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The Birmingham Anglers Association can be found here.https://www.baa.uk.com/

This is more like it Viv....

Ah yes,I remember it now,I had some friends who had a small guest house (Colletts Hotel) just a few doors away from it...Don't think I ever went in there though..

Thanks for the pic. of the Gondola,just as I remember it and Scotts next door as well..The young lady assistant in there said to me one day "Are you going to buy this record or not?",after playing "All Shook Up" several times !!...Here's a pic.of where I think they were back then.If you look...

Ha ha,yes !..The daft thing is,back in the 50's I used to frequent the "Gondola" milk bar,which was in that block and also,I used to buy records from another shop in that block !..Seems like I've had a major "Senior Moment" here.lol...

Oh well done Viv ! ..I had assumed the park was on the right of the 3rd picture,but it would probably have been houses when the pic was taken..I've clipped a couple of shots from Streetview here.They are the large buildings in that 3rd picture of yours...Mystery solved for me now,thanks so much...

Nice pics. Viv,haven't seen the first 2 before,but the 3rd one has been bugging me for a few days now !..I've seen it as a postcard for sale on Ebay and it's been posted on Facebook too...I don't think it's of the Coventry Road at all.If you compare the wall in front of the park,it's completely...

My paternal Grandparents lived at 298 Cherrywood R'd,about 3 doors down from the Colmore Depot entrance..It was a cycle repair shop when I was nipper in the late 40's !..I wonder if anyone remembers it ?...Here's an aerial view from 1930,courtesy of "Britain From Above"

According to the official Peaky Blinders Facebook page it returns on May 5th...https://www.facebook.com/PeakyBlinders/

It was originally called "Birmingham Industrial Co-op"

Re: Bier kella ..Here's the link to the Mail article.https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/new-bierkeller-bar-plans-open-11158407

Yes,some of it was good fun,especially dismantling different types of weapons,cleaning them and then trying to put them back together again !..We did get to shoot at the local Army firing range on Alum Rock Road and a couple of times at Whittington Barracks....I don't recall anything similar for...

Hi Maria,no it wasn't compulsory,any of the boys could join from the 2nd form upwards.A lot of us joined from my year,but many never lasted longer than the first month,too much "Square Bashing" .lol.....

I was in the cadet force at Saltley at this time,it's probably 1956.

I remember going to a few film shows there as well,I always wondered how they got permission to show them !

Yes,remember it well,used to go "boppin" at the "Blake" most Fridays and Sundays,in the late 50's..

This picture is from the PMSA website,it certainly looks like it's gilded underneath the grime to me.

Renato died from complications following surgery on a brain tumor at Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, on 29 July 2009, aged 69.

More information about the Phoenix on this thread https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=40256&page=2&highlight=Phoenix

The Phoenix was on the same side as the Royal George,no more than 75 yards away,about half way along, before you get to the railway bridge.