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Rupert, I lived on Alma Crescent at #27 from when I was 5yrs old 1932 untill I was 11yrs old when we moved to a new house in Kingstanding. But at that time there was a block of very nice houses on the other side of the road and they looked like bought houses compared to the one we lived in...

There used to be a bycycle shop on the Kingstanding Circle it was owned by Knights, they also had a couple of shops across on the other corner of Kingstanding Rd, One of them was a Grocery store I think. Have a nice day, Wally.

Way back in 1943/44 when I was a good looking young man??? I worked at Cannings and sometimes dureing my lunch hour I would walk up town to look around in Lewis'. At that time they had a Record Dept. in the basement. I started down the stairs to look in there and there was such a large crowd of...

When I was a little nipper I lived in Alma Crescent 1932-38. Dollman st one side and Inkerman St the other. We lived at #27 which was the front house on the street and there was a large yard at the back of us with more houses. On the Dollman st corner was a bakery and on the inkerman st corner...

There was also an entrance to the park on Kings road, which led you down the grass covered hill to the paddling pool. Have a nice day, Wally.

Hi, Carol, I lived in Kingstanding from 1938 untill 1953 when I came to the USA. What street were you on?? We lived on Esher Rd, up Cooksey Lane. Have a nice day, Wally.

I went to Loxton St school when I was 5yrs old in 1932. I remember there was a large assembly hall and class room doors around it. After I had been there a couple of years I had moved up to another class. One day we had to go into the assembly hall and sit crossed legged on the floor and listen...

Thankyou for the discussion, I enjoyed it very much, having been out of Brum since 1953. Wally.

Phil, I think Birmingham should demolish a lot more of the slum areas and build houses that people can afford even the pre-fabs they built after the war were better than what people are living in now. They should have delayed rebuilding the Bullring to give it's citizens a better choice of...

As an EX Brummie I see a lot of these old buildings on this forum and I wonder how people can live in such old buildings in this day and age. Some of these shops and houses have been standing for decades and the rooms are so small you couldn't swing a cat around. Birmingham needs to renew some...

Thankyou All for your replys. The bridge wasn't over water it was a railway bridge over the road. Have a nice day, Wally.

I can remember as a very young child we lived in a yard somewhere in Erdington and it was next to a large Commercial Laundry and I think there was a bridge over the road and a lot of traffic. By this discription can anyone tell me what Road it was. This was probably back in the early 30s. Have...

Back in 1936-37 we lived in the front house of a terrace at 27 Alma Crescent I was around 9 or 10yrs old. I remember there used to be a sweet shop on the corner, it was run by 2 sisters. In 1938 we went to live in Kingstanding when all the new houses were being built there. Have a nice day, Wally.

Goffy, I think I left Kingsland Rd in 1940. I think our age difference makes it possible that some of the houses had changed ownship. I am attaching a picture of Esher Rd.

Goffy, I lived at the entrance to Esher Rd, at #2 and at #3 on the opposite corner lived the Hedges. He was my mate and just him and his mother lived there. We lived in that house from 1938 and I believe my mother moved out about 1958 so I don't know who moved in after that. I went to Kingsland...

Sylvia, Sorry I can't tell you anything about the family, they lived at one end of the road and I lived at the other and I didn't get to know any of them, but I think it was a fairly large family. Have a nice day, Wally.

Hi, Goffy, I lived on Esher Rd, moved there in 1938 when the houses were being built. I remember the Kirby's they used to live right at the top in the grove. At the time I knew of them I believe Victor was known as being a bit of a bully. I was 11yrs old when we moved there. Have a nice day...

We moved to Kingstanding in 1938 from Vauxhall.We moved into a new house up Cooksey Lane on the corner of Esher Rd. I was 11yrs old, went to Kingsland Rd school and Peckham Rd school. When we moved in there the houses across the Street were still in various stages of construction. At that time...

This thread brings back a lot of memories for me to.In 1938 we moved from Vauxhall to Kingstanding and I was 11yrs old. I helped my Dad dig the hole in the back garden to install the airaid shelter. When the sirens went off in the night we had to get up and go into the shelter and wait for the...

Hi Tony, We lived on Esher Rd up Cooksey Lane. Your memories of Kingstanding are the same as mine. It was a great place to live and Barr Beacon and Sutton Park were so close it never bothered us to walk there to play in the Woods or fly our model planes on the Golf course. Sadly...