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Hi.. I remember going to a youth club there in the sixtys..I think run by the church .I dont remember that doorway..

Hi Phil .Are you sure that pic 1 is Armoury Road ..We have looked at this picture in earlier posts and there was some doubt

I remember St Agatha's suffering a devastating fire ,Its amazing it has survived.

Hi The cars are Morgans..A club outing perhaps?..I do not recognize the location.

Hi very interesting film..This is the first film I have seen of FOK 90 the last trolly bus on the Coventry Road route,. Which was driven by my Grandfather on the last day. Thank You.

Hi Its really interesting to see how the street scene changes over the years. Trying to put them into date order by the rate of decay in the shop fronts,and changes of use.Thank you Mohawk

Hi. Remember going with my parents to buy my Boy Scout uniform from the scout shop in Hill Street..about the time the photo was taken..1960s

Hi I dont think thats Dale End is that Hill Street in the distance?

I remember my dad fitting one of those cowls to stop the chimney smoking..#783..first windy night after fitting, the chimney pot blew down..

Looking at the chimney in the background of #4. There are no chimneys of the same shape on any of the images of the BSA factory prewar, I see your point about the cobbled road surface, it seems the road goes off to the right.

Hi Lyn Comparing the two photographs ..although 30 years apart , I agree not Armoury Road ,The unusual facade on the buildings on the right should be a clue .Do we have any photos of the BSA factory pre war.

Hi Jan,I was born in Sparkbrook in 1947. I went to Golden Hillock secondary School in the early sixties..I had school friends that lived in Armoury Road, I know the area well. I can remember a lot of the bomb damaged buildings in the area. As children we used to play in them. Some of the markers...

Hi ..The photo #4 looks like the BSA main gate in Armory Road.

Hi My wife's late mother worked at Greet School in the 1970..80s..her name was Trudy Fields..She always said how much she enjoyed working there..anyone remember her..

I wonder what is happening on the steps of the bank ?.

Hi Tim... I remember going to the Picadilly Cinema on Stratford Road Sparkhill to see the film Ben Hur.It was a school trip as part of our history lessons. I remember it as a nice day out of the classroom...It must have been about 1960....Roy

Hi Viv..The Stratford Road Sparkbrook picture shows Christ Church junior school, my first school..on the left..and Main Street.in the distance..Great photo..Thank You.

Hi Bob..I think thats a Singer 9 sports..approx 1932.3 next to a Austin 8 two door ..1938.9..and the rear end of a Austin 10 four door .To the left of the Singer is a 1950s..Ford Prefect..Roy

Nice photo ..might have been taken yesterday?.

Hi Butterfly..I think there must have been many injuries on that piece of playground equipment ..I remember it has being good fun..we would go there in the evenings ,the playground was always open and we could ride our bikes there.