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Hi Alan, The building, which is now a dentists, was a doctor's surgery from possibly before WWII. I was born just around the corner in Bridge St West, and posted an article about it on the 'Harry Lucas School (HLS)" thread. It's post number 311. All the best, Trevor.

Sorry, but I've only just read this post. Ian Lavender did NOT go to this school ! He was born in Northfield and attended a primary school there before passing his 11+ and going to Bournville Boys Technical School in 1957. He gained 10 'O' levels and 3 'A' levels before going, I believe, to...

Sorry, but I've only just read this post. Ian Lavender did NOT go to this school ! He was born in Northfield and attended a primary school there before passing his 11+ and going to Bournville Boys Technical School in 1957. He gained 10 'O' levels and 3 'A' levels before going, I believe, to...

I think that Oaklands Rec was also the first home of Yardley and District rugby club. They were a merger of Bierton Rd old boys and Yardley Church rugby club. I remember playing against them there in the mid sixties. We used to drink afterwards in the 'Glebe' pub which was a fair drive away...

Hi Peg, It's strange how some names and places stay with you all your life. I was only coming up to 8 years old when I left BSW yet I still remember the Bailey's shop around the corner. Going further down Villa St, there was a house held up by a huge wooden support that anchored across the...

Hi Lyn, Many thanks but I saw these two photos before the site was hacked. You might not remember, but I sent you you a question as to why I couldn't see them when I went back some time afterwards, and you explained what had happened. I answered one of "Peg's" posts about Heaton Street and I...

Hi Peg, That's a coincidence, you living in Kings Norton where my aunt and uncle and their family moved to. My cousin Brenda, sadly, passed away about 6 or 7 years ago but Sylvia is still alive. I only see her once in a blue moon, but I'll try and write to her for any memories she has of the...

I'M 2 YEARS LATE IN REPLYING TO THIS THREAD BUT THE PUB ON THE CORNER OF BSW AND WELLESLEY ST IS "THE WELLINGTON". IT WAS MY LATE FATHER'S* LOCAL UNTIL WE MOVED FROM HOCKLEY IN 1954. ( *WILLIAM 'BILLY' BOW).

Hi Peg, My aunt and uncle lived in Heaton Street before moving to Popes Lane, Kings Norton, around the mid 1950's I think. They were Wal (Walter) and Violet (nee Wheeler) Neal. They had 4 children: Sylvia, Brenda, Alan, and David. Just wondered if you might know of them. Sylvia and Brenda...

On a slightly different tack, I remember when Ansells finally shut up shop - in fact I'll never forget it. I'm the president of Old Griffinians rugby club, formed by former pupils of Bournville Boys' Technical School. Our social secretary at the time thought it would be a great idea to have a...

Hi Lyn, Yes I've viewed this thread and it's very interesting. Our family left Hockley for new horizons in Northfield around the summer of 1954. I believe Burbury St changed its name to Harry Lucas not too long afterwards. As I mentioned, I'll certainly go through my sister's old photos again...

Hi Geoff, My older sister, Maureen Bow, was born in October 1940 and attended Burbury St school from I believe, September 1945 and left in July 1952 to attend Lozells secondary school for girls. Sadly, she passed away 2 years ago this May coming. Her husband gave me a lot of photos that she...

Thanks Lyn, I look forward to going through from post 1 and looking at all your smashing photos again. Regards, Trevor.

Why do these idiots have to hack sites just for the fun of it ? That's such a shame to lose so many interesting photographs. I suppose 'Astoness' and many others still have their originals, but think of the amount of work and time it takes to put them back on to the site again. And there's no...

Hi Astoness, hope you are keeping well. I remember looking at all your photos from when you first started putting them on the site. Having been born and bred in Bridge Street West (b 1946), I also left a post on the site describing my memories. However, I've just come back to have another...

Hi Pembroke, Coming along Bridge Street West from Villa St, the first road on the left was Wellesley St on the corner of which was the Atkinson pub called "The Wellington", not "The Nelson". I grew up in the late forties and early fifties a stone's throw from this pub. My mother was...

Hi Paul, I lived right next door to St Saviour's down a little alleyway of ten houses off Bridge St West called "Cottage Row". I left there as an 8 year old when my parents got rehoused on the new Ley Hill council estate in Northfield. I don't know why, but my parents sent us all to...

Hi Lyn, This is a fantastic shot of St Saviours church in Hockley. I lived right next door to it in Bridge St West down a small alleyway containing ten houses, called Cottage Row. At the far right of the photo, I can just make out the chimneys of one of those houses when the photo is...

Hi Jules, Re Bridge St West. Only just seen your question about the church in the distance. (Photo taken from the corner of Bridge St West and Burbury St) I'm fairly certain it's St Saviours as I lived next door to it in a yard of ten houses called "Cottage Row" ( Born 1946 at No 3 and...

Hi Amanda, I'll try and see if my sister can copy the photo she has of St Saviours, but I don't know when I'll next see her. It would be a great idea to put streets on, because I've tried to find pictures of the neighbourhood I grew up in but haven't discovered much. Trevor.