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Post #1,941 There is a street sign on the right. I have tried to clarify it but not much success, my eyesight is not that good. Could be Church Street,Road, Lane or something similar???

You are right Lyn, the first good photo of the area that I have seen (the second one too oldMohawk and great to see the whole park. And Wow!! I always ran up and down those slopes too

The new block was there in the 40s when I was there. Looking at the layout, I guess as we were small then and where the tower is, tucked in the middle, we wouldn’t have noticed it

Council House?

Hi, we also have another Guildford Street thread with 29 pages so far which includes details and posts by the Girl from Guildford Street - https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/guildford-street-lozells.11058/page-29#post-725784

I joined the navel CCF and remember the trip to Portsmouth, a great few days. My plan for National Service was the airforce, I loved jet planes then. However, National Service was ended 18 months before I would have been due. I remember once in CCF there had been a threat of IRA issues and all...

Thanks for pointing out my typical error - edited

Here is the 1841 census with some Westwoods (a victualler) but no street number given

That's right. My Great Great Grandparents lived at number 42 (1851 census) My grandfather committed suicide in Dec 1853 and the inquest was held at the Green Dragon. The 1851 census gives number 42 as a name which looks like Eliza Hackney? victulualler. My GGParents were dyers and their place...

Of course, I remember now. I have to be honest there are two of you in my memory and I ma not sure which is correct. What did you do immediately after you left?

You must have been there when I was there Robin. The name Robin rings a bell. Sadly having been a teacher for many years my memory got into the habit of dumping names and so I can’t remember the names of many people I was at school with. It is unusual that Robin rings a bell as convention was...

To Brummie lad - in post #572 i don’t recognise picture 1 as Guildford Street. Picture 2 shows on the far left 30 and 28 then to opening to the Barracks, then 26 where I lived, then 24 , Rudhalls shop as was, ( my family and the Rudhalls had left when this picture was taken). The Barracks were...

It is probably about 55 years since I walked along Villa Road and the Lozells Road. I did it today with Joceline Glai. near where I once lived; near where my Past family lived; where my dad drove the 70 and 72 buses. Wow! It was amazing. I recognised everywhere - where it still is and where it...

I have pointed out this before, in a sense these were in Geach Street or close to it but they are photographs of houses in "The Barracks" - a court behind 26 Guildford Street. The first photo, 32, is a row of houses in the court whose back walls ran along Geach Street. See photo of Geach Street...

Watched all the Handsworth ones. Terrific. Bought back lots of memories

Just watched part 1 - Fantastic

I have access to the whole site and may have a better copy but need to know what page it is on as it is not on the Cowper Street page

I see it is on the astonbrooke-tthough-astonmanor site. if you tell me what page it is on I can post it on this thread - but??? You have already posted it???

I had been to earlier ones but not 1979. See http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/reading-79.html