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Thank you so much for the map and for answering my question. Have a goo weekend, Joseline.

No, Balsall St ran from the junction of Cheapside and Sherlock St to the junction of Bromsgrove St and Moat Row. Now beneath the...

First thought would be that it just meant on the road and probably the road rather than the path.

Not sure of the date but this is at the junction of Bull Stree/High Stret/Marineau Street/Dale End. I worked at a solicitor's officers...

This looks like it. It is taken from the "Bull Street" thread and was posted by Vivienne on page 5 #129:

Map below is from 1889, which appears to match the picture if the first couple of buildings were no longer there. So picture taken...

Reece Bros are listed at both 100 New St and 1 Bull St corner of High St in the newspapers. Grenville's Hosiery possibly at 103 Bull St.

I don’t think we have mentioned goodrick street school Saltley .Goodrick Street School was the first state school in Birmingham between...

Fingers crossed - my hubby has hopefully sorted out the mess I got myself in with Ancestry (when in trouble I press every key!!!) Skylark.

Actually on closer inspection of the photo, it says 'Post Office' above the shop doorway !! So the Jesters did run it.

Wow, that's great ! Jesters seem to have been in business then for some time. Wonder if the family originally ran the post office ...

As per Janice's post #3, John George Jester appears to be listed there on the 1921 census and 1922 ER and was possibly there on the 1911...

It was still Jester's for some years after that, can remember my mom saying she was going there to get something or other. Late 80s...

Pigeon Post, 1913 lists that property as a Post Office. ;)

It seems a bit of a stretch to call it six ways. The top of the Rock is five ways, the sixth probably College Road a little further along.