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I think the guy on the middle floor was called Ralph, I remember I knocked down the wall between the toilet and bathroom, with the bottom baton removed, you could see between the concrete floor slabs into his bathroom, I wasted no time in making good the gap. Lol.

sandracoley, you must have been the first owner in 1968, we lived there on the top floor in 1986, although only three stories tall, we had a good view of the city center of a night from the front, and during the day a lovely view from the rear, of the countryside towards Wishaw.

Haa, You mean Watton Green, let me think again.

Hi lyn, there were at least two brothers at this address, Michael and David, I think their father ran the estates Boxing Club.

Hi Lyn, did they live in Heyford Way?

Good Morning maggs, what was your brothers surname?, I lived in two properties on Castle Vale between 1967 and 1996, both off Stornoway Road. Kemble Tower and the rest of the centre eight have long gone, as a result of the Housing Action Trusts referb, an organisation that cost us personally a...

I was aware of a "Snowy", a geezer with the surname Ashington.

It was great watching all the building going on during the 60s-early 70s, Roads, Housing etc, it seemed to stop late 70s with not much happening for three decades, we now seem to be entering an era of demolition. I suppose the 60s were the tail end of post war regeneration.

Great pictures, it is also interesting to see the Firs Estate being built in the background. It's been a bad week for old garages, the Saab Garage on Eachelhurst Road facing Pype Hayes Park was flattened this week, I think this was where the Number 66 Bus terminated.

I see the Clock Garage has now been demolished, it will take a fair time for the locals of the Castle Bromwich area to stop using it as a reference point when giving directions etc. It stood there for as long as I can remember.

Anyone remember the Merryhill Club in Winson Green, on Wellington Street beneath the railway arches. In the early 80s, after me and a few fellow undesireables were kicked out of the pubs in Erdington or Sutton Coldfield at 10.30pm, we'd jump in a couple of cars and go there. The gaffer took no...

I just missed the 60s (born in 59), but my memories from this decade all seem to be in Black and White, the 70s were a better decade for me, everything I remember from this era is in full blown 3D Technicolour.Lol

I think Castle Vale has been much derided over the years, mainly by folks who knew only of it by reputation, having lived there between 1967-1996, let me give a positive spin. Most folks who ended up there mid to late sixties did so due to the process of inner city slum clearance, so the...