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Richard, was the greengrocer's shop you mention called Sparrows? If you look at my post 301 in this thread, I identify each of the shops between the Station and Grosvenor Road in the mid 1960s. My grandfather owned the newsagent at number 268-270. The attached photo, which has been on this site...

Arthur Black (General Smiths) (posts 1678-1680) was located at 107 Steward Street. Arthur died in January 1957 but his business continued, advertising in 1958. The latest newspaper advert for the business I could find was in the Birmingham Daily Post in September 1975.

It has appeared on this thread before (Post 55 by Stars) together with a later view dated 1930. I believe the photos were taken from the junction of Lichfield Rd and Aston Hall Rd near the King Edward pub looking towards Salford Bridge.

The attached newspaper article from December 1904 describes improvements to Erdington Post Office. It confirms its position near the village green and also confirms there was an old sorting room at the rear of the premises. The second cutting reveals that the postmaster was William John...

The attached report from The Birmingham Daily Post published on 27 May 1884 (source: British Newspaper Archive) describes a prize fight between two women. "Black Hannah" is a distant relation on my family tree. The penultimate sentence of the report describes the spectators fleeing across the...

In an advert for Bywater Pies in the Birmingham Daily Post of 21 August 1924, Burton and Harvey of The Green, Erdington is listed as a place where the pies can be obtained.

Moor End Lad, two of the masters you recall are in this First XV photo from 1965-6

Brummy-lad, I suspect your Miss Rock was actually a Mrs. In the 1939 register the name Rock is written over her maiden name Birkbeck. Nora J Birkbeck married a Frederick T Rock in 1939 Q4 in Birmingham. The attached article from the Birmingham Mail on 8th August 1981 tells of Nora Rock, a 70...

The attached photos might show where our Stirchley evacuee was staying in Barton Under Needwood. John Edward Showell, the baker, died in Oct 1970 and the probate record gives his address as 48 Main Street. A couple of years later, the property was offered for sale and the sales particulars...

This article from the Birmingham Mail in 1970 relates to Dave's photo of Ingram's Stores in Park Lane.

Mary's brother in law, Harry Arthur Botwood, reporter, wrote a 97 page booklet entitled "A History of Aston Manor Past and Present". It was printed by himself in Victoria Road in 1889. The document can be viewed in full by searching in Google Books. The book was illustrated by Mary's brother R K...

Amanda, your brother in law's uncle was Philip Austin Baines. Born on 23 June 1906, to Joseph and Agnes and he was living with them at 29 Station Road in the 1911 census. He married Irene Mary King in Birmingham in 1935 Q3. In the 1939 Register the couple lived at 28 Machin Road B23 and he was...

Joseph George Baines, dairyman (retail) was listed at 29 Station Road in both the 1901 and 1911 census and the also in the1939 Register. In the 1901, the building is named as Rose Cottage. It was situated opposite the junction with Osbourne Road. He had married Agnes Jay in 1898. Joseph and his...

The newscutting was published in the Sunday Mirror on 19th August 1973

This image, previously posted in the Street Furniture thread by Vivienne, shows Yenton Garage adjacent to The Yenton pub, on the opposite side of Chester Road to the present McDonalds, where the Esso Station and Tesco Express now stand. Am I correct in recalling that, in the early 60s, there...