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It was always an exciting time seeing all the marquees going up in the days before the actual sports day. I remember the arena events, athletics, the narrow gauge railway rides and the ladies shouting and waving handbags at the wrestlers (like they did on the TV in those days).

Yes that does look like how an early version of the building would have been. The main entrance is in the right place. The photo of the golf club house I linked to, shows this left hand side of the building in more detail.

Correction - AA Headquarters - not RAC from 1936

Hi Chris, yes there is one image of Brandwood House in the ‘20’s at https://www.golfsmissinglinks.co.uk/index.php/england/central-west/birmingham-a-west-midlands/658-bhm-brandwood-house-golf-club-brandwood-road-kings-heath. This looks to be quite a small building at the time and no doubt it was...

The images purporting to be of Brandwood House during the war years are of a different building. My father was caretaker there shortly after the war until 1969. I grew up in the building and the frontage was different, the main entrance doors being to the left hand side and the roof being in one...