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Yes Devonjim a whole train could be booked for excursions, when I worked at Atkinsons Brewery (my first job) we had a works outing to Blackpool in the summer of 1953.

I have thought of buying one of these, when my son was young I often coloured in some of the pictures in his colouring books and thoroughly enjoyed it.

The son-in-law mentioned could have been a stepson as this term was often used in those days to describe a son or in the case of a girl daughter-in-law being a child of an earlier marriage.

I watched this programme on BBC2 on Thursday night and about half way through it showed 3 sisters from Nechells who went to Weston -super-Mare in 1963, and their happy memories of that day, together with a few clips from the original film taken on the day which is somewhere on the forum.

Lyn when I was 12/13ish my friend and I had crushes on a couple of lads who lived in the Gower Street area and we walked up Furnace Lane so many times hoping to catch sight of them, I don't think we ever did, but your photos bring back so many memories of hanging around there.

Thanks Lyn for explaining your filing system. I should have worked that out for myself.

Probably the reason your post hasn't had many replies is that the Newtown Shopping Centre was built after the majority of old Aston people had moved out due to re-development and so never used the Community Centre.

The first entry on pic.2. post 18 shows where my ex-husband and his family lived - 5/87 Queens Road, they were not back to back but I think they were called double knacks, they were bay windowed three bedroomed houses, with a small front garden and a back yard. Lynne I'm puzzled by the writing...

Re Mike's post 193, it looks like a row of back houses in Catherine Street, off Lichfield Road, Aston, and the large factory could be Buttons. Re the mystery pub which turns out to be the Crown, I feel rather ashamed at not being able to identify it earlier, in the late 50s early 60s my...

Excellent quality film, would love to know where it was taken, and noticed almost everyone was wearing a hat.

Re pic on No.64, I am pretty sure I read on this forum or the Aston Manor forum some years ago that this was where the horse drawn cab drivers had a rest room, later to be replaced by the clock tower so many of us remember. I cannot see a clock face on the structure on post 64.

I also lived in Aston and although I can recall the unmistakeable smell when both Ansells and HP were brewing at the same time, I have never in my life heard of the "brewery quarter". Figment of someone's imagination who obviously never lived in the area.

Thanks for the information Mike, I knew the shop was there between 1954/57 as I used to walk past it every day on my way to work at Shelleys/Norton Motors and in earlier days past it on the way to my grandparents who lived in New John Street and as a little girl loved the advertising figure.

Hi Aston Lad re your post No.65 - the shop on the corner of Talford/Phillip Street opposite the Talford pub was a pie shop/bakery when I was growing up and outside there was a wooden figure dressed in white with a white baker's cap on and a big thumb pointing to the shop doorway. I don't...

I'm Di's cousin, and Auntie Rose spitting on Albert's hair didn't do any long term damage he always had a lovely head of hair.

WendyB I remember your Aunt Cissie McHugh, sometimes used the shop running errands for my mother, was her husband George? and son Peter?

Wood, just remembered Kenny Dunbar and his brother Cameron lived in Burlington Street and my son played with them.

Hi Wood, I lived at 57 Burlington Street at the time and my son born January 1959 went to Burlington Street School, as I did. Steve & Mark Rigby are my cousin's children, they lived next door to Mrs. Griggs shop in Parliament Street. Anita Tustin would be the son of John Tustin who I went to...

Lovely photos my mother used to take me every year to see the Rag Week Parade, but we never went by the Town Hall which I think was where the parade began.

Thanks for the photos Lynn, in pic.3 the building on the left in the Infants & Juniors and shows Talford Street totally demolished. The pic. of the smaller building is the Senior Girls School which was opposite Copeley Street (Brenda Barr lived next door but one). Brenda, when looking at...