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Lookers is a Vauxhall dealers on the site of the old Speedwell, its postcode is given as B25, B25 post code is Yardley, so unless the boundaries have moved the Speedwell would have been in Yardley. Must have been on the very edge.

its definately looking down church road from the swan towards the yew tree, the yellowish van is pulling out from The Causeway, the old baptist(?) church hall can be seen along side the van, the sign indicating dual carriage way ahead is indicating the start of where the dual carriage way used...

shame you couldn't make out what was on the destination blind it might help give some clues

I could be wrong but aren't there some pictures in the Bill And Bull of the Bulls Head? Been years since I've been in there but seems to recall some on the walls

maybe contact local funeral directors if you know the address they lived at probably local one to that address, believe they keep records, might be worth looking in evening mail from around the time see if anything posted

True but when people start family history they think they are going to find answers but I find you just get more questions which like you say Wendy makes it interesting

You never find answers just more questions!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23346131 Some interesting pictures and comments

Saw that this morning but didn't catch the name, like wise hope they get reunited especially with the 100th anniversary of the start of the war looming, maybe more people will be looking so hope he gets them sorted

Great thing to do to reunite things back to the correct family, hope you manage to find the family

The New St Chads school, on Holiday Street, is 40 years old this year!

Just seen Kenneth Beech grave in Yardley Cemetry as I walked through, at the time I didn't notice the grave adjacent but will look later, the War Graves headstone is laying down, but so are alot in Yardley due to health and safety reasons, such a shame to be taken in such a terrible accident...

https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=74760119 a few picture of Spring Road station and surrounding are here

have you tried the small heath circle website? https://smallheath.proboards.com/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulfuller128/sets/72157633900651121/ More pictures here

Would expect Network Rail wouldn't have allowed it to run on its track after standing so long

Do the cross guns represent the Machine Gun Corp? Looks similar to the cap badge they used. Found the attached picture which is similar which I think is for attaching to a blazer

https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11114&page=6 some mention in this thread of Pendrey and seems to says someone on here is a relative.

Would a look up on the 1918 electoral role help in anyway?

https://www.worcestershireregiment.com/wr.php?main=inc/grave_whitwell_19463 has the same info, presumably from the newspaper article