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The brief glimpse of the steam train at the end of part three is that of the Scot: Kings Own number 46161. Scrapped on the last day of 1963.

My mom was bar-maid at the Old Lodge for years. First when Dan Tremelling - Blues goalkeeper - was licensee and later when Gordon - I can't think of his surname - took over. The chip shop next door to the Old Lodge made the worse chips on the planet! Who remembers Mrs Fisher's shop on Bordesley...

My mom sent me to the butchers once for an oxtail and told me to ask him if he'd leave the head on...

Great photos. Where was the tagged Street Art?

The Dandy and Beano yes, but Red Tape and Bureaucracy; I can't remember reading those comics.

Back in the 50's in Sandy Lane close to Trinity Terrace in Bordesley, there used to be a little front room parlour shop where you could by second-hand comics. An elderly lady used to sit by the front door on a dilapidated chair - there was no room inside because the floor was covered in piles of...

Hi mikejee, You are quite correct, the Dolphin was on the corner of New Bond Street and the Coventry Road. The cafe referred to (Eastside Cafe) is on the Corner of Coventry Street and Meriden Street. Whether it has always been a cafe or a public house in the past I don't know. The address...

I don't think this was the Dolphin on the Coventry Road, but rather a cafe in Coventry Street. See recent pic.

The letters on the car number plate said it all: AHA!

Hi again Roger. You mentioned someone marrying a lad who lived at number 3. Is his name among this list? 3 Railway Terrace Lawden Road,1,Joseph Shuttleworth,Head,M,48,,Carpenter,Employed,Meriden Warwickshire,, ,,,Eliza Shuttleworth,Wife,M,,39,,,Woodcote Green Worcestershire,, ,,,Joseph...

It looks like these were the people inhabiting 4 and 6 Railway Terrace Lawden Road in the 1891 census. Can you identify your forbears among them? 4 Railway Terrace Lawden Road,1,James Jelfs,Head,M,34,,Engine Drvr Stationery,Employed,Birmingham Warwickshire. 6 Railway Terrace Lawden...

I've just found this on the Aston Registration 1891 street index: Railway Terrace Lawden Road RG 12/240964-65 So it looks like there was a Railway Terrace in Lawden Road. I also spotted this for 1891: 1 Railway Terrace Lawden Road,1,Charles W Bell,Head,W,34,,Mchanic Genrl M/c...

This is Lawden Road, on the right is the railway that leads in to Bordesley Station. In the distance, notice the bridge, just under the bridge on the right there used to be a small row of terraced houses that were derelict in the 50's, I can recall playing in them at the time.

Howden Road? You're not thinking of Lawden Road are you?

Great work John, just added density

Thanks for the photo mikejee, after playing footie in Kingston Park, on the way home we would pop in to the outdoor for frozen Jubliees. 4d I think.

Don't know if it has already been mentioned, but one thing I'm glad has disappeared because the smell drove me crazy. TWINK hair perm, with the pink or blue rollers. That reminds me, my sister spent most of Saturday getting ready to go dancing, and you can guarentee I had to go to the shop and...

The famous Peter Pan statue is in Kensington Gardens. There is also a statue of Peter Pan in J M Barrie's birthplace in Kirriemuir, Angus.

Some more photos. The Waterworks and Folly.

I used to work at the Daily Express offices in Fox Street in the mid 60's. There was a cafe on the corner where they made the best Bacon and Tom and Bacon and Egg sandwiches in Brum. At the bottom of Fox Street, turn right and two or three doors up a brilliant Italian food shop (Bought Champers...