[betterthanbaird]

I notice they`re all coming out the wood work on local radio but where are they when the going gets tuff with gates
of 2 thousand?

At the risk of sounding like a plastic fan, can you blame them? Why spend money and time going to a game that will give you no joy, especially some living a bit further afield. It would be like a cheaper version of supporting Villa now.

[BaggieMan]

BBB, do you mean the Ford garage called Meteor?
Number 63 WGR was virtually opposite St Agnes Road and next but one to Belle Walk. They were huge houses that were converted into flats. They were demolished eventually and are now blocks of flats. Club on the way to the ring ? Whats that all about BBB? And, what year about were you there?

[aries22]

My dear chap. I was born in Oxfordshire in a small rural village. One young lad I befriended at school had a father who supported Coventry.  He took his son and myself out for a jolly day out at the footer - FA Cup. Coventry were playing this team called West Bromwich Albion and I was dazzled by the colourful Rosette and the pretty bird on the badge and took a shine to them. Plus their fans were a friendly sort and one of them lifted me up to see the pitch when the crowd got a little boisterous. The rest is history.

Great story, Stairs!

I am Northumberland born and bred but moved down to Wednesbury with my dad's job when I was a very young lad, and fortunately he wasn't really into football so I had a clean slate to choose from, if that's not mixing my metaphors.

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I'm going to be in Blighty when Walsall appear at Wembley, so I might enquire after a ticket for the game. Anyone else fancy it?

[silverbaggie]

Well done the Saddlers ! Absolutely delighted for them.

My Father was born in West Brom

My Grandfather was born in Handsworth which was then Staffordshire
I was born in Moseley, lived there and then Hall Green and for the last 40 years in North Staffs Moorlands

So, Oi dunna surpose oim a Black Country lad ay oi .....?

Oh well, if you're going to claim BC descendants as counting, one of my Grandmothers was born in Wednesbury.

[BaggyBomber]

Seems like I'm one of the few West Brom people who contribute.  I didn't realise Baggies attracted such international support!

I was born in WB and lived there, close to the old town centre, until I married in '66.  Since then I've lived in the Dudley area.  Growing up, my family and friends were all Baggies and the Club was etched into my my brain from my first consciousness, I feel. My father talked of them continually as I grew up. Oh, how he loved that '31 team that won FA Cup and promotion in the same season.

Both my schools were near WB town centre but the secondary school's sports field now lies under the M5, by the motorway roundabout that bears the stone archway on the Brummie road, a couple of hundred yards from The Shrine.  I've played a lot of football close to the Hawthorns, unfortunately only once on it!

I walk my daughter's dog most weekdays in Sandwell Valley which stretches up to within a Tony Brown shot of the ground.

Albion till I die.

[pieandabovril]

Seems like I'm one of the few West Brom people who contribute.  I didn't realise Baggies attracted such international support!

I was born in WB and lived there, close to the old town centre, until I married in '66.  Since then I've lived in the Dudley area.  Growing up, my family and friends were all Baggies and the Club was etched into my my brain from my first consciousness, I feel.  My father talked of them continually as I grew up.  Oh, how he loved that '31 team that won FA Cup and promotion in the same season.

Both my schools were near WB town centre but the secondary school's sports field now lies under the M5, by the motorway roundabout that bears the stone archway on the Brummie road, a couple of hundred yards from The Shrine.  I've played a lot of football close to the Hawthorns, unfortunately only once on it!

I walk my daughter's dog most weekdays in Sandwell Valley which stretches up to within a Tony Brown shot of the ground.

Albion till I die.

Could have written that myself Bomber,almost identical upbringing! Only difference now is that I walk the dog in Sutton Park,not Sandwell Valley,so I have obviously gone up in the world!!!!

[aries22]

And to think I've battled so ard to unerstand the dialect in Ska'd's book which oive nearly finished.
Cor I av me money back Ska'd.

Ska'd's book is excellent, and to those who haven't read it yet, I urge you to buy a copy and read it. All Baggies of a certain age who grew up in the West Bromwich area will identify with it. It brought back tons of memories for me.

[talkSAFT]

Spot on, Aries.
I can't think why every Baggie doesn't buy it....seriously.

[BaggieMan]

CALLING BAGGIE BOMBER...

Bomber, you mentioed in your post "the stone archway" on the M5 roundabout...  I have often seen that and wondered what it was all about. Do you know the history of it at all. I suspect it may have perhaps been an entrance to an old building or something.

[pieandabovril]

CALLING BAGGIE BOMBER...

Bomber, you mentioed in your post "the stone archway" on the M5 roundabout...  I have often seen that and wondered what it was all about. Do you know the history of it at all. I suspect it may have perhaps been an entrance to an old building or something.

I think it was originally based in Dartmouth Park in West Brom but not too sure! BaggieMan might know a bit more about the history!