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Springfield became the terminus for the Sparkhill steam tram service on 5 May 1899, when the service was extended down the Stratford...

A photo of the H G Turner shop at 836 Stratford Road, Springfield dated 1950s. I remember going in the shop in the mid-1960s to buy...

Good evening all, My family business H G Turner Ltd Corn and Seed Merchants had a shop 836 Stratford Road Springfield possibly in the...

The school clinic where I had to go in 1940's The dreaded gas!

Yes devonjim .... I was a client of the school clinic for tooth extractions in the 1960s. I can still remember the smell of that rubber...

Thanks for there amazing photos - and memories!Our first telephone number was SPR3449. In the 40s I lived at 1004 Stratford Road, on...

Yes, the Congregational Chapel appears to have gone in the 1930s. Note that the Primitive Methodist (and later Christadelphian) Church...

Possibly Aston Street at its junction with Duke Street .... The picture shows a shop on a corner on the right with signs saying "Gilman"...

On the contrary farmerdave, Springfield was well served for churches. In addition to the more recent church you mention, that is now an...

I popped out to Key Hill Cemetery today and did a 3D render of one of the many Guinea Grave markers. https://skfb.ly/pBs7t Around...

A 1932 photo of the Springfield SPR telephone exchange .... located at 1207 Stratford Road in Hall Green, serving Springfield, Hall...

Yes, the Acocks Green bound 1A used to go straight down College Road to meet the Stratford Road .... but they changed the route in the...

The Coop building is still standing .... but it looks a bit different now. In my childhood days it was a Coop dry cleaners.

I see they've moved the playground.... I didn't know they'd built a big new block on the old playground area.

I was very surprised to see that sign installed at the top of Hillfield Road. I don't think many of the past or current locals would...