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Another Co-op in Springfield at #846 - #852 Stratford Road displaying the new Co-op logo used from the 1960s

My mum would have appreciated the 'legendary mixed grill' comment. It was my mums cafe ! She sold up in the 1980s. I think it was...

Yes Viv, I used to go there in the mid-1970s .... the huge Mixed/Mick's Grill was legendary. There used to be an annual pub crawl race...

Anyone remember this one on Dawlish Road - when it was a cafe ? Used to be 'Mick's Cafe'. Often used by Birmingham Uni students around...

Still there but no longer a bank. It became Lloyds TSB , then Lloyds and closed between 2022 and 2024. I think the building is empty now.

A prominent site in Springfield is the junction of Stratford Road and Springfield Road. In 1922 the southerly corner was occupied by...

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...