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Photo taken from Tower Street?

Just wished I could spell demolision/ demalition/ knocked down!

The road on the right is Bell Barn Road, Lee Bank. At the junction is the shop of F.W. Wilkes, at nos. 118-119 Great Colmore Street, with its two sun blinds. Pigott Street is out of sight, to the right of the shop. Facing the shop is the Grand Junction Pub, at no. 180 GCS. There is a photo on...

Good morning, it took a few minutes to work out the exact location for Steve's picture: the road running L-R across the centre, dividing old and new, is Great Colmore Street. The new and distinctive maisonettes are still there today. They were completed by 1965. The two roads surrounding the...

REALLY appreciate all your hard work, Steve- the aerial photos are stunning!

This is Lichfield Road, Aston, with the junction with Church Road just out of view to the right.

Many thanks Brummy Lad!

Can anyone highlight where Victoria Road Police Station was, please? I once paid a visit there, late one night, (not voluntarily, I might add) after a family celebration at a nearby pub!

You mentioned, Richard, that you drove a Fiat Strada- just wondering, what were they like? Where they mechanically good? Do you remember the amazing advert on the telly when they launched the model, with the robots working to classical music?! I was tempted to test drive one as I liked the...

Yes, Bob, you are quite right. Such a shame.

This might be of interest: when Auto Express magazine first came out, around 1987, I bought it almost every week (it was only 40p, back then!). There was one particular article that was so fascinating, I cut it out and stuck it in my scrapbook: A self-employed delivery driver specialised in...

Thanks for the reply Eric. Yes, I'm sure 100mph was not reached in normal service- one can imagine how terrified some passengers would have been, especially if they'd only wanted to nip to the shops! Perhaps, in the early days of the M1, before speed limits for buses came in, and when traffic...

I recall reading, elsewhere on this site, that Midland Red buses- the S22 single deckers especially- were capable of cruising on the motorways at 100mph plus. Now, if a Midland Red could have whisked me back home from the Smoke at that speed I'd have been first in line!

Another memorable character at Bill Switchgear in the late '70s & early '80s was Walter, the labourer. He was forever sweeping up, and seemed to cover the whole factory, carrying out his never-ending task. A bit like painting the Forth Bridge. A thin and rather emaciated fellow, he'd always...

Where the Burnley Building Society is in the photo, there was, later on in the 1980s, a men's clothing shop where they sold some fabulous, high quality (and high-priced) garments. I bought a cream-coloured turtle neck sweater there, which was made in Italy. Also, a button up shirt made in...

Fantastic photos, as always! Thank you Steve!

This has been a fascinating thread- thank you to all contributors!

I knew we could reply on you to fill in the blanks, johnfromstaffs! BTW, there's a fascinating, 9 minute film of Austin A30s & A40s being tested to destruction. It's on Youtube, entitled "British Car Trials on the Autobahn: Tests such as these", Pathe. Very enjoyable!

You're spot on with the location, Steve. What fab photos you're unearthing for us-thank you! I'm not so hot on 1950s cars: the Austin A40, on the right, was launched in '54, so gives us a timeframe between 1954-60 when the photo was taken. I'm sure Johnfromstaffs will guide us further!