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My father, Joe Young born 1921 (also known as Alfie in his younger days) lived at 2/18 Sun Street ( and I think that he was born there too so the midwife mentioned probably helped!) and had 2 brothers.....William ("Bill") and Charles Thomas (known as "Charlie") Young who were both older than...

It was still the same in 1963-5 when I worked at Grey's.

The old lifts were worked by disabled people when I worked at Grey's 1963-1965 and one such person was a Mr Cragg who had a daughter named Linda who worked in the offices. She looked very similar to me and people got us muddled up. We both went out SEPARATELY in the dinner hour on Fridays with...

Has anyone a photo of the old house named Falcon Lodge which was demolished to way way for the council houses at Falcon Lodge, Sutton Coldfield please?

Hi Linda, Jennifer and Lesley Senior lived just a few yards away from me when I was at the school. They lived in Darnel Hurst Rd and I was in Edwards Road, Four Oaks and could see their house from my bedroom window. I remember those teachers you mentioned including Miss Jessica Hewlett. When...

Re: Riland Bedford High School for Girls Hi Linda, I do not remember your name from Riland Bedford but guess that I have a photograph of you! Were you on the very wide one that was taken (possibly 1962) outside in the playground? All girls were on that as were the teachers. Which teachers did...

Thank you for putting these photographs on the forum. I used to work there 1963-1965 in the 5th floor offices. Its great to be able to see them again. I was very sad when it was demolished. Stead and Simpson shoe shop was along at the left of Grey's aswell as a Lyons tea house where I could get...

Hi Lyn, Can you remember anything about what it looked like inside please? Any snippets of information would be welcome. I presume its now been demolished, am I correct?

Thank you very much for this photo of the Lord Byron. Someone put it on here sometime ago after I made some enquiries as I had been led to believe until then that it was in Newhall Street. My Great Grandmother, Charlotte Annie Edith Talbot (nee Poole) was born here. Her parents were Richard...

We were there on Tuesday, went in at Boldmere Gate, saw the cows and surrounding area and then back out through Boldmere. Wish we could still drive all the way round it like we used to when I lived in Boldmere, Four Oaks and Reddicap areas of Sutton.

Thanks for these photos. A lady who I used to know in the 70s lived there as a child. Her name then was Diana Landis and she appeared on stage at theatres and at the one that used to be up New St towards the Town Hall, I think it was called The Royal which went long, long ago. Her father...

I didn't know about the passage but do know that the old shop had those very old fashioned lifts with criss- cross "gateways" instead of solid doors. Grey's had some of those too aswell as the Otis lifts with silver doors aswell as lift attendants.

Who remembers the Apollo on Tyburn Rd, Erdington which was more or less opposite the Norton pub and Maidens shop? A block of shops stands there now.

Anyone remember the Apollo cinema which was just over the road from the Norton pub? I went to see Rock Around The Clock there which starred Bill Hayley, plus other films that I can't remember. It was demolished to make way for the block of shops.

I remember that there was a Co-op Dept. Store at the Big Top in High Street. It was opposite, or more or less opposite, the old Co-op which was demolished to make way for the Pavillions shopping centre. The one at the Big Top had a dance floor above it 1963/4. Around the corner was the Odeon...

Thanks for some info on this row which I have always been fascinated about since I first saw it around ten years ago and then saw it again last week.

MIKEYA: Yes, Grey's employed disabled people to attended the lifts. Mr Cragg was one of them while I was there 1963-65, He had a daughter, Linda, who worked in the offices who looked very much like me. I remember Henry's too with its peculiar smell. It stood where Boots is now opposite Marks...

Re: Riland Bedford High School for Girls Hi pipmk, I remember Jennifer Senior and she had a sister, Lesley. They lived in Darnel Hurst Rd in Little Sutton, Four Oaks and were just around the corner to me when I was in Edwards Rd. I don't know where they are now though.

Yes, Jean from the till office was very petite so I think this must be the same Jean that we are talking about. There was a Mr Cragg too, a disabled man, who used to operate one the gated lifts. He had a daughter, Linda, who worked in one of the other offices who looked very much like me so...

Yes, I remember blonde Mr Morgan in the offices. I went to him one day and asked for a pay rise as I then lived in Four Oaks and had to travel in by the expensive Midland Red bus and the fares went up to half a crown (2/6d in old money) a day. He gave me an extra ten shillings and told me not to...