Graham Mottram

I must declare my total support for Granelli's. The Granelli's of 1953 that is, when they still used a pony and trap kind of travelling van. My father used to supply the hay and straw for the ponies, and I used to go with him when he went for his money sometimes. They used to give me a cornet straight out of their ice cream machine, which was in the yard near the stables. The last time I did a Street View there was still a Granelli's shop in the same place, with the arch into the stable yard.

I was at Athelstan frm 1955 to 1959 and we had a very good reunion at the school in 2009. The curent staff got some documents out for us, such as the old Punishments Book, but I do not recollect a yearbook being mentioned. Since we all used to have a school photo every year, the school might have pasted up a mugshot of all the likely suspects but I am only speculating. Athelstan was not in a place to be so American as to have a full yearbook ??!!

I really shouldn't have joined this forum. My day is blitzed. I lived behind the M&W/Asda site from 1955 and used to play on the fields before M&W built on them, probably late 1950s. If my urban legend is correct, The Full Monty was filmed in Asda at Orgreave, which was "replaced" by the Handsworth Road store. Since TFM was released in 1997, does that mean the store opened in Handsworth around then ? My parents died in 1988 and I think that M&W were still in place then.

I've just watched the YouTube video and have suffered a serious attack of the Gor Blimeys. Fabulous watching. The only person I recognise is the guy with crinkly blonde hair, aslo shown shot putting, and that is Mick "Tink" Taylor. I went to WGS in 1959 and finished at Aston Woodhouse in 1967. Mick Taylor came back to teach physics and I became quite friendly with him. He'd put on a lot of muscle by the time he came back and used to supervise weight training for one thing. A lovely man who was stricken by some dreadful lumbar virus about 25 years ago and confined to a wheelchair ever since. Looking at Mick at the age of about 18, I would say this film was shot about 1956. There is one teacher right at the beginning and I think that he was Mr Betteridge, but I'm prepared to be corrected.

This may be too late but I've only just come across this thread whilst doing a bit of nostalgic roaming. I see from the other two threads that no one can find any photos of Greaves's factory. I can, although they are when it was well ablaze. If I can find a way to attach the two photos I will. They were taken by my much older half brother with my father's Kodak 620 roll film camera. A journalist saw Alan take the photos and they bought the film from him, processed it and used the photos in the Telegraph and Star. If someone can tell me how to compile the URL for my local hard disc, I will post the photos, because I can't work it out !!