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I did some research into such a memorial after I saw Ian Hislop's series 'Not Forgotten'. and there is and never has been, to my knowledge a memorial in Erdington.

And there Elizabeth we should leave it for I fear we are going off the thread. Thanks for the chat.

Hi, Elizabeth Thanks for the support. However, I have to disagree with some of your comment. Yes, the privately owned, loss making, taxpayer funded train infrastructure bosses continue to claim massive UNEARNED bonuses (who keeps the trains on time? The drivers, the porters, middle...

guilbert53, Bit late replying but I don’t seem to get the notifications of new posts as often as I used to. Anyway, I agree money and big business are the driving force for all major projects everywhere in the world, but that doesn’t make it right nor does it mean the decisions taken are...

In other words it is less to do with the needs of Brum and its folk and more to do with money and big business. Much like the vandalism the council inflicted on historic Tamworth, my adopted home. 'An adopted Sandyback, but Brummie through and through'

I agree. It is a good idea. Unfortunately- and I apologise for getting on my political soapbox- but here's why it is unlikely to happen: · 1 Contrary to popular belief we do not live in a democracy · 2 The powers that be didn't think of it first · 3 Ordinary...

Why thank you!:biggrin:

Well London has its gherkin and now Birmingham has its very own Brillo Pad.

Key Hill Brian- whoops! Google earth can be really useful at times. What a pity 'street view' isn't available in the area. I had a school mate who lived in Silver Birch Road. Can't remember the number, but his dad had suits of armour in his front room study. Nobody was allowed in! In his back...

I agree. Picture taken from google earth clearly shows the flat roofed house.

Pedlarman, a quick tip. Write your posts in your favourite word processor for copying and pasting into the forum. Then if you have problems, you don’t lose your post and if the problems are ongoing, you can save it to your computer for later when the problems are sorted.

Templar, they were not really so bad if you came from the back-to-backs in Saltley! And to be honest, they weren't much smaller than the house I live in now in Tamworth and the construction- timber framed with a brick skin leaves a lot to be desired! Once the council had put the toilet inside...

Hello, Pedlarman. I’m sure frothy won’t mind me responding and correct me if I am wrong and fill in bits I miss. I was raised on the Pype Hayes estate and lived there for 21 years. Basically, the pre-war council houses were deemed unsafe and unrepairable due to the concrete and steel design...

Thanks millions, Phil.

Great pictures, Phil. especially the ones showing the old Apollo cinema that eventually made way for the Fine Fare (might have been Fayre?) supermarket. Thanks for the Norton pic. took me some time to work out the Bagot. At first I thought it was Paget School, but instinct told me it wasn't...

Thanks, Phil. Pics of the ‘60’, ‘70’s of the shops or the Pype Hayes estate. If you could find any of the Norton, interior or exterior that would be icing on the cake. I have only ever found two, one on the internet after it closed and another in a book I have, about 1930 I think.

Thanks Lyn. Frothy’s right. The Norton was one of a kind. There are stories yet to be told- if I dare! Horace Stokes, the long-time landlord at the Norton was reputedly an ex-SAS man. Though we used to curse him, he really was a good gaffer. I don’t think he really barred anybody. He’d...

I can remember going to the wood yard on Kingsbury Road, just over the canal bridge from Hardy Spicer’s with an old pram. They used to let us have the off cuts, which would have gone for scrap anyway and we burnt them on the fire to save buying coal. Those prams were built to last...

Hello, frothy. That's because they moved Lidl up 6 inches!

Well, it’s not really opposite- and I’ll brook no disagreement! – Opposite the Norton was Eccentric Pumps. Couldn’t say what’s there now. On the other corner was the Birmingham Municipal Bank which became the TSB. That pic shows opposite and down a bit! As to whether the Norton was on Kingsbury...