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Thanks Aiden, Looks like the swings, slide and roundabout are still in the same place as I remember them. So pleased to see Queens Park hasn't changed that much. Anthea.

Lyn, Very sorry to learn of the sad loss of your husband. Condolences to you and your family. Anthea.

Aiden, Interesting history of Harborne. I spent many a school dinner hour in the Library formerly the Masonic Hall. It was a dull dreary place, and complete silence was the order of the day. Also interesting to learn that there used to be bear baiting in Harborne in days past. Does anyone...

I remember Queens Park when I was a child in the 1940s. There were the usual swings, a roundabout and a slide. There was a drinking fountain where you pessed a button and the water bubbled up - just the job for thirsty children. I remember the bandstand and the putting green, also the bowling...

Aiden, The picture of the shops in Hampton Court Road opposite Queens Park reminded me of my childhood (long ago) when I used to go to one of those shops to get my short hair trimmed. Can't remember the names of the shops then, unfortunately. Anthea.

Loved reading your post Kevkonk; what a good time that was for you and all those scallops and chips for free - good wages too.

Hi Liz, Yes, as you mentioned earlier, you lived three houses down from the flower shop in Station Road. I was so pleased to see my old school still standing and still being used as a Primary school now. I do remember St John's opposite the library. The last time I came through Harborne High...

I had a look on Google Maps and was able to pay a virtual visit to Harborne High Street and down Station Road where I saw my old Secondary Modern School which is now a Primary School. I am so pleased the old red brick school is still standing. Also the Royalty (old cinema now bingo hall) is...

My mother used to take me to Nortons when I needed new clothes and this was during the 1940's. I vaguely remember the shop, and I thought it was quite 'posh' too.

Graham, I am a bit late finding this very interesting thread, but would like to say, thanks for posting the pictures and the bike looks great. I hope that everything turns out well for your wife. My good wishes to both of you. Anthea.

Liz, Thank you for asking your relatives about what is on the corner of Station Road - garage or ? Liz and Paul, I have found the pictures I was looking for of Harborne 'then and now' but you will have to Google the following : photo dj norton Harborne. There are pictures of Rose Road as it...

Hi Liz, I wonder what is being built where the garage used to be? I know several places I used to know have gone, such as the Duke of York where apartments now stand. I have been trying to locate a site with pictures of Harborne before and after which shows these changes, but I can't locate...

Hi Paul, The school you went to when you were seven may have been St Mary's in St Mary's Road and by the Catholic Church. I often went to the Old Harborne Cinema, otherwise known as 'the flea pit' for obvious reasons. I remember waiting outside for the doors to open when Cornel Wilde was in a...

Liz, I think your brother went to the same Station Road school as myself and Emerson Road ran off Station Road which was the first road down from where you used to live. Your photo is of the Junior and Infant school with clocktower in High Street, the corner of York Road. So your brother may...

Hello Liz, Nice to see the picture of the J & I school on the High Street. I have never seen a photo of my school, which is a pity. Station Road school closed about a year after I left there and 'pupils' as we were called then were transferred to the new school in Harborne Hill. If your brother...

The picture of the Junction brought back memories for me. I went to school in Station Road (1948-1952) opposite the Royalty cinema. I think there was an undertakers on the corner of Station Road and the police station was nearby. In those days school dinner hour lasted two hours 12pm-2pm...

I remember seeing Petula Clark at the Hip. Her pink sports car (may have been an MG) with her personalised number late PET 1. Must have been in the 1950's. Anthea.

Lyn, Re: Station Road Secondary Modern School, Harborne, I've just found this thread. This is a picture of - Mrs Heart's class (3.1) she is standing on the left, and Mr Stanton, the Headteacher is to the right of the picture. I think the picture is earlier than 1957 though, as I recognise...

Hi Dec, The area is Harborne. Station Road Secondary Modern School. Anthea.

Astoness, In the picture you have posted, The Headteacher, Mr Stanton is on the left and Mr Abel, the Deputy Head is on the right. I don't know any of the team as I had left Station Road Secondary Modern School a few years earlier. A week ago I started a thread on this school adding names of...