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Hi, I don't remember the farm, but I do remember a large old derelict barn on that land between Garretts Green Lane and the Radleys around 1960. A friend and I had taken our girlfriends there one Saturday afternoon, - there was still plenty of hay in there! Well, we hadn't been there for...

Hi, It looks to me like there was no clear distinction between whether the houses were back /150 or 152. There were 5 houses listed as 1 - 5 in that court 4 of which were /150 with no room for any other houses actually behind 150. I lived at 8 Back 67 Tilton Road in the 60's, the court...

Hi, Does anyone remember Aston's Buchers on the corner of Station Road and Lyndon Road Stechford? Sawdust on the floor, and the door to the shop had a slot at either side of the doorframe, into which they could hook the legs of a full carcase to split it in half. A real old fashioned shop...

Hi, Just noticed that the picture in post 30 shows the address as Saltley. I would have thought that it was Bordesley Green. Has the boundary changed since the time of the pic? Kind regards Dave

Hi Jim, If I remember correctly, the court at the old school didn't have a roof' There were 2 courts at Kings Heath, which were roofed, and I have a vague recollection that some games were played there after school, but I don't know if they were part of a competition. I do remember that they...

Hi Viv, Did you notice, - the house next door still has the 1937 windows! Kind regards Dave

Hi Viv, That's a smashing picture. Just as I remember it too! Where have all those years gone? Kind regards Dave

Hi Maggieanne, Before WW2 Levis's were famous for their motorcycles, I think they mainly made HEC compressors post war. Kind regards Dave

Hi Pete, One here at the end of our street in Scratby. I think there are still plenty around. Kind regards Dave

Hi Pete, I used to stand right where that cameraman was waiting for my train to the city every weekday. I lived in Frederick Road for 15 years behind the school playground just past the signal box in the 50s/early 60s. You are right about the smut, and that train like all express trains would...

Hi Enrico, Yes, thats the name I couldn't quite rmember, he was the Form Master for 2G Many thanks. Kind regards Dave.

Hi, Just a couple of pics which were taken on Sports Day back in the late 50's. Farmerdave posted the one of Holy Hovis a couple of years ago and I have just rediscovered that one, together with a close up which I have attached. Also one of Dr. 'Spud' Kober, 'Polly' Bates, and I think Mr...

Hi, The fruit of the hedgerow, (mainly blackberries I should think), is free to be taken by passers by. Kind regards Dave

Hi, When I used to shoot at Hurley Range in the 1960s, .303 Mk V11 cartridges cost 3d each! They came in boxes of 32. Kind regards Dave

Hi Pete, Would this be on the Bomb Peck - I don't remember this, or maybe at the back of Raggy Allen's. Please remind me! Kind regards Dave

Hi, I think its definitely post WW2 as I can see the bomb peck on the corner of Tilton Road opposite the Royal George. I lived at 8/67 in the late 60's, up the first entry next to the bomb peck. The houses were pulled down in the early 70's from memory. Kind regards Dave

Hi Flanders, I wonder where your dad used to fish. Certainly where I lived in Stechford in the 50's the river was totally polluted, and I would think for a few miles upstream. I understand the river rises in Yardley Wood, and that there were many fish in it there, but I never found out where...

Hi Dave, I don't remember the Punic Wars either, but I did incur the wrath of Dai with the customary thick ear response on a few occasions. Didn't do me any harm, it was always deserved, and he was my favourite teacher for whom I had the greatest respect. I still have a scar on my right wrist...

Also an alumnus of mine, - RIP Dennis, God bless.

Hi, Don't know too much about the BB, but they used to parade at the Methodist church in Lyttelton Road Stechford back in the 50's. I was in the Lifeboys for a short time, and we used to meet in an old schoolroom in Victoria Road near the junction of Frederick Road, which was just behind the...