Recent content by Pedro42

Great to see the old phone number preceded by the district (Victoria being Small Heath). Anyone answering the phone would probably say "Victoria 4681" . The same would have been for Shirley eg "Shirley 1234" Smart Alec callers (Smart Alec - is that an old Brummie expression?) would often reply...

Great photo. Must have been taken post decimalisation (1971) since the price is 10p in the picture. I remember the machine well from my trainspotting days in the early1960's. Does anyone recall the cries of "steam in the tunnel" at both Snow Hill & New street stations or the request "can I...

1890 - Site of St Andrews St Andrews 1913

Nocturnal intruder on Wednesday night...pity that the video was too large to insert (15Mb)

These sites might help. Looks like Trimite (Handsworth) & Carrs were linked www.carrscoatings.com https://www.trimite.com/

History of Stockfield Road.....pages from Acocks Green History society....don't miss the other links at the bottom of the page https://aghs.jimdofree.com/stockfield-road/

I lived at 131 Stockfield Road in the late 1960's early 1970's. After I left, My parents were moved out and a factory warehouse was erected in the place of the block of houses. I can still smell the formaldehyde "aroma" from the Bakelite (BXL) factory where I worked in the labs for a few...

---and two photos looking back the other way (different dates)

It's Byron Road on the left, Bolton Road on the right, looking towards Small Heath/Sparkbrook railway station and The Sydenham Hotel. I have the same photo dated 1907. Here's a later photo taken from a similar spot, but just past the junction Peter

I took my motorbike test on a Lambretta Ldb at the test centre in Sheldon. I didn't know the area well and when I was sent off to do a circuit of the local roads, I got lost. When I eventually made my way back to the centre I wasn't expecting the tester to leap out in front of me for my...

These are a good starting points in this forum--- https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/birmingham-air-raids.43244/ https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/map-of-w-w2-bombing.46272/ Peter