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(canalmuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm) may also be worth a look.hope this helps.

Yes I was slightly unwell I got blue lights and doctors and nurses on Christmas Day,(most people get socks and hankies).Thanks to medical staff and family support alls now well.

Jean,the cards are great,my sisters name was Pauline Brotherhood at that time.

This view was much the same until I left the area in the 1960s,to the left of centre of this picture is our garage which was at the top of our garden.Furnace Lane ran from Lozells Rd to Porchester st,crossing Gerrard and Clifford sts,parallel to William St,the picture shows section halfway...

I remember fishing at a rubbish diposal site on the canal in my younger days,(although heaven knows why, never caught anything).It was in Moore Lane area.Whilst working on the industrial estate off Electric Avenue Witton I came across a chimney preserved as monument.This has a coat of arms on it...

I learnt to swim at Victoria Rd,started off with water wings.My sister and I both spent hours there.She represented Manor Park Girls,and I swam for Alma St and Holte Grammar, one other famous name was Diana Strawbridge at about the same era.

There are a couple of photos on freinds reunited,search under Alma St.I went to this school 1953 to 1959.

Around 1956ish to very roughly 1961ish, a Mrs Beauchamps and a Mr Clark seemed to be prominent in running the club,never in Button Oak pub. Baz

Sat on the steps of Wagon & Horses outdoor with a bottle of Vimto with a straw and a bag of Smiths crisps complete with blue bag of salt.1950s

Spent many hours in Victoria Rd swimming baths, in club on a Thursday evening,swum in many school galas in Woodcock St,Green Lane,Kent St,Erdington and Kingstanding baths.

Looks a lot like Erdington.

What number house did you live at,I lived at no 103 aged 5 in1953

110763, lived in William st Lozells,co-op milkman's horse was named Alpine,it always brings to mind a bucket and shovel !

I stood many a cold morning oppposite Scotsford Stores waiting for school bus to Coleshill Grammar School,about 1962ish.

Have a friend married to G Bonner who now lives in Codsall near Wolverhampton.

Amazing you were allowed to post a mine,or did Iread it wrong?:shocked:

Just to let everyone concerned know,Sarah Brotherhood was my grandmother, her son Albert and his wife Joyce (my parents)worked many hours in that coalyard,Raymond,Hazel and Rose also lived there