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Yes the bus stop was opposite Warrenders. I used to get the 11 bus there to 6 ways Erdington, and then the No. 64 or walked to school at St. Agnes' in Erdington. The 14 took me into 'town' :) or up to the Glebe if I was lazy! I'd forgotten it was called Wyndhurst Rd. I remember my friend's...

I used to buy sweets on the way home from school there and 6d savings stamps - which I still have. I think I managed to save 1s 6d. I wonder what they're worth now ha ha!

I think I remember the butchers. It used to have wood shavings on the floor and that characteristic smell - and I seem to remember doors on the floor outside of it that probably went to a cellar? Or am I making that up ha ha! I have a distinct memory of thinking about Davey Jones from the...

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There was a Turville family lived in Old Farm Road in the 60s. The son was called Barry.

Hi Annette I know you posted this many years ago, but I can't believe we both lived in Stechford and are now both on the Isle of Wight. Looking at your name on here, we may also share the same birth year. We moved here as my husband took a job at the hospital - our paths may have already...

So lovely to find this website and have a trip down memory lane. I grew up in Stechford and left in 1978. My grandparents lived in Kitts Green Road, so we regularly stopped off at the library in Glebe Farm. We fished for tiddlers in the river Cole and looked forward to the fair coming on the...

I've just found the forum and signed up today. I feel like I've been down a wormhole looking at the past. I grew up in Stechford but went to school in Erdington 1971-1978 and worked in Littlewoods on Saturdays. I've got strong memories of the swimming baths, the library, Owen Owen and troach...

We're many years on now, so perhaps you no longer check in here, but I have just joined the forum today and have been enjoying browsing. I grew up in Birmingham and was born a Marklew. My granddad was Walter Marklew and I suspect he was born in the 1890s - I can check. I think he used to run a...