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Hi and welcome to the forum. 5 bk 37 would refer to a court of houses which was probably accessed between house numbers 37 and 39. If you can give the year of the census I can probably supply a map.

Happy Birthday, I hope you have an enjoyable day.

Looking at the 1950s map certainly Nos. 5 and 3 were quite large houses. The 1834 map shows the retreat and a few houses, with no houses on Sutton Street whatsoever. I wouldn't be surprised if these had survived until the 1950s, looking at the dilapidated condition of the houses in the pictures...

No. 3 The Retreat for new member Katie

Possibly the area marked in red on the 1830s-1880s map.

1950s and 1892-1914 map. Difficult to spot a court that would have been behind No. 18 though.

An aerial view of Southall's factory from 1938.

Map turned to match the aerial shot

Hi Lyn, the road across the top is Suffolk Street, the synagogue is on Blucher Street and the street to the left of the synagogue is Severn Street

An aerial view of Blucher Street dated 1935.

Happy Birthday, hope your day is going well.

Link to Potter's Hill, post #82 shows No. 17 https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/potters-hill-aston.50491/page-3#post-795723

Image posted for member kooglescriber, there is a man walking up the hill just behind the Ford Anglia, he is standing in front of No. 17

That's brilliant, love the detail around Newtown Row, so Porchester Street used to be called Paper Mill Lane. Thanks for posting JMB

There are no property numbers on the 1868 Kelly's but some names seem to occur in the same order as the 1878 PO Directory.

Photo showing No. 9, there are a few other images of Whitehead road at www.leroux.co.uk/aston but this is the only one I can find showing No. 9. I'm not sure if the house numbering was different in 1870, I will check the 1871 census.

I'm not sure if this video has appeared on the forum before, it was posted on youtube 3 days ago (John K. Wells), 'Back to Birmingham New Street in the 1960s'. Particularly interesting because the running numbers of the locos are clearly visible. There are several other John K. Wells railway...

Hi Richard, it was indeed, we lived in the back2backs in Parliament Street, another auntie lived at No. 145 Park Lane (Burton's newsagents), I was never short of comics, another auntie next door in Parliament Street. We moved to Washwood Heath when I was 7ish but my time in Aston is etched in...

Pifco Fuse Wire, when my uncle's bicycle shop (Keights @ 143 Park Lane) was demolished in the 60s he moved to Cannock he took many items from the shop with him, I inherited them and cannot bring myself to part with them (fuse wire included). I'm sure the cards would be on those shelves somewhere...

An aerial view from 1937.