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Play It Again: Roy Castle (1932 - 1994) - by Graham Young.

ROY CASTLE (1932-94)Read

Eurovision Song Contest, 1998 - Birmingham NIA.

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST (May 9, 1998)Read

Play it Again: TV chat show legend Michael Parkinson.

MICHAEL PARKINSON (1971-1982 & 1998-2007)Read

Play it Again: Ernie Wise

ERNIE WISE (1925-1999)Read

ONE of Birmingham’s best known pubs, which owes much of its fame to a long-gone theatre, was celebrating its 111th anniversary this weekend.

The Barton Arms was the place where a lowly-paid factory worker could rub shoulders with the great and the good, including movie stars, for the price of a pint.Read

Nostalgia: The traditional heartland of Selly Oak THESE days Selly Oak is a mecca for students from across the world coming to Birmingham for education, inebriation and fun.more
Titanic 100 years on: End of the age of innocence THEY are the snapshots that reveal a forgotten world – what life was like on the Titanic’s maiden voyage before she sank.more

Nostalgia: Springtime

SUDDENLY winter’s gone – and it’s spring!Read

Nostalgia - Play It Again, Lizzie Wiggins!

LIZZIE WIGGINS / POT OF GOLDRead

Play it Again: Michael Crawford on the day he ended up on Spaghetti Junction in his pyjamas.

MICHAEL CRAWFORDRead

Shopping around for memories of Birmingham

IF there is one image that sums up the modern-day metropolitan Midlands, it’s the futuristic Selfridges building at Birmingham’s iconic Bullring.Read

Nostalgia: Birmingham is a city of great sports FOOTBALL. It’s all about the money these days – millionaire players, giant stadia, TV deals and big business sponsorship.more

Play it Again: Jimmy Greaves

JIMMY GREAVES ON TVRead

Nostalgia: Valentine's Day

LOVE is in the air – and it seems us Midlanders have always had a soft spot for a bit of romance.Read

Nostalgia: Famous mistresses

1 ELIZABETH TAYLORRead

Fashion: The Mini

THINK 1960s, think The Beatles, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, World Cup fever, love, peace and mini skirts.Read

Nostalgia: Chinese New Year

CHINESE New Year is always an exciting event in Birmingham.Read

Nostalgia: Board Games

CLUEDO is one of the most popular board games in the world, selling millions in over 40 countries and spawning a film, stage play and TV series.Read

US IMMIGRATION lawyer Stephen Jay was picked to enter the first US National Scrabble championship in 1978 – and has taken part in every tournament since.

He says the “apex of his career so far” was coming fourth in the World Scrabble Championships in 2001 at The Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas.Read

Nostalgia: Getting ready for the Christmas bash? Beauty treatments of years gone by

NEW Year, new you.Read

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