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I was born in a house in that stretch of the Walsall Road, it was my Nan's house where my parents were living until we got our own house in Glendower Road not far away.

Yes, I remember that path. When I belonged to the St John's Brownies I used that as a short cut from the Walsall Road which saved me walking up to the start of Church Road.

Yes, I saw it a few days ago, love it! I sent it to my sister who lives in South Germany (our Dad was a lifelong Villa supporter) and she said yes, she had already seen it, it was shown on their TV!!

I know the Golf Course, when I lived off Friary Road in Handsworth Wood I sometimes used to walk onto the fields at the end of Silvercroft Avenue where you could walk right across to Sandwell Valley Park, passing the Golf Course.

The shop on the corner was an off licence when I lived in the area.

Yes indeed, I know he was 90 but it was still sad to hear he had just passed away :( I believe he was still working until fairly recently. I saw his band a couple of times at Mothers, I don't think it was that night, I'm sure he played there a number of times. As an aside, I see the Monopoly...

Poor Warren, I've been thinking about him! I'm so very sorry he has all these problems to deal with - we do appreciate him so much, a big thanks to him.

Happy Birthday!

Belated birthday wishes, hope you enjoyed your day!

Happy Birthday!

Oh dear :( it seems to behave differently for everyone then! Possibly depending on the device we use to access the Forum?

Yes, you have to careful and wait otherwise you make a double post. I learned that the hard way!

Just to add, I am getting the notification on the bell symbol at the top of the Forum page.

Something I've noticed since yesterday is that I'm not getting any notifications in my email for threads I have posted in. I've been having to look in the What's New section.

Something like that happened to me this morning and I ended up making a double post.

Nice photos @Astoness Sometimes I wonder if any of our grandparents/great grandparents or other family are captured in these old pictures!

Those flowers (tulips?) in the front garden look unreal!

Happy Birthday!

Ah right, I had a feeling they might have been in that area. I lived in Perry Barr and I went to St John's Brownies so I know Church Road quite well but I can't quite picture the prefabs. Hopefully it might be possible for someone to find you a photo!

I can't recollect any prefabs either - would they have been near the flats in Perry Villa Drive? Not sure when they were built but maybe in the 60s?