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My recollection of singing in primary school was D'ye ken John Peel (probably not politically correct today) The British Grenadiers The Bonnets of Bonny Dundee The Men of Harlech (we had a Welsh teacher) Nymphs and Shepherds (I hated that one, it seemed so stupid to me as I just did not...

The word Difficult was a word that I shall never forget because of the way that the teacher humiliated me in class over the spelling of that word. In modern terminology I would have been in Year 5. I don't remember why but I was standing at the front of the class and the teacher was at the back...

Sorry John, I had to look that up Zoopla estimate of current average house price Westlands Newcastle £258.881 Rosemary Hill Road £1,174,122

I have enlarged the picture on screen and I can see shadowy buildings behind which makes me think that the ink from the reverse of the page is showing through. I can't see an architectural magazine publishing mock ups as surely they would be showing the finished work.

Thanks Mike. As I was writing, I thought I had not got it right. I was sure there was an earlier date. The date of 1936 was the date of the formation of the Birmingham Town & District Bank with offices in Colmore Row. So the date 1836 was the date of the formation of the bank not the date of...

I have not been in the area for sometime for obvious reasons although I do intend to go there as soon as possible because a lot has changed since I was last in Broad Street. Because of this I am speaking from memory but I am sure the date over the door is something like 1867. Unless there was...

Bob Wilson's Fun Fairs used to be based in Stratford upon Avon but looking at their website they now appear to be based in Albrighton on the Wirral and are a national organisation rather than a local outfit. The other large fun fair in our area used to be Pat Collins who were based in Bloxwich.

Thanks for the work various people have done on these latest photos.

I just had a look at the Unitarian Historical Society Website https://www.unitarianhistory.org.uk/hsrecords4.html If you page down till you come to West Midlands it lists various churches etc in Birmingham but I did not see the Mission that you mention. As a mission it would probably be...

St Jude's church. The site is now occupied by the Albany Banquetting Suite. St Jude's Passage still runs along between the Banquetting Suite and the hotel. There were some photos of the church posted on Facebook a day or so ago but I cannot now find them.

Bit ambiguous about long distance services as I was able to use the tickets in the late 1950s on the X numbered services travelling to Nottingham, Northampton and Leicester. I believe after deregulation some doubledeckers even got to the Lincolnshire coast.

Jimmy Young recorded The Man from Laramie back when we did not get American records so we used to get British artists recording cover versions. Jimmy Young lived long enough for his record to go out of copyright because when he recorded it copyright on records lasted only 50 years.

I may have mentioned these items before. The Midland Red garage at Bearwood used to have a branch off the Bearwood Road tramline for the Parcels Express tramway service. During a clearance at one point of old items from Bearwood a friend of mine rescued the accounts of the bus company for, I...

Rev David Collyer had financial problems concerning the regeneration of the Nechells Baths. It is better that I say no more.

I have had five calls today saying that I have an urgent message from Santander. I don't know anyone living in Santander, Spain. Several I have not answered because they have been from the same 0808 number Yes I know that Santander is a bank named after a town in Spain.

I remember that scene in the 1950s but this looks older than that. The room to the left was a cafe and the house was also used by the Sons of Rest who seemed to have a base in all the Birmingham Parks.

70 years ago? I did not realise I was that old.

I went to George Dixon Grammar School which was split at that time between City Road and Five Ways. I used to collect the red 1d tokens from the school secretary if I needed to go between the two schools.

I have just come across this You Tube video which tells of the Chemical Canal and goes on to Rattlechain Lagoon

I can remember 'pig bins' in the road until just before the mid 1950s. All pig food now has to be treated so just collecting waste food is not allowed.