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Does anyone have photos of the above street please, at any time when the old buildings were there? Doing the family history of my future son-in-law, who hardly knew his father, and this is where his father lived as a child. Shortie

Oh Rosie, you make me feel quite guilty!! I imagine a bath in those circumstances was not very nice, especially, I guess, if one had a lot of brothers! I have given it thought before that if my grandparents had not been re-housed, I might have been born in Ladywood myself and having the same...

Oh Mike, those photos are brilliant. I can't imagine, however, what it would have been like having a bath in the kitchen, seems dreadful to me, but then I have been spoilt!!

Going back to the house I was born in, I think hot water to the bathroom was via a gas heater, but not altogether sure. There was a range in the living room which went by the time I was about 5, that could have initially heated the hot water if, as in your house, there was a tank half way up...

Stephen, the house in Philip Victor Road, built 1916 had an indoor, upstairs bathroom and toilet, perhaps I did not made it too clear. I would think that as council houses were built with bathrooms from the 1920's that private houses would have been the same, but upstairs rather than...

Stephen this is an awkward one really, but I can give you some idea from my own experience. We rented a house for a few months at 33 Philip Victor Road, which is off the top end of Grove Lane. It was built by Percy Cox the builder who was also Lord Mayor so I believe, and it was constructed in...

That was the building which was Gothic Electrical in the 1960's and 70's, the corner entrance was the entrance to the MEB, but what part of the building was Gothic and what part the MEB I don't know. The whole area has suffered badly - I worked both at Gothic and at Barker Ellis Silversmiths...

You are right - that's my mother's hand I recognise the watch. The baby is my little sister and I suspect mum was trying to get her to look at the camera. I can sort of remember this, but not as well as I remember the Coronation. That's me in the front showing my knickers (I promise you I...

Another of the Christmas Party 1953 held at Highter's Heath School. JohnT and Baz - I hope there is someone amongst this that you both recognise. I don't have any more of the period, we were living with my grandparents at the time and moved in January 1954.

My mum is at the back of the photo with my little sister in her arms. I presume she was singing.

One of the Christmas Party 1953. me in a blue velvet frock and long beige socks - my mother would not, for some reason, allow me to have white socks, so I got constantly teased about wearing 'boys' socks'. My mother has a lot to answer for!

I remember buying those wellies - they were brown and I think they came with a gun - strange for a girl to want those, but I also wanted a blow-lamp at the age of two.

This is me with the photographer's dog. You won't find me doing that nowadayswith any dog larger than a Jack Russell!

I now find the above comment is not strictly true, as I do have one photo of the Coronation Party. I have two of the Christmas Party of the same year, so I will post those also as you both may be able to recognise someone. I am second from the right, next to the girl in the gingham dress.

JohnT - I thought I had photos of the Coronation, but sadly I don't. What I do have, however, are photos of the Christmas Party in 1953 held at the school. Baz - there are many people on these photos over the age of 12, so you might be able to recognise a face or two, you might even be on...

Yes John, I was at the Coronation Party - I was dressed as Bo Peep with a dress over a copper wire frame, made of red, white and blue crepe paper. To get me into the school as it was rather wet, I was lifted under my arms by both my mum and my dad! I do have a couple of photos somewhere, I...

I think they are brick pillars with a coping stone on the top - a coping stone that is pointed in the middle and meant only for pillar tops.

I think a lot of incorrect transcriptions are on Ancestry purely because the names are ones they are not familiar with. In the US there are many names that are European (Italian names a plenty), but when they come to English names, it appears the Americans have never heard of them. My Jefcoate...

My gt gt grandparents married in 1860 and their address was given as Aston New Town. I think their address was Brearley Street, it was a few months later when their first child was born.

Hi Shorties better half here -Yes i remember the Cotons -I used to play in the garden with Rita and got sent to bed one day for hitting her with a paling (i was about 4) . Lads I remember from from our end are David Hook and Peter Howells I have a photo of me and Rita somewhere which I can...