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Can I take a wild guess and suggest you have taken a photo of a framed picture and the flash has spoiled it? If I am correct, take a picture from an angle- from the left and the right avoiding the flash reflection and I might be able to use Photoshop's perspective crop to get the picture...

Excellent job, Mortun. Which software do you use? I'm guessing photoshop- maybe gimp or paintshop pro?

Good tip John. Often, just using software to make a negative can work wonders. But with professional software, such as photoshop there are all sorts of filters that can help with enhancing details of a photo. Never give up- post it here and I'll bet somebody will help.

The last few years I used the place the doors were red, but weren't they also a natural dark wood, well varnished at one time?

It certainly looks like it. I have emailed my sis with the link and she is almost certain it is Uncle Sam (not a blood uncle- but an uncle in the tradition of an old and trusted family friend) and names the two ladies in the clip. I have just emailed cousin Jacqui (uncle Sam's daughter) who...

Luluco, does Gramps remember a monkey or chimpanzee kept as a pet in or near Cranby Street that escaped and bit somebody? That somebody was my uncle Sam. It was reported in the Evening Mail but I cannot find any reference to the incident. Would have been the 1950's/60's. Also any pictures of...

Village Tavern on the corner of Alum Rock Road and George Arthur Road courtesy Google Earth.

"I feel that cutting up blinds that may well be rare and sought after by enthusiasts is pure vandalism......." Too bl**dy right! Too much of the ££££ and not enough thought of heritage and legacy. Imagine if some 14th century bod had cut up the Bayeux Tapestry and sold it? Or the Turin Shroud...

I attended 1968-1974 and the G & S, Shakespeare etc extravaganzas were still (if I remember correctly) going strong and in my opinion could give professional productions a run for their money. The teachers there were more than teachers. They were educators. Some still wore their gowns...

What is now known a Spaghetti Junction, or Tyburn road/Lichfield Road junction, looking down Tyburn Road with Lichfield Road into Aston, then town to the right.

I can only ever remember Horace Stokes as the landlord of the Norton in the early '70's- I am sure he was there in the '60's as I remember him catching me nicking books from a jumble sale in the gardens about then. in the late '70's somebody else took over, but I can't remember his name...

I don't know that much- I only remember going to school with them, and not much about that! Certainly I wouldn't have known him later as a ten-pin bowler. But every bit of info might be a help to somebody.

Hi, Jean. I know we’re on an old thread, but - I went to Paget Road school in the 60’s with Mary Elwell who had a brother Freddie (Freddy) who was a year or two above us. Freddie climbed onto the school roof at Paget road and fell and broke his back- fortunately he survived. Could they...

I stand corrected.

I was in Birmingham on Tuesday for a job interview. Walking back from Broad Street I crossed Chamberlain square and decided I’d stop for a pint. Thinking I’d go into The Mail which used to be in Pinfold Street, that’s where I headed. Gone. Crossed to Bogart’s. Gone. Walked down to The Yard of...

Problem is we couldn't afford cameras then! I have the same trouble trying to get pictures of Cranby Street in Saltley as it was in the 60's, 70's.

I’ve done a bit of research and Arley Barley appears to be a corruption of the French ‘Allez Parler.’ Allez being the French ‘to go’ and Parler’ – to talk, hence ‘Allez Parler’ – let’s go and talk = ‘A truce to discuss cessation of hostilities or terms of surrender’ hence ‘Arley Barley’ – ‘I’m...

I vaguely remember the Hemmings, but seem to remember them living in Varley Road. Could be wrong, though.

Frothy, as I said, I researched extensively and was unable to find an Erdington War Memorial, which I found strange. Erdington is a well established political, economic and social community and one would expect a memorial to have been erected. During my research I came across a site (for...

With all due respect, Frothy I’d argue this is not a public war memorial. It is in memory of the 27 men buried in the churchyard. It isn’t strictly in a public place. Although the public do have access, the church could probably restrict that access if they so chose, such as enclosing and...