I have so many happy memories of life in Cregoe Street, our address was B15 Edgbaston, not Ladywood. We didn’t have a lot but what we had was appreciated, family was everything. In our yard were gardens were my grandfather grew carnations and all sorts of flowers. My Uncle Potter (no 7) had an allotment in Wheelers Road Edgbaston, which backed on to the canal, as kids we used to climb up and it was like being on holiday, green grass and wildlife on the canal. My uncle grew all his veggies and blackcurrants gooseberries redcurrants, cucumbers and tomatoes under glass, it was like a breath of fresh air. The allotment was entered through a door in a high wall. On Sundays we used to get a tram up to the lickey hills and spend hours on the beacon, mum used to collect bilberries on the steep hill, which is now overgrown with trees, she used to make bilberry pie, all good memories. Does anyone else remember the Wakelam family. On our yard we had Mr Mrs Green, and Mrs Clutterbuck. All the houses in our yard were empty by the end of 1961 when we all had to move out as they were demolishing the houses. We moved to Hall Green.