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I'm not sure if this video has appeared on the forum before, it was posted on youtube 3 days ago (John K. Wells), 'Back to Birmingham New Street in the 1960s'. Particularly interesting because the running numbers of the locos are clearly visible. There are several other John K. Wells railway...

Hi Richard, it was indeed, we lived in the back2backs in Parliament Street, another auntie lived at No. 145 Park Lane (Burton's newsagents), I was never short of comics, another auntie next door in Parliament Street. We moved to Washwood Heath when I was 7ish but my time in Aston is etched in...

Pifco Fuse Wire, when my uncle's bicycle shop (Keights @ 143 Park Lane) was demolished in the 60s he moved to Cannock he took many items from the shop with him, I inherited them and cannot bring myself to part with them (fuse wire included). I'm sure the cards would be on those shelves somewhere...

An aerial view from 1937.

A 1950s map and 1921 Kelly's entry for No. 83

Hi SG, judging my Mike's map in post #17 I imagine that the property can be seen on the aerial view in post #15. BTW it was Mike who checked out the directories, I was hoping he would get involved in this thread, he's one of BHF's most knowledgeable members.

An aerial view (1935) of the former Lower Hurst Street East.

3 maps showing Lower Hurst Street East, not named on the 1851 map, indicated by the red line. I would imagine some of the properties still existed on the 1950s map but of course they had been renumbered.

Hi Solihull Girl, welcome to the forum. Looking at the 1861 census the listing seems to be: Court 1, Houses 1 to 3 Then No. 5 through to 20 (Anne Burley) I think No. 20 was an individual property, not a court. Trying to find a map but quite difficult as Lower Hurst Street East, I think was...

Looking at the 1950s map attached and the house numbers, Church Lane continued until it met the junction of Witton Lane and Aston Hall Road

An aerial view from 1938.

Is this him?

Happy Birthday Viv, hope you have a special day.

I think this is the one

1888-1913 map showing Avenue Terrace

Hi, if you can give us the full name of your relative and date of birth (plus perhaps spouse's name also) we should be able to work it out from the census, although if the surname is Smith it may be a bit more difficult.

Amazingly the road is still intact, the gap on the right-hand side is a distinctive feature.

It looks like that Lyn, I will try and put some numbers to the houses.

1950s map of Eva Road.

Another image from the 60s.