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Thanks for your reply. The garages you mention are a good way from the Yew Tree ...... except Acocks Green, of course. But coming from Acocks Green garage, the bus would already be heading in the right direction for the anticlockwise circular route. This is what struck me as soon as I saw the...

Thank you, tardebigge, Could you please offer a suggestion as to why the bus is turning there? If you aren't familiar with Church Road, Yardley, had the bus not completed its turn and gone straight on from that position, it would have found itself on a path running into a recreation ground (The...

Thanks, Dave, My thoughts were very much along the same lines. Was there a Bundy Clock on the No. 11 route at the Yew Tree roundabout? If so, is it just possible that the driver was beginning his shift and had to pass the clock before heading towards Stechford? The bus may have come from Lea...

Robert Scott took this photograph in 1985. We’re looking along Church Rd, Yardley, towards the Yew Tree pub/roundabout. It was taken from the Swan Centre multi-storey car park. My problem is that I can’t for the life of me explain why that bus is turning there. Could someone enlighten me please?

...... they went the same way as wattle and daub. :culpability: D.

I initially thought it may be Bordesley Green Junior and Infant School ...... but now I realise that the slope of the playground is all wrong. Sorry! David.

...... my compliments, Stephen, on your sincerity and strength of character in having so openly expressed your change of heart on this controversial topic. db84124

Lloyd, I think this may hold the explanation to this mystery: “Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy, successfully transmitted radio signals across the Bristol Channel in the spring of 1897, from Penarth (near Cardiff) to Brean Down (just south west of Weston, on the other side...

Hello there, Lloyd, do you think there may be some connection with the demise of the most famous maritime radio station in the world at Portishead? The original station was on Portishead Down, just 11 miles away. The more recent station closed in April 2000 but was certainly the world’s...

Yes, Derek, I think you're right again. Dallaway's premises extended at least 40 yards beyond the frontage. Although rather narrow, there was ample space for both horses and carts. D.

Yes, it was, Derek, Dallaway's actually. And somebody was still trading under the same name until at least April 2007. I've just taken a quick look at Google Earth and Google Maps and the premises are still a garage. The name is now I.P. Motors. ...... interesting that they've hung on to...

Hello again, Bordesley Green Boys' Technical School was - and still is, under the title of Bordesley Green Girls' School - a series of single-storeyed buildings forming a quadrangle. So, contrarily to what I stated in my preceding post, we are not discussing the same school. jennyann tells...

Hello there, tbutlin, Could this be the "castellated tower with bent human arm holding a hammer" which you are referring to? It is part of the achievement (coat of arms) of the City of Birmingham as used by Bordesley Green Boys' Technical School, which, I know, had many changes to its name...

Hello there, tbutlin, Could this be the "castellated tower with bent human arm holding a hammer" which you are referring to? It is part of the achievement (coat of arms) of the City of Birmingham as used by Bordesley Green Boys' Technical School, which, I know, had many changes to its name...

No, Jean, I was acknowledging and thanking my school mate from a long time ago who spent many years as a detective in Stechford before leaving the police force in 1999. Hope you're keeping well. David

I will pass on your kind comments and compliments to Derek. David

A former school friend (Bordesley Green Tech. 1959/ 66) has sent me the following list. It made me chuckle several times so I hope, by recycling it, it'll bring a smile to your faces ....... EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES * Pasta had not been invented. * Curry was an unknown entity. * Olive...

Brilliant, Ted! Exceptional as a first posting! Welcome to the Forum! The first post to make me chuckle in a long time! db84124

Here are five photos I took on 3rd September during a slight detour while travelling from Crediton, Devon to Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. I hadn't been to the Elan Valley for 54 years so the few extra miles were hardly noticed (door-to-door we did 4,833 miles, with three small children all below...

Re: The Custard House, Blake Lane Hello there, Deb, I don't think it is a different "Custard House". It's such an unusual name that I think it must be the one on the Bordesley Green/ Small Heath border. Here's a map of the area in 1890; you can see the Custard House (Custard Ho) at the...