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How right you are Rupert. I can still remember having to go up my nan's garden to the toilet in the cold and dark, I was terrified. She was lucky she had her own toilet and didn't have to share it like many other people. We would walk home in the dark, up Crockets Road and down Sandwell Road...

Thats good Winston. Mo

Thanks for your comments. I thought this photo was interesting as it is my dad's family and although I don't think they were much better of than mom's it is quite a contrast. Dad is on the left standing up.

These photos certainly bring back childhood memories of grand parents homes, don't they. Great photo Lyn. Mo Rather like this one back of Brewery Street, Handsworth about 1920. My grand parents and children except my mom, maybe she was taking it.

Like Graham I remember it more in the 50/60's. I think we went to see something with the school but I can't remember what at the moment. I think it was a religous film and as you say I think that might have been where the Sound of Music was. Last night we had the Sound of Music on TV and I saw...

Great photo Stitcher, is that on the Bristol Road or another campas? Mo

It is Northfield Frothblower and the pub is the Bell, although I'm not sure you can see it I think it is behind the tram. I really like the picture as we lived in Northfield after we were married.:)Mo

You are right Mike and Phil, it is Northfield although Mike's photo is more how I remember it. It was sent to us because we lived just off Shenleyfield Lane after we were married until we came to Canada. We used to go down by at the traffic lights just by the clock. It was the Bell Pub that is...

I posted this on Pubs but maybe it should be on here. It was a Chistmas card sent by a friend in Birmingham. I'm sure you all know the pub and the area, as it really hasn't changes a lot I don't think.Love the pictures Stitcher.

Did I go off thread with my post on #13?. If I did I will move it to a new thread. :) Mo

Someone sent this as part of a Christmas card in 2003. I don't think it will take long for you to guess where it is and what the pub is called. I'm told it has changed much over the years. Don't you just love the cars and motor bikes. :) Mo

Thank you Wak that was his name so I guess it must be my relative. Where would I look for details regarding that? I was not sure of his birth date but my mom was born 1905. so that sounds right. I still have two relatives still alive who were his cousins and I hear from them every Christmas. He...

One of my great great cousins who would have been born around 1910 or before played for one of the Birmingham teams but I'm not sure which one. His last name was Winsper, I guess I should try and down something on him but hard to know where to start. Mo

I don't know where the roads have been renamed in Aston could this have been High Street when the photo was taken.:)Mo Manor Tavern 6, Portland St, Birmingham, West Midlands B6 5RX Tel: 0121 326 8780

I don't remember there being a pub on Grafton Road when I was a child and from what I remember they were houses built maybe in the early 1920's or even after that but I might be wrong. There were some very big older houses on the top half of Sandwell Road, I used to walk past them to go to...

Dav did you have a problem getting a flight home. Everything was grounded here for a few days and then a huge pack log, as many of the planes in the sky at the time were landed in Canada for their safety.I don't remember whether planes all around the world were grounded or just N.America. Did...

Wendy that is great, I didn't know that and when I googled it this came up. I thought it might be of interest. Mo https://www.snopes.com/photos/military/ussnewyork.asp

You are right Rod the world did change. I was at home and the phone went my son said turn on the TV, I just could not believe what I was seeing and hope we never see it again. Mo Peace be with you all.

Great site Astonite, thanks. :) Mo

The Baron - I didn't start skating until 1953 so I wouldn't have known the skaters on the photo, they would have been a few years older than me. We went as a group from the Figure Skating to the British Championships in Nottingham but I don't know what year that was. Some of them then went...