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i went a school called birchfield road perry barr and we had a team 58/57 that won every thing that could be won that season we won birmingham schools f a cup the aston schools cup called the homer cup and the league were in the evening despatch under the heading school boys man united they...

chris thanks your reply will look up on friends when i can and come back to you my friend and team mate from yew tree came from deakin ave his name was ray flint he went deakin ave school iwent birchfield road we lost contact jharris

nice tohear from you where did you live chris. ?and can you remember any names that were atschool with you jharris

chris i lived in holte in 50' 40's iplayed cricket and football for the school teachers name was mr thomas the years iplayed must have 54/55 i was wicket keeper i also played football for the school before going to birchfield road and am pleased to say 4members of that football team from yew...

just read a article in the sunday mercury by brian tarry it reflected my life in and around aston park and the serpentine ground in the early 50,s late 40,S welived in holte road a very short walk from both and villa park most of my child hood was spent in all three we spent most of our time...

pam that was going towards soho road john i havent any photos iused to pop in now and then inthe early sixty'S TED WAS AN OLD ALBION PLAYER I WAS TOLD JOHN H

if i remember right teddy sandford cafe was on the birmingham road about 200 hundred yards from hawthorns on the same side is that correct john h

hello ian the scotch house was on the next corner up from the barton arms goiing towards six ways long gone i'M affraid

my mother was a friend of Annie Brown from Dundee I think she was peter wilkies sister. Annie had a daughter called billie. she must have then married Houghton and then had victor and muriel. My Mother was from Scotland I think they came down to birmingham together. I remember going to their...

I started B.C when it had just opened and left in 1956 my name was Maureen Mccann I remember josie archer christine o connor Marie Kane. I lived in Balsall Heath so it was a long journey. I remember Muriel Houghton. Her mother and mine were very good friends.

that picture of the 3 teams was taken at villa park the biulding was on right hand side of the drive as you walk down not sure it may have been for bowling green but it was at villa park

your right about the girl singer jean she did get engaged to bomber but not long after she got killed in a car crash not long after on her way home from nottingham i think very tragic jharris

ray thanks for your reply that sounds about the rubber n the yard for the area of the time .idid see your programe and posted it on to colin kirwin johns brother some time ago he was on the same bill was it upper thomas st you went to school because i see afew people from the area jharris

ray the only names that ring a bell are johnny kirwin and colin page both passed away now sorry to say do you remember kieth perrow des flood in fact johnny kirwin was a very good boxer at that time good friend of johnny presctt both trained at the holte j.harris

ray you say that you used traverllers iand my family and friends used itmost nights ofthe week we only used the smoke room i and a my pals played football for afew years for the pub so we must have met at some time please let me know few names that we both might remember john harris

when i first met jimmy dugdale he was running the albion pub on aston road aston cross ilater met him when he was running the new oscott on chester road erdington so jimmy had his fair share of pubs

another villa great a man who was a club man all his life player and manger god bless you vic

i lived in holte rd up to the age of 14 and played football all my capable life so johnny was a proper scoolboys football hero to me and everybody in our area i met him a couple times and watched him captian that f a cup winning side with great pride he was very modest and nice man and will be...

jean i have my sister val with me her friend was anncie wilkins her brothers name was harry wasit the same wikins that you know regards j har

patty hello patty nice to hear from you idid use the golden cross but im a couple of years older than you i think so it was my brother frankie that ithink you knew .isee you live in halsowen i go there a lot my sisters grandson jay denny plays for halsowen town small world we live in .on...