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Only minnows and sticklebacks in my day Radiorails .... but I recall being told by an old angler that he used to catch trout in that stretch of the Cole in earlier times.

I also spent lots of time playing in (and falling in) the Cole by Formans Road. Here's a Nicklin photo dated 1968, taken from the bridge. It shows the tree where I built a treehouse at about that time.

Here's a couple of old Formans Road pictures that haven't appeared in this thread yet. I lived around the corner in Thornhill Road 1956-1977, and frequently visited lots of the shops named above. In the late 60's I delivered meat for Halliwell's the butcher on the corner of Formans and Percy...

In the late 60's the BAA setup a junior section imaginatively called the Birmingham Junior Anglers Society ... which was run by a lovely guy named Ken Aske. The club was subsequently renamed the Starlets. I joined the club when I was about 12, and remained a member until I discovered girls (...

I walked past the new Sparkhill Baths building a few days ago .... and I think it looks good. As a young lad, I spent a huge amount of time swimming, diving and generally playing about in the old baths. I walked there from Greet Primary School, went there from Moseley Grammar, and remember...

Can anyone identify where this 1873 picture was taken .... I think it could be looking towards town from what is now the Formans Road junction, but there are no landmarks to corroborate ?