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I see the winter has damaged Birmingham's roads again. Seems to be a nationwide problem though.

Post #1,850. Don't remember a Moseley St in Aston. There is a Moseley St near Deritend and there is a White Swan in Bradford St Deritend, just down the road from No184. Could this be the pub?

Another item of street furniture you don't see anymore is the cast iron barrier situated outside the school entrance to stop us running on to the road.. A bollard either side & painted silver, they were an unappreciated work of art by us kids back then. Unfortunately, I can't find any photos to...

Not sure if this has been posted previously. The shop on the corner of Guilford St looking along Gower St.

Post #629. If the labelling on that photo is correct, it's reasonable to think that the photo was taken from the back court of 187-189 (position in red) after those houses had been demolished. Shop and neighbouring Gower St house roofs in the background.

There was a girl named Thelma Jones who lived at 193 in 1960.

Happy Birthday to you.

Hi, I lived in three different places on Victoria Rd. They were from opposite Potters Hill down to Whitehead Rd. The shops I remember on that stretch was the chip shop on corner of Potters Hill & the grocers on the corner of Whitehead St. There was a newsagents in Whitehead Rd.

I had a motorcycle combo in 1963 and when parked at night I used a hurricane lamp (one half the glass painted red) chained to the bike.

Hi Lloyd, the diver did look just like that, but didn't have a tube attached to it.

For my 9th Birtday I had a cartesian deep sea diver. It consisted of a plastic tube filled with water and a plastic figure. Press the rubber button on the top of the tube and he went down. Came back up when you released it. Unfortunately, I can't find an image of that exact toy.

In 1960, before I left school, I worked part time at No 120 which was the Lincoln Jeffries gun shop.

I also remember our weekly school swimming lessons at Victoria Rd baths. Me & my two mates loved it so much we went to Woodcock St baths after school (they had a springboard).

My Brother Alan (8) was drowned playing at Valley Pit colliery reservoir in 1947. It wasn't in Birmingham but, I just wanted to mention it.

This bank first opened at 22 High St in Dec 1919 and operated in the old shop premises which it had purchased for £775. It required extensive reconstruction work to be carried out, which was completed in 1923 when the formal opening was made on Feb 17th 1923. The adjoining premises at 24 High St...