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i once spent a couple of hours in this police station,about 1952, i was 4 years old and my mum mislaid me at the woolworths a bit further up coventry rd,they fed me jam butties til my mum came to reclaim me.i wonder if she was tempted to leave me for a couple of days to give her a break.

if you do find him, tell him pete said hello;the lad he went to dewsbury with in the late 60's

i will ask some of my old mates from the rink if they knew any of johnnie's family, but it may be next week before i can get any replies,hope i can find some info for you.

if you see christine tell her hello from pete,i hope she has had a good life.

no i didn't know any of her aunts and uncles,just her sister & mate june keating; i last saw christine living near weoley castle about 1975.

i was courting christine goldsborough many moons ago in the early sixties,thats how i met johnnie stokes,we used to speak to him on the phone he had set up in the barrel from the managers office at the rink; and i went to his house once with christine.

i lived next to mohinder & karpul singh,with mary eals on the other side, do you remember johnny green as well,and his sister christine; they lived opposite us until we moved to yorkshire,roger went with us up to yorkshire for a couple of weeks in 1968,then we lost contact,maybe he will come on...

i think johnny stokes lived off formans rd about 1967,in sparkhill,does the name goldsborough ring any bells,they where related to him, they lived barford st deritend

have you tried good hope cemetery in sutton? my father lived in holly lane and he is buried at good hope cemetery. it is next to good hope hospital, i am not sure what road it is on.

i remember the waste ground in mona rd, we where always sat on the wall in front of it, do you remember alan gardiner, pauline lewis, the berries,and roger butcher, i have quite a few good memories of st andrews rd & mona rd, and kingston park footie games

i lived at 201 standrews in the late 60's my name is pete mcdermott, i had brothers paul ,john,mickey,&sister calda. i was just wondering if i knew your family, i knew mrs preistley, she used to look after the stray cats in the area

did you go to hope st school when mr drayton was headmaster, and mr green took over from him? I left the school in 1963 and went work aat lewis's department store.i enjoyed my time at that school very much

everybody's house was open house to everybody else then,i'm afraid that community spirit has almost disappeared now, mores the pity:(

we was posh, we had a door on the toilet:D

there was eight of us at one time, i know all about topping & tailing, i went to bed one night and there was an almighty crash; the bed collapsed and there i was sat with my head through the slatted headboard i'm lucky i've still got my ears,:D

our back house consisted of one attic, one bedroom, one living room. and the cooker & sink, with one cold water tap was situated in a 4ft by 7ft area on top of the cellar steps; one door into a communal yard, 2 shared toilets across the yard, so you sat with one foot against the door and...

the water level rose every winter, something to do with the water table in the area rising, if we had coconut it probably would floated down sherlock street:D

I lived in a back to back house on sherlock street. we lived there for about 15 years; i loved living in that area, the people where real characters, but i was glad when we where offered a house in st andrews road with a back and front door and a kitchen that you could use without falling down...

there is a cemetery next to good hope hospital in sutton coldfield with a large catholic section; my father is laid to rest there, he died in erdington so i think this cemetery may cover that area. I am not sure of the name ,it may be called good hope but i am sure someone will know on this...

births in meriden are registered at solihull, I was born in meriden in 1948 and recently had to apply for a copy of my birth certificate from solihull. hope thats some help