Recent content by brummy-lad

Amazing, what a special memory for you and your family in future years.

It appears Yousef Ezzat came to London from Egypt as a student in 1922 although I don't understand why his details are crossed through in red. He is listed on the the medical register in 1929 but at 11 Tennal Lane. On the 1939 register he is at 2 Tennal Lane.

Lyn there is a thread for Bournville Open Air Lido. According to facebook, a lady says her house now stands where it used to be. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/bournville-open-air-lido.8997/

You were probably at school with my brother (Jeff Leroux) or my cousin Roy Newton, they're both 80

I did say to him that there was some sort of timber yard there, perhaps they had carts on rails to move the timber about.

My cousin Roy Newton lived next door to us at 5 Parliament Street. I see him a couple of times a year but he's told me from Copeley Street you could see some sort of railway below, looking towards Newtown Row, can you throw any light on this?

I have to say that the use of AI to sharpen my 1950s/60s blurred box brownie type camera images has been extremely beneficial but I was using AI on a Parliament Street image this morning and the result highlights problems that can occur with this technology. The image on the right shows an...

It surprises me just how steep the walk up Park Road and Upper Thomas Street was, never noticed this as a child but certainly would now.

Yes Lyn it is St. Mary's corner of Avenue Road.

A nice aerial view of the shops at Aston Cross dated 1933.

A 1950s map showing 3 bk181.

Scotch Church (1855 map), on the 1899 map this became Presbyterian Church. Not shown on the 1950s map.

This 1855 map is from the NLS website, doesn't stitch together perfectly but shows: Lower Hospital Street - Eldon Street - Upper Hospital Street - Hospital Street Strange how Upper and Lower were split by Eldon Street.

The poster next to the man with the bowler hat says 'Magazines' and underneath 'Male Names'

Thanks Mike, I looked on several directories but none of the 3 you have listed there.