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Hi Pete, The only green I can remember was on the right hand side of Yardley Fields Rd going from the island which I think was a sports ground. Perhaps by the time I lived there it was not obvious where it was (or my memory is playing tricks again!) I suppose the cross roads shown is where...

Hi Viv Many thanks for the 1910 pic of Frederick Road. I lived from 1950 to 1965 in the 3rd house along the terrace on the right (no 44) sort of "behind the two trees" The trees had grown a lot since this pic was taken Kind regards Dave

Hi Pete, Some years ago I owned a deactivated BSA made Lee Enfield No 1 SMLE Rifle. It did not with a Deactivation Certificate, which was actually not required if the gun had been suitably marked at the Proof House. However I wanted the certificate, so I took it to Birmingham Proof House, and...

Hi Viv, Stechford village looking down Albert Road, with Richmond Rd on the left, and Lyttelton Rd to the right. The buildings on the right of Albert Road included the old post office in your earlier pics. Kind regards Dave

Hi Pete, Yes, I was thinking of the border post on Station Road. If you went down Richmond Road past the Richmond pub you were in South Yardley. Happy memories of living down Wash Lane with my in laws when I first got married. Both my mother-in-law and my wife's sister worked for Syd Vernon...

Hi Viv, What date would the picture of Albert Rd post office have been? It would appear to be a sub post office, and I guess would have been replaced by the main PO about 50 yards further down Albert Road. Where was the Green, Stechford? I cant for the life of me place it! Kind regards Dave

Hi, I worked at the Westminster Bank on the diagonally opposite corner of Lionel Street from 1960 to 1964, and a lot of the building workers came into the branch to draw their wages. I seem to remember that the contractors were called Tileman's, but whether they were the main contractor or a...

Hi, My Granddad was a shoeing smith in the Royal Horse Artillery. Sadly I never met him, as he died at the age of 54 in 1938. Kind regards Dave

Hi, I used to take a stroll up to the radio shop on the corner in the early 60s to look at the cheap Japanese communications receivers in the window. Mainly Eagle and Lafayette sets as I remember it. Kind regards Dave

Thank you Alan for sharing your encyclopaedic knowledge of just about every aspect of life in Birmingham with the members of this forum. I will sadly miss reading your informative and entertaining posts. God bless Alan Dave

Hi. Does anyone remember the explosion in the basement of Telephone House in the early 1960s. I worked in the bank on the opposite corner of Lionel Street at the time, and we were 'evacuated' for a short while to the Colmore Row branch Incidentally, I've got a wooden pole in my front garden...

Hi I can honestly that I never went in the Doll's Club, but my lad did. He used to enthuse about one of the girls in there who went by the name of Audrey Big - apparently she was! Kind regards Dave

Hi Ell, Yes, I'm sure the old barn housed the fire museum, and I was wondering if that is where Walter's fire helmet was displayed. If the hall has any records where the collection went, Adam might be able to trace it's whereabouts. When I first got married, I lived in Wash Lane with my...

Hi, I haven't been to Blakesley Hall for the last 50 odd years, but I seem to remember that there was a firefighting museum attached to the right hand side of the Hall viewed from the road. I wonder if it's still there. Kind regards Dave

Hi, I remember with horror being taken to the dentist opposite the Pelham in Alum Rock when i was a lad in the 1950's. The only time I have ever visited a dentist since is when the pain has exceeded the fear. Kind regards Dave

Hi, Don't forget the Met. I think the last locos they built were for Pakistan Railways. When I joined them in 1973 they had a couple of the locomotives on standby in case of expected power cuts, to be used as generators. The power cuts did not materialise, and the locos were shipped! Kind...

Hi Lyn. I was told by that friend that if you went along the footpath in Bickenhill Lane not far from where the old Maglev bridge crossed the road and looked over the wall to the lower level you could see the old works. I was always under the impression that the NEC was built over the site, but...

Hi, I'm pretty sure that Weymann's factory in Bickenhill/Elmdon closed in 1966, although I was told by a friend some years ago who had worked there that the building was still there. Clarification of the exact year of closure would be nice - I can't find anything on the Internet. Incidentally...

Hi, I remember being told that the old white farmhouse which I believe still stands on the corner of Beechcroft Road and Old Chester Road belonged to Ted Haynes. Of course the surrounding land is now the Parkfields Estate, but I understand he was there before the estate was built. Kind regards...

Hi, Just to clarify, - M-CW's works at Bickenhill had been closed for a number of years when the Metrobus was designed and built at the Washwood heath factory. Kind regards Dave