Sledging in the Lickeys!

I loved the old Bull Ring Market - we used to make a beeline for the toy stall when we were kids, and my mate's brother had a stall in the indoor section underneath the Bull Ring.

We went watching wrestling in Digbeth Civic Hall. Ice sakating at the rink in Hob's Moat.

Acocks Green used to be home to the the joke shop that supplied Tiswas. It was called Lynex I think and we'd badger my dad to take us up there on Saturdays. Anyone know if it's still there?

My first gig was ELO at the NEC - Brumtastic!

In 1986 it was the Heartbeat concert - a gathering of Brummie bands with George Harrison coming on for the finale. There was another charity gig at the NEC I went to a year or two after that, ELO Part II, Woody, Tom Robinson and Edwin Starr all played at it - I think it was in aid of aids charities.