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Have our children forgotten how to play?

CHILDHOOD memories are precious, but could be precious few.Read

And the bride wore white ... royal brides through the ages

KATE seems to favour classic designs with a quirky twist. She would look good in a narrower, fitted dress, possibly bias cut, so she would not be swamped due to her narrow frame.Read

Nostalgia: Easter fun

IN my Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it ...Read

Nostalgia: Dancing in the streets

STREET parties are a British tradition.Read

Worcester farmer reveals he was in Churchill's Secret Army

I JOINED the Auxiliary Unit on my 18th birthday. I didn’t know anything about it until being recruited by my brother, who was already a member.Read

Nostalgia: Remembering Bonfire Night in Brum

IT was once as big a part of Bonfire Night as the fireworks and baked potatoes.Read

Birmingham pensioner is the third sister in her family to reach 100

SHE was born in a bygone age when gentlemen doffed their hats to ladies, King George V was on the throne and there were few cars on the roads.Read

Sunday Mercury joins VE Day ceremony in London

THEY stood shoulder to shoulder, saluting those who gave their lives for our freedom.Read

Black Country grandma Jean Baggott goes back in time

GROWING up in the Black Country, Jean Baggott remembers a time when television and telephones were a rarity but where neighbourliness was the norm.Read

Remembrance Day shadow hanging over Freda's 87th birthday celebrations

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER Freda Jones celebrated her 87th birthday with a heavy heart yesterday – on the eve of Remembrance Sunday.Read

Bos Trevis - a real West Brom hero

LAST week Brenda Chambers of Worcester appealed for information about a West Bromwich Albion player of the 1930s called ‘Bos’ Trevis.Read

Retro sweet sales are on the up thanks to Birmingham's Duran Duran

Making a sweet comeback... Nation asked to choose what childhood favourite to bring back to shelves Duran Duran, Take That and Spandau Ballet have all made a comeback in the Noughties, but it's not just music that's experiencing a retro revolution. Sales of retro sweets have skyrocketed in the recession as Britons hark back to a more care free time. Sherbet Dib-Dabs are up 19% year on year while Flying Saucers are flying with sales up by a third and Catherine wheels up by 35%. If that's not sweet enough, you now have the chance to bring back your favourite old school confectionery - from Shrimps to Sherbets, Bonbons to Barley Sugars. Waitrose has launched the Sweet Revival campaign asking sweet-toothed Brits to vote for their childhood favourites and help them decide which treat to put back onto its shelves nationwide.Head to www.waitrose.com/sweetrevival to vote for your favourite confectionary and the winner will be announced in OctoberRead

Nostalgia: Coronation Day street party

TOM ADAMS, from Hall Green, sent in these wonderful photographs of a Coronation Day street party in June 1953.Read

Nostalgia: Reunion at Northfield schools

Northfield schools at Trescott Road and Tinkers Farm produced many talented footballers, who progressed from the schools to local youth clubs of Northcross and Wescote Hall.Read

Nostalgia: The Bunch was soldiers’ haunt

REGARDING the letter ‘Bunch Memories’ (August 2, 2009) about the Crown and Anchor pub in Birmingham and the origins of its nickname the Bunch, I accept that Mr Greatrex, as a resident of Lawrence Street between the 1920s and 1950s, is able to position the correct site of the Crown and Anchor at Gem Street and Ryder Street.Read

Nostalgia: When Duran Duran rocked Aston Villa ground

Before Live Aid local pop megastars Duran Duran played to a screaming home crowd in July 1983 at Villa Park in front of Prince Charles and Princess Diana to raise money for mental handicap charity Mencap.Read

Nostalgia: Cup winners reunited

I am enclosing a photograph of the football team Hockley Celtic – a team of young men living in the Hockley and Brookfields areas of the city – who won the Sunday/Monday Cup and League in 1949-50.Read

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