Recent content by libdan123

Brilliant photos, it has changed so much, yet it is still clear to see where it is, the farm buildings have solved the mystery of the houses I saw in the distance in a photo once, we thought perhaps there were houses where the flats were built and wondered why they were demolished. My mum, who...

Yes thanks Anthea, that's really interesting, and answers a lot of things I didn't know. It is ashame that things get vandalised and ruined. I also attended Woodhouse school however much later, 80's-90's. Was 'The Spinney' there when you attended, around the back of the school? I think the...

Thanks Anthea and Sheri. We lived on Rilstone Road and then moved up to Selcroft. I can just about remember the 'New Road', the West Boulevard connecting Quinton to Bartley Green being built. Anthea have you moved from Birmingham now? The small park has gone now as I think it kept being...

Thanks for replies. Wow, was the little playground with the slide built back then or did that come later? Think it was at the back of Netley House. Ibet the new flats and houses were really modern back then.

Hi all, I'm new to the forum, so apologies if this is posted in the wrong place. I lived in Selcroft Avenue houses, Quinton in the late 80's, early 90's. I'm told that before the white flats were built there were houses, and before the houses were built there was a landfill site, and 'sandpits'...