Jenny Ann,
The only stretch of water I can recognise other than Edgbaston Reccy, is in the second pic of Ragga's second batch. That is taken from over Stechford Station (out of view, of course) and shows the two rail tracks, lefyt for New St and Right for Washwood Heath, Aston, Perry Barr etc. The water is a new creation, which I've never seen but it is basically the River Cole (which I do remember) dammed and tarted up a bit, presumably to raise the property values. I woulkdn't mind living there really.
Peter