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Hi, My family use to drink here Beehive when I was little in the 50 60s.. Granddad use bring us glass lemonade bag crisps we us to play out the back in the family area, Granddad played the piano.

Hi Throthblower, Thank you.. enjoyed looking at your pics walk round town .. Roberta :)

Barrie, Bless So Sorry to read about your loss .. my thoughts are with you and the family .. Roberta x

Hello Dek , Thank you for the picture wonderful ... im doing a scrap book for my children were i was brought up in the 1950s Nechells and were about .. i can put the Lingard st .. Roberta :)

Hi, Does any one rember the fire station was over the way from the Library Bloosmbury st, Nechells ..

Does any one rember back in the 1960s some kids looking after a tramp in Clements rd, Nechells, it was me and my sister we made him a den and gave him food which we had taken from the house clothes ect.. our new friend until our mom found out and she got the news papers down, so they could...

small world my nan lived Cattells grove they called her Pem i put a photo of her but its on my profile .. she always had dogs and snuff every one seemed to no her in Nechells . play her up .. yeah rember that hill my mom brought me pair of roller skates when the number 8 came i hung on be...

I went to Bloomsbury school too in the 1950s then on to Eliot st, just had to chuckle ... LLANFAIR PG .. pass it when go shopping to Bangor on the train .. did you live Cato St, North ?

Hi Pete, yeah that right helmet shop never open i think his name was Mr Payne and he worked else were , i use to always be in the little electrical shop facing pub my mom was friends with his wife Lewie and we used go in the back play .. im hoping to go and stay in the pub so i have my last...

Rember from the photo what been posted , Franks sweet shop what in view and the Helmet shop ... there was a shop over the road facing the Albion pub name Margaret does any one from the St, rember them ...

Re: Re Onion Fair My mom use to tell me story's about the Onion Fair or Pat Collins fair and said my great nan and granddad sold land to them .. Being child never took much notice as you do .. well i stumbled on a web site Astonbrook through the Astonmanor were read the name was confirmed...

Hi Brian, I went to Bloomsbury school from 1959 until 1969 when i left school brought my school desk chair home with me because it was going to get demolished .. also remember the Stork pub and beehive pub as my gran and granddad Griffin, drank in them it was lemonade and crisp for me yum good...

Hi , just wondering is ther any pic of the corner of Clements rd Nechells, the house that was on the front facing the Albion pub, my grandad lived ther in the 1950 untill late 1960 his name was Alf Griffin, he looked like Arthur Askey little guy in glasses, he also used to sing in the Beehive...

Gosh i rember this the mens loo lol ... i used to sit ther with my mates penny for the guy .. rich pickings for us nechell girls , catch them as they got of the bus or on them, also the no8 bus stop was ther i caught that one go aston cross i worked H.P. thanx i love this forum ;-)

Hi Wendy, Thankyou ! good old days...