Moor End Lad

The Whitehouses are also not my main interest but I'm trying to connect them to other Whitehouses in Erdington. I have a couple of...

It always amazes me how many names you come to recognise after a while. HH Rose is Hyla Holden Rose who was curate-in-charge of St...

Pedro you've asked an essay question, which I will gladly answer in due course on the 'Moor End Lane' thread rather than the 'High...

That restaurant was called the 'Lotus House'. Back on the library side was Wilton Road, which hosted 'Colmore Depot' and a music shop. I...

not sure if this one has been posted before but ive not seen it... high st erdington dated 1961

hi jenny good to see you posting again..sad news about stephen birch i believe he did a lot for our history... here is one of erdington...

Isn't that a very desirable Vauxhall VX490? Erdington still looked very respectable in the 1960s, but note the empty bottle having been...

Now this is baffling. It's a print supposedly representing the stagecoach dashing through Erdington Green. Can't say I can see the...

When I was young a Bakers Removals van was routinely parked in Mason Road opposite the swimming baths. Maybe one of the drivers lived there.

I'm going to come out all guns firing here, as this is my patch. These are two conjoined cottages known as 'Shipley Cottages', which...

Sorry to hear about Jenny Ann. I wish that I'd found this thread earlier.

Yes. The High Street travels along high ground that dips down sharply towards Spring Lane. Rainfall would take the same path and rose as...

Here's my peddle car on a sunny day during 2nd World War. Me driving, my sister in the trailer. I remember pedalling it and trailer all...

I can date that photo for you. The brick extension to the Roebuck was built in 1962, and everything you see was demolished 2 years later...

I remember how my Mum used to drag me around Erdington shopping during the 1950s before supermarkets existed. I recall a grocers at the...