My mother, Edith Chinn lived at 15 Reservoir Terrace with her sister Annie. Her parents were Sarah-Maria and John Chinn. Annie married and moved away to Northend, then in deep countryside, and Edith herself married George Littlewood, they moved to Bearwood, Smethwick in early 1950s. She took me to see the terrace before it was demolished in 1963, I think? I have some family photos of people and a few pictures of old Ladywood. Mum worked at CWS wholesale until she moved. We did visit Ladywood,especially Coxwell Road where her friend Hilda Buffery lived. Beatrice Cuff was another old friend. Mum had a fund of stories including the Zeppelin raid and the fire bombing of Docker's paints. People lived hard lives, but there was a close community.
Sarah Maria and John Chinn were in service at a big house in Edgbaston, but lived out. They were cook-housekeeper and gardener. Sarah Maria Clarke was born on a narrow boat in Tipton Basin. When first they married they lived in Parker Street.
Anyway good to see this thread.