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Thanks again Lynn i look foreward to them i shall up in the morning with the Larks ,, meaning the the birds, I say that but i am up every morning with out fail , i am trying to place the class rooms now , on entry to the ground floor i think it was the first one which we used at the metal...

Nice one Lynn , i am sure there is a lot of us ex ickneild street boys will be looking foreward to seein these lates photos you have taken we have all used those down stairs class rooms for different subjects during our schooling there i have recently came in contact with one of my cousin...

yes mike it looks better and yes thats new spring street and an old friend frank bartlam of mine we both in the same clas at Ickneild street

that is the general haverlock pub and a Ansells pub and its along the Aston road north heading towards the city from Aston cross i lived along back down to the cross and also to my grand mothers whom lived in whitehouse street on the other side of the road going backwards to the cross and...

Yes my younger brother used to ride one of them bikes with the basket on the front for timsons shoe shop on Astoncross way back in 1960 we used to laugh at him wearing a cow gown as well it was a brown one

Hi robert i hasnt to say they have long gone as you can imagine warick road end its tottally disastor along with te other shops hav all gone on that stretch boarded up either that they are crumberling fast and falling down its deserted he only place surviving is the social club along there best...

we had our rental from Boyed on Aston cross a couple of doors away from the libary and by the time our old man got his finger out to get us a black and white every body else had the colour by then and i think he only rented it watch randolf turpin boxing match on that saturday night and the...

In the fifts and sixtys he sold the old cast iron and fancy tiled fire grates ripped out of those golden ages along with numerous dezigned chimmney pots that people bought for use of planting plants and dezign orniments was the fad for them way back

Well phil it aint changed much from them days to todays dys i can tell you only there was not much traffic in thoses days Alan,, Astonian;;;

Hi franny just skimming over and over on this one when you say mosely road and he lookes like a man of charm and character and a man of means if my memory serves me correctly along the mosely road heading towards the village IT Would be a 60 yards along from the fghting cocks pub...

Hi Jackie yes not so long ago i did mentionion the kirbys family on another site about the kirbys reagarding john but they call a person by the name of jack and bert kirby whom i missed out on the listing of kirbys yard which was in kingedwards road ladywood that they was in boxing in the...

Hi Sticher thats a great bit of history and knowledge of it i lived on the victoria road but many years before my time and a great photograph i hope viv comes up trumps best wishes to you all Alan Astonian

Whom told you it was Aston, must been on there tablets on another tree , that is Ickneild street take it from a local native grew up therejust up from springhill in kinedwards road by the old dance hall the palli i went to ickneild street school as well and had a punch up out side that cafe...

Hi Banjo you are correct with heath street corner with the lee bridge tavern on the corner of heath street my old drinking den that was for years it was a great pub may i comment on the number five bus crossing over into lozells road the trams on victoria road coming up from old salford bridge...

yes ...... it was a snooker hall as mike as confirmed

yes Alan you beat me to it the brighton arms and it was liam occonor the last owner to have that pub whom bought it from the brewery ......

Hi Lnn and frothy you can rest assuered the HR 2 will go ahead with out any doubt just like british rail the goverment are slow but money as been spent and at all cost we will eventually see it but either way the pub may be listed in its time but to my knowleddge the pub lost its way since...

My Sincere Thoughts Of You And Your Family Ernie and may God Give You Strengh To Carry On And I know That we here all of us older members of this great forum will never foret the treasures you have given us of memories and knowlege you have shared...

Hi Nicholas are you familiar with the couple whom run the spiritualist shop down on the high street Evesham Or have you heard of Nicola Overton they do the ghost haunting they reckon they are good they reckon she is rated for her spiritulist as well she as done Warwick castle as well and she...

yes quite correct Lynn sandy lane to the left hand side of it and park street to the right and my auntie edith and cousins the marsden family lived ten doors from the pub on the park street and i was born and raised abot six hundred yards from the pub on lichfield road and uncle frank marsden...