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I deleted all my photo's from friends when I lost my 3 friends on there.One was the girl who lived next door to me up our backyard,and a girl I sat by in school when we were juniors,hadn't seen either of them since we were teenagers.The 3rd friend was the young soldier on page 2 of your link,he...

A very good find Jenny.On page 2 I went to school (Upper Thomas St.) with the group of young blokes,we all used the same pubs on Aston Cross,also on page 7 was a girl who was in the same class as me at school,and a photo of myself (where it came from I don't know) also a boxing bill of which I...

I had a full outfit Bernie,boots and a new suit,however,on the first wearing of my new suit I was run over by a lorry in Perry Barr,and the suit was ruined.

So very sorry for your sad loss Patty.Family around makes all the difference,so comforting. Enjoy your holiday,well deserved I'm sure. kind regards, Ray.

Great set of photo's Lyn,you are a star.

Very sad news...RIP John.

I used to go in the Windsor,go into Yates wine bar for a glass of Australian white,then go through to a proper pub.The Windsor was the first pub I remember where they served draught Guinness,with one of their beef sandwiches it was a feast,never went upstairs though.

Nice one Eric...I went to find it after I started doing family research,too late I'm afraid, it had already been bull dozed.There was a memorial there to an ancestor of mine, Josep Proud...but I never got to see it...

Brum baby,I lived in Clifton Rd for about 12 years,the houses were similar up the other end to the ones on Topsy turvys photo.the number of your grandads house was just about by Baglins coal yard,my cousins, and they were there when your grandad was born.Oh,we lived in a back house 5/106 and...

Alan,My mom had 4 sisters who all lived in Clifton Rd.so I did have a lot of cousins there,but they didn't have my name.The Smiths,Taylors,Baglins and Slaneys were all my cousins.The wards I knew lived in the big yard at the Park Rd.end, I only knew the eldest Harold and Eddie,they were both...

Alan,It wasn't the shop that sold them a bloke used to stand in the pub doorway,then a van would arrive and throw the bundle of papers to him.Tell you what mate on a cold night that van always had a big cheer. There were no Pink Argus printed from 1939 - 1946,The football league was suspended...

There was a blue 'un, I used to stand in a queue for it on Saturday evening outside "the top queens" on the corner of Victoria Rd.and Park Rd. Aston.then just after the end of the war they brought out the pink 'un (the Argos).The Sporting Buff was mostly horse racing...

Thanks Phil,I have never seen a photo of the "Corner Cupboard" before,it was very tiny inside. Carol,The Old Royal,was infamous for "ladies of the night",it also had some beautiful oak paneling inside...it was well worth a visit,never took my wife in there though.

Carol, Are you thinking of "The Old Royal" in Temple Row ?.There was a very small pub near there known as the "Corner Cupboard",but can't remember exactly where it was...

Stitch,First time I have seen the photo.of Clifton Rd. #503 thanks mate.I lived there for 15 years,looking on the left halfway up is a big tree,That was our yard 5/106.What is here shown as the bookie used to be an electrical shop where we had our accumulators re-charged,the bookie was Mrs...

I remember "No Room at the Inn",it was quite infamous at the time.The story of evacuees taken in by a wicked woman,who wore a satin blouse,and only did it for the money..

The church in the village of Braunston,Northamptonshire,was a favourite venue for boaty weddings.They probably keep their own records.Jumping over the broomstick is what you may be thinking of Morturn,it was a temporary marriage in remote places,and would suffice until a visiting clergyman arrived.

I can't imagine how you found this photo.Stitch,I'm a little spec in there somewhere with my mom and aunt.Can I download it mate? this is one for my grandchildren...

Great story old Brummy,that is real social history,it's what people need to know.I wasn't evacuated but my cousins who lived up the same yard were,they went to Wales.The joke always was, I was the lucky one,being allowed to stay in Aston and get bombed.Although I was sort of evacuated on the...

My dad told me about the escaped lion at Aston quite recently,he was there,I believe it was 1924.He said all the children from Aston and Nechells joined the hunt.It was eventually cornered in Aston churchyard.Dad said it must have been a friendly lion because it never bit anyone. My own memory...