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Hi Eric, long time no see........ I have just joined the site and looking around found your thread. I see Alec O'Nion..........no 'S'. He is not very well at this time but hopefully will pull through. I was at school with both of you and a few others. It's a long time ago now. Regards G...

Degsy, I think you are right,bus on left turning out of colmore row into Livery Street with the Old Snow Hill Station on the right. Steve, I worked the beat in that area and in the late 50s early 60s, I had Whitmore Street dug up by the Public Works Dept. There was a hole in the road the size...

Catkin, The name was Sloovenhook or similar left Villa just after the air crash with the Man U. players on board. He left to play for United. There was a TV shop on the corner of Bevington Road, owned by Leslie Smith an ex Villa and England international.

Hi Patty, A few more local names you can ponder on. Jackie Haynes, married Alec Onions (O'Nion). Still around in Great Barr. the Averies family, Was it the Weavers who ran the hairdressers on the corner opposite the school ?. Regards George.

Brigade of Guards DribblinWizard. For your info. the buttons are grouped as follows : Grenadier in Singles Coldstream Groups of Two Scots Guards " of Three. The Premier Regiment (Mine) Irish Guards " of Four. Welsh Guards " of Five. You Know now. I'll tell you...

Hi again, Glad you enjoyed it, I do not know of any more around Sutton. I haven't used the Duke for some years since a friend of mine died who lived nearby. I would like to use it but with 'drink and drive laws' I don't. It's to far for me to walk, I'm struggling on my pins. Regards George.

The best pub nearest to you is 'Duke'. Duke Street, Sutton Coldfield, this is the only one I know of.

Subee, must have had an easy life Kandor. Ditto to your coment.

Funny I should pick this up today. I was thinking of a similar queue on Saturday mornings at Rudders and Payne, Aston Hall Road. I was a regular. We were after the off-cuts of timber, for firewood (1940-1945 ish).

Lovers Walk, Aston Hi again, Aston Station is still open and running. It is on a route from Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield, New Street on to University and out to Redditch. A good cross city line when running properly. Bye

Hi Brenda, Lovers Walk is not there now, its been built on. I seem to know the name - Deykin Avenue school?

Lovers Walk, Aston. Hi everyone, You can take it from me 110% that Lovers Walk was alongside the railway. It ran from Aston Hall Road to Lichfield Road. The Houses were back to back. I had a school friend who lived there. I frequented the area a lot in late 40s early 50s.