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Watching this movie as a youngster, at the height of the Michael Jackson Thriller mania, I was surprised to discover that Quincy Jones had written the music for the opening titles, 'on days like these', the movie was awesome but making out the exact location of the crane lowering was impossible from...

Thank You very much for the welcome Gents :wave: , as a 1973 boy born in walsgrave hospital, living in Willenhall til 1976, then Stoke Aldermoor til '79, and Stoke Green ever since, Torrington Avenue would have been totally unknown to me until I passed my driving test in 1992, so I would never have ...

Great post! World in Action was one of my favourite tv themes and shows of all time, speaking of which, where was this place?, my guess is edgwick or foleshill, but the entire documentary is well worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgfjUh2j2Mo?t=500 [admin's note: YouTube's goto feature i...

Great post! World in Action was one of my favourite tv themes and shows of all time, speaking of which, where was this place?, my guess is edgwick or foleshill, but the entire documentary is well worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgfjUh2j2Mo?t=500 [admin's note: YouTube's goto feature i...

Do not forget also, that the 45th anniversary of Saturday November 14th 1974 IRA bombing of Coventry, which killed IRA man James McDade ( I think ) and injured his companion, is also coming up, and that the Birmingham pub bombings one week later on Saturday November 21st 1974, killing 21 in the Mulb...