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Hi Di Sorry for the long delay in replying to you , bad manners but I have been truly busy. I remember your brother and vaguely remember Carol I think she was around my age ....I was 7 at the coronation.... Hazel Kent ( Kench ) was my first ever G / F , her brother was a good friend of you...

Wasn’t it called The Elbow Room , down by the Aston Hip / Barton’s Arms ?

Many a good night at the Locarno and Rum Runner . Also the Shamrock club round the corner from the Locarno.

Think there was a Royal George up past the Barrel in Summer Lane A

I think long before Rodway Close ...the pub was on the corner of Frankfurt street , was a Dares house , I think this later became Devonports. Lord Byron and Duke of Cambridge were my locals ...John and Jo had the Byron Albert

Lyn We must have crossed paths... the Lamlighter... friends of mine were regulars ...O’connors , Roy Breeze both lived opposite Stag , Peter Aldridge , Johnny O’Connor , Stan Evans , Banger , Good memories , I must have met your sister... Keep well Alber

Do you refer to White House up towards Hockley fly over or the one near Summer Lane school ? Albert

Going on memory only which is pretty good , I lived in Paddington street , distinctly recall walking up towards Guildford street , pass the outdoor on the corner , next street on right was Kensington street , then uphill to the next street , Denmark street and on the first corner was the Barbers...

Brummy lad , Fantastic....thanks so much Will drag out my g/f birth certificate. See what the house number is. A coincidence is , the position of the photographer would have been in or close to the house of my friend Alan ( floss) Wickham. Astoness...you are a gem !

Would this be behind the brook Tavern ? If so , my grandfather was born there in 1875 3 friends lived there at about the time of this picture Alan Wickham , Ray Davis and Leo Veitch

Thinking this was the barbers shop on the corner

aThird photo up , I rember this one on corner of Chain walk , in the late 50s was a coffee shop italian , lovely looking young lady about my age of 12 Lived there , my elder brothers best mate lived in the walk , i used to ferry messages between them from our house in Paddington...

Bought my first suit there in 1962 ! Always liked the place.

I see Furnace Lane , We called this part of the three gulley’s , started at Porchester street , crossed Clifford street and one other , hence “ three gulleys “ Albert Clayton

Hi Susan.... Sorry so late in this post.... how the years roll on ! We lived in 39 from around 1952 until 1959 . A Harry Wheeler was a good friend of me dads.