. This was back in the 1980s.

It was the same in Aylesbury when I was at school in the 80s. Some bright spark at our school decided that the lower 6th could choose what they wanted to do for games, so we could pick between the usual football/rugby, or walk into town for swimming, ten pin bowling or snooker. We opted for snooker (above a Burtons) and spent the afternoon drinking, smoking and playing on the fruit machines with the odd game of snooker chucked in. We'd go back to school stinking of fags and a bit worse for wear.

[Jon Crofts]

Back in town on a bus before Lewis’s shut on a Saturday afternoon after a 3 o’clock kick off.

[Pete]

There was a snooker hall above every branch of Burton‘s Tailors

Does anybody know the story to this one?

There's probably an urban myth, but the truth is that the halls subsidised the running costs of the shops and the players would get their clothes from there.

I certainly played snooker above the Burton's in Sutton when I was a teenager. This was back in the 1980s.

Did you know a guy called Dave Whitlock? Small, fairly quiet. Went to Vesey with him in the '80s. He was a regular at that club, I believe

I didn't. A bunch of us at Streetly Comp sixth form were allowed to play golf for PE on Wednesday afternoons, if the weather was bad we'd go to the snooker hall instead. We didn't get to know any other members.