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To all those out there who might have lived in Lyndon Road, Sheldon, in the 1940's, or know someone from that era, do you remember the "British Restaurant" on the corner of Lyndon Road and Melton Avenue. I still remember my folks taking me there just after the war (1946 or 7) for a meal. Long...

Maurice, My only connection to Crete is that I passed it (all be it at a distance) on the way to Aus in 1963. I imagine a fascinating place. I wish you well and who knows, we might 'bump into' each other here again one day. Take care. Peter.

Maurice, I'm not far behind you (at 81 in a months time) and my chances of reliving my past by visiting Lyndon Road are now non existent. But we have Google and I've been spending a lot of time this week just trawling the streets around Lyndon Road, "visiting" places like my old school etc...

So sorry Maurice but you have to agree, especially at this (Covid) time, old memories can do wonders for the soul. Peter.

Astoness, I don't know why, maybe my age, but I've suddenly become somewhat nostalgic for the 'old days' and memories are suddenly jumping out and reminding me of so many events from the past. One particular one was a program on TV about Wales. Suddenly I was on the promenade at Barmouth in 1946...

A touch off area me thinks. We are talking here of Lyndon Road, Sheldon, Birmingham. P.

Janice, a little bit of history of the area. Where Daylesford Road takes off Lyndon Road all the way up to what was Garners Greengrocery shop was originally a dairy farm. Opposite 275 and 277 Lyndon Road were the milking sheds. After 1940 when the Germans were trying to bomb the Rover factory...

Janice a correction. I think I am right in assuming Dr Basil V is (or was) Robinson and not a separate doctor. P.

Janice, thanks. Though Dr Basil V (and I am assuming Physns is Physician) Doesn't ring any bells. The Doctor I am looking for moved to the new estate back beyond Lyndon School. Peter.

Jan 2021 A query cropped up today and I couldn't answer it. I was born in Solihull Hospital Maternity Section - Dr R L Washington doing the honors. His practice was in Lyndon Road close to the cinema. He took on a partner Dr Robinson. I need to find out (if someone can remember) the...

Hi Wendy. Cant say I know it but I'm just a bit "up the road" in Port Macquarie, NSW. Home was, from 1940 to 1963 in Lyndon Road Sheldon, just a couple of hundred yards up from the Sheldon Cinema. I've been back (though not recently) but now the cinema has gone, I don't think I'll be...

Wendylee, whereabouts in Aus? OldBrummie.

I wonder what prompted the "runner" in the dark glasses. The way the photo has been taken makes it look like he's actually in a race carrying the post (or is that a drain pipe?) and sign that says A3. Old Brummie.

"oldMohawk's" photo show's something interesting apart from the kids. Above the window to the left is what appears to be a miniature "potted" garden. Someone has obviously tried to liven a rather drab frontage with pot plants though to the right appears a children's toy house. It's also...

Hi Steve. Dad was company accountant, name Cyril Leatham Platt. I don't remember dates but he was 'head-hunted' and later moved a couple of streets away to "Delta Wire". I remember Hoskins quite well as Dad often worked 'on the books' (accounts) at weekends when it was quiet and he took myself...

Out of curiosity, does anyone know if there are any lists of ARP Wardens who served during WW2, specifically in Sheldon and on the knocker, Lyndon Road? OldBrummie

A beautiful motor but going back to the subject photo there appears to possibly be a bar of some kind across the middle of the radiator and that doesn't look very "Rolls Royce". OldBrummie

Can I join in? This guy has certainly caused a stir. My take - Cover his head and he looks almost female in his gait. Even his swinging arm gives same impression. If they weren't plus fours, it might almost be a skirt. Guy in trilby (?) seems uninterested but the guy to his right with the bag of...

I may be wrong but to me this appears to be the end of the line. Look at the tracks and the one on the left merges with the one on the right, indicating the trams on the right track shuttle across to the left and return from whence they came. Thus this must be a terminus. There appears no track...