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Yes, that system was in place from 1950 - 1966 when it reverted to being an isolation hospital to take cases from a smallpox outbreak.

That's right, my sister was born in Netherwood in 1958. At one time it was normal for mothers who gave birth in Netherwood to be moved across to Brook House to convalesce for a few days before going home. No quick turnaround in those days!

Sorry, bit late getting to this. I was born in The Grosvenor, Handsworth in 1947 when it was a private nursing home. I was hoping to find a photograph but there don't appear to be any. At least I now have some idea of what the building looked like, so thanks.

Bit late replying but have only just seen this. I did exactly the same thing in the 1960s! I guess nowadays product descriptions are a little more accurate

That menu's amazing! My first memory of Berni Inns was The Plough on Stratford Road Shirley, but the menu was very similar. Those schooners of sherry were something else!

Oh yes, I had exactly the same pair every summer during my early school days in the 1950s. My mother took me up to a shop in Birmingham city centre which I think was called 'Days'.

I can remember my parents getting fitted carpet sometime in the 1960s. Before that we had 'lino' or a carpet square placed over stained floorboards.

When I was a student at the old College of Commerce in the late 1960s they used to hold seminars in Gazette Buildings.

Great photo - you can just get a glimpse of the interior. Used to go there as a student in late 1960s

Some great memories! I also remember the cocoa drinks, which became orange squash during the summer term. Also the tadpole ponds and the 'dell' playing fields. Some years later the prefabs were pulled down and replaced by houses.

I think that's true, I was at Harrison Barrow. Later it was moved to the Town Hall.

To be precise, the Acocks Green laundry was situated on the corner of The Vineries and Woodcock Lane N. I know because I lived just up the road , opposite the Rover works, and once had a holiday job in the laundry a few years before it closed.

I just remember our school speech days being held there, late '50s to early '60s.

That was in my final year at Harrison Barrow. I remember Roy Hattersley showing a group of us round the Houses of Parliament when we were in the sixth form. In case people don't know, the old Friends Reunited H.B. group has moved to Facebook.

I was at Gilbertstone in the 1950s when Miss Ellis was head. Some of the classrooms were in wooden huts which were painted on the outside with lovely flower designs. I remember the day trips by train from Acocks Green (and South Yardley as it was called then) Station. We went to Colwyn Bay one...