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Hello tadpolespam I started drinking in the Brewers when I was eighteen years old in 1975. My older brother Alec Tynan was a good friend of Eddie Lynch and we both went to his funeral. I remember his brothers, Bert Isaac and Franno. Had some wonderful times in that pub especially the staybacks...

Hi everyone I went to St Andrews infants and juniors then left in 1968 to go senior school in Bordesley Green. My two brothers carried on into the seniors and my sister went to Tilton road girls school

Looking at the photo of the boarded up houses I think your fathers house was probably 5 houses further up. You can see how close the railway tracks where and the canal would be at the end of his garden. Wolseley Street is a modern housing estate now you may find it interesting to look on google...

Hello Enkidu, your father has probably told you how small the house was we had a family of ten and that was a struggle with only three very small bedrooms. We never had a bathroom, had to bring the tin bath in on Friday night to have a bath. Did your father attend school whilst at Wolseley...

Hello Enkidu nice to see this thread is still going. My family lived at number 84, the Tynans any one remember us ? a few names I can recall are the Rickets the Sadlers the Molloys and the Hopkins. My father Tommy used to drink in the Queens Head the Acorn and the Garrison, think I spent half my...