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A long way from Brum, Dulverton, Exmoor. A GPO Bench Mark?

Seems an appropriate drink for a local girl!

Glad you have had a good day!

I remember Bilton Grange PO, until Poole Way was built this was our local PO where mom would collect her family allowance. Was it 4s.6d per child, but nothing for the first born.

St. Mary's Warwick Rd Acock's Green.

Acocks Green changed so much in 1930's. Downhill is always towards the village, looks too wide for the road to Tyseley, so that leaves the road to Olton, but doesn't look right.

I really do need someone to tell me where on the Warwick Rd this picture is taken.

Does this help?

I think you are right

I was there 58-70, much of the time at Umberslade, and then in die-cast division, that is when I wasn't up at the sports ground at Elmdon.

Not sure, but shortly afterwards the road was pedestrianised. Maybe it had been erected in anticipation.

There is a thread "Wilmot Breeden" which may be of interest. When was your husband there, in which department did he work.

A Kunzle shop in Union St. Old Pics of Brum FaceBook.

A bit of background to this mail cartoon. Public Works Dept had responsibility for health in city, starling murmuration resulted in autumn evening invasion of city, homeward bound workers were being "hit" and there was a daytime stench of soiled window ledges, a series of defensive measures were...

A Birmingham Mail "Starling" cartoon by Lewis Williams late 50's maybe 60's

The other side of the road.

Hi, you both helped me enormously with my searches earlier this year could I please ask for a bit more guidance. As dark nights are coming I thought I would try to find WW1 military records of some of my many great uncles, there are a great many of them and I don't even know if they have any...

We had prepayment meters, one cold winter, could have been '63, the electricity meter became full so mom couldn't get any more coins into the slot, shillings I remember, it didn't respond to being tapped (bashed). So, my youngest brother, always mechanically very able, opened up the coin box...

Recently acquired 2003 book "Heyday of Tyseley & it's Locos" Whitehouse and Hogarth" 1964 print