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My dad always said when we were a bit down over something, "He's got a face as long as livery Street"!! He also used to say I love Brum!! I've got a Street named after me!!, "Sir Harry's Road"...

Wow Brian, Mom was a bit earlier than you 30's and 40's!!

My Mom's local as a girl and women!!

That's great news Lloyd, I will endeavour to see it when its been launched, (God Willing)

The Volunteers in both UK, and US, do marvellous work, and I for one are so grateful, as this keeps our memories alive.

Yes , so very true Richard, you do have some real monsters still in steam in the States, "Big Boy" etc, real steam marvels, but I have always loved the UK steam loco designs so easy on the eye, and when compared to say European loco's.!!

What a wonderful picture, of a by gone time, when train travel was akin to flying today, great adventurous times.

Quite fantastic, the change over the last 100 years in Birmingham, Viv, we have lost so many fine buildings, and with that goes am awful lot of history. Course change dos happen, but poor old Brum seems to have suffered more than most major city's, so glad we have this site to record it all !!

Looks like a drinking fountain Viv, they had them all over Brum when I was a lad, with the metal cups with chain, I remember the big one at cannon Hill Park but there were others around town..

Bless the Victorians, normally organised!!

my goodness O do remember "The Old Swan", last time I had a beer there was about 1964/5, the exterior defiently has'nt changed !!

When a lad, I lived in Hasbury Road Bartley Green, and every Sunday summer and winter, my dad would walk us all to the Black Horse at Iley, I don't remember any other pub, as a wayward youth I did like to drink, and visited most pubs in the area detailed in #1. Cannot recall a pub of that name. !!

Hi Maria, you went to Our lady St Rose School in Gregory Avenue, did't you, do,you remember the little park, with the lake where we would have our PT, and rounders, we used to feed the ducks there as well!!

I never visited Small heath Park, but as a lad visited quite a few of the great Victorian green Parks, in Birmingham, and always found them beautiful, we were so lucky as youngsters to have these green spaces to visit. !!

Not me Eric , the two days I spent there were hot, that's why I purchased the Coca Cola, I do believe it did rain later in the week, but when Lady Baden Powell, and the lord Lt, inspected our parade,it was very warm!!

Ar'nt we all Brian, the grey matter is a little slow now a days, along with my legs, the 57 jamboree was definitely at Sutton Park though!!!

I was a scout in 1957, and attended the "Jamboree", at Sutton park, where w met the "Germans", for the first time since WW 2", and the USA,where I had my very first taste of Coca Cola, Ice cold from a fridge, but cost 1/-, a fortune for me then, Dad ha given me half a crown, and I blew 2/- on...

My Nan loved Rackhams,

Remember it well, and the sense of exciting adventure, quite tame to todays special effects, recordings, but for a 50's lad with not much, it was Dan Dare from the "Eagle" brought to life!!

could have been !947, or 1963, as the canal barges hadn't changed much, great picture though!!