Recent content by lozellskid

Used to buy a glass of pop at the sweet shop next to the Villa Cross in the sixties. Lived in Anglesey st of the Lozells rd. Happy memories Saturday morning at the pictures Ray

Used to play in the Grove off Villa road with friends in the late 1960s. I believe schoolfriend Johnny Robbins lived there Ray

Lozells boy here. Been in Southern Calif for 36 years. Still go back to visit Family in Bham area every year. Love coming back. Up the Baggies Ray W

Hello Lozells girl. I lived in Anglesey street from 1960 until 1975. I used to climb over the wall to enter Anglesey st school to play football with friends in the summer. My school was to St Francis in Brougham st and My parents met at Lucas Great King street Before Anglesey st we lived in...

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Thanks everyone. Where Hockley started and Lozells ended etc. was always somewhat of a guess to me. My parents both worked at Lucas Great King street. Was that Hockley or Newtown? I went to primary school at St Francis Brougham street. 45 years later I'm still not sure if it was in Lozells...

Does anyone know when the name Newtown was first used? I grew up in Anglesey street in the sixties and seventies. I always sensed it was a'new' name for the area redeveloped between Nursery road going north to Towards Town Thanks