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All very interesting particularly the Moseley Village old and new pics along with the mention of St Agnes Road. I used to live at 63 Wake Green Road virtually opposite St Agnes Road and attended St Mary’s CofE Primary School from about 1951/52 I guess. An old early 19th century building in...

Great work Geoff…. One would presume the re-naming was to avoid confusion. Interesting that our Great-Grandparents lived opposite each other and would probably have been pals. By chance, with you being a ‘’Sparkhill Lad’ did you go to a school in that area?

How interesting Brenda and thank you for sharing. I attended Moseley Secondary from September 1957 to July 1963 and some of the staff names you mention do stir memories. My first class was 1GCE with teacher Mr Higgins (English) - never knew his first name, followed by 2GCE - Peter Holloway...

How embarrassing and my apologies ! I've been studying the Great War quite extensively since the mid-1980's and even written and compiled an 'easy read' guide book based around the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. In all that time I had believed that all military...

Have you tried the Great War Forum? https://www.greatwarforum.org/ It is an excellent forum with many very knowledgeable members who would be highly likely to have an answer assuming the inform given is correct.

Interesting conundrum Lyn. The Great War is of particular interest to me as my Handsworth born grandfather fought with the 286th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery being involved in several of the great battles. He survived the terrible conflict without a scratch, ironically only to be fatally...

Maurice Thank you for your message. I remember Knowle Road well as we had some student members of our school who lived there - the Griffiths and Molyneux families for two although that could have been the parallel Solihull Road. I paid a visit to Moseley ‘new’ building some 10-15 years ago...

i attended MSM from September 1957 until leaving in July 1963. The head was Miss Eileen Cohen who announced her marriage to a Mr Albert North ( not sure of his Christian name) on the day I left. My first form was 1GCE with form teacher Mr Albert (?) Higgins: 2nd Year 2GCE Peter Holloway; I...

Mike, thank you for your input especially with the map. It does seem odd that Sycamore Place is not named or house numbers shown. Do you know if the ‘Courts’ also were sometimes named by an alternative title - ie could say Court 2 be known by another name? The only other explanation I can think...

I used to live a few doors down from the Rialto at 973 Stratford Road from 1957 to 1968 and well remember the Rialto cinema. My friends and I used to attempt to look older than we were - early teens at the time, in an effort to ‘get in’ to watch X rated films which, by today’s standards, were...

Thanks Alan, brilliant photographs. As the school was in the process of being demolished and the next door church already gone, I'm guessing the housing was also demolished in the 60's where many Birmingham back-to-back and terrace house where lost.

Hi All Has anyone got any old Birmingham maps for the period circa 1881? I'm trying to find the exact location where my Great Grand Parents lived at the time of the 1881 census which listed 10 Sycamore Place, Ryland Street, Bordsley, Deritend Municipal Ward. I suspect it has been demolished if...

As a matter of interest, my father and his family came from West Bromwich and when I was a ‘nipper’ I remember being lifted over the turnstiles by my father and uncle at The Hawthorns to watch West Brom. Hence, it must have got in my blood as I became a ‘Baggie’ !

My parents wedding at Holy Cross, Billesley and reception at the Billesley Arms. Holy Cross Church, Billesley Leaving Holy Cross Reception Billesley Arms Family group circa 1912 thought to be rear of Benton Road, Sparkhill. Child sitting on my Great Grandmother’s knee is my mother aged...

I used to be an angelic choirboy at St Mary’s in the mid/late 1950’s attending St Mary’s primary school in School Road. We used to eat sweets and read comics during the sermon. Seem to remember a Canon Cribb was the incumbent.

Hi Lyn We are at our home in North Wales at the moment but returning to our main residence later this week. I will then have a search for my parents wedding photographs, scan them and post. KR Malcolm

My dear old late mother and father were married at Holy Cross Church in or around 1938 followed by the Wedding Breakfast at the Billesley Arms Hotel. My mother lived lived with her mother and eldest sister at 28 Wold Walk which I remember visiting many times in my early years. I believe they...

Hi Janice I can give you two names and addresses. 1) William Buckley. 5 Benton Road, Sparkhill. 17 June 1910 2) John Toy. 2 Prospect Terrace, off Louise Rd, Handsworth. Same date and earlier. Thanks for your interest and those of all the other contributors. Malcolm

I remember my late parents and relatives calling them “The good old days” - not sure how ‘good’ they were! It seems to me that unlike today, the majority of the population rented their accommodation and possibly at the mercy of the landlord owner. I suppose the alternative was the workhouse...

I used to work in the travel bureau at Lewis’s from around 1967 to 1970 and loved the building. I remember the basement which was a series of corridors and storage areas and the 6th Floor with the offices and Staff Canteen. I don’t remember the roof garden so it may have been closed by then. My...