Recent content by MUZZA Smethwick child

Do you also remember Steans, the shop the other end of the block of shops, The nearest to the Playing fields.

My father also worked at the carriage works as a slinger in the yard loading carriages on to flat bed bogies due to different gauge to the british rails destined for abroad.

Although this is a very belated response to your post it mentions various aspects of my earlier years in Smethwick such as Dibble Road, due to the first proper job I had was working on the estate for S. Dibble and sons and the direct owner at the time was Brian Dibble who had his office in City...

It will be interesting to see where they plan to park all the cars that should attend.

I also remember Glovers at the top of our road, which was Francis Road and our house backed on to the Londonderry playing fields. This was the home ground for Smethwick Highfield football team.