Hi Thomas Cooper, Yes Dario & Rillio were in our gang I remember them well. The handicapped lad as you say was deaf and dumb not blind as I remembered in my post. Brian Bridge's lived at 230 and the owner of the Era Picture House lived at No 226 and next at 228 lived a family with one daughter but their names escape me. Next to my family(going down the road) were the Mathews then the Tichen's Gordon and Sylvia. Gordon saved me from drowning at Green Lane baths when somebody pushed me in at the deep end. Another family has come to mind were Doreen Morgan and her brother who lived in the Municipal Houses opposite our house I always thought they were posh as they had a Morrison Shelter in their Living Room which doubled as a table when we only had an Anderson Shelter in the back garden which was damp and smelly. Another lad I used to knock about with live in the Municipal Houses opposite your Mothers house I think his name was Jones and his Father was killed in the war. The other names you mention( I would have known them by sight) but their names escape me. Have you any photo's of Heather Road during this period? All I remember about the was being taken to the air raid shelter under the Monica Pub and VJ day with a bonfire in the street. Thanks for jogging my memory. All the best aggie