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Thanks Clarkie for giving us these sites, I have a number of ancestors in the pub trade, I will look at them when I have more time.

My grandparents William & Rose Hannah Wallace were living at 4 house, 2 court Staniforth Street on the 1911 census with 6 children including my dad, just 4 rooms in the house for 8 people. My grandma died in 1927 but my grandfather lived in that street until his death about 1947, so I would...

Thanks for posting these photos BernieW, can I make a couple of comments, on Post 1555 The Victoria Playhouse originally opened as a theatre, as did many cinemas. On Post 1568 the corner of Park Lane and Potter's Hill, the shop was bombed during the war and was a bomb peck for many years of my...

Thanks Viv for posting these old photos, I notice moustaches were the "in fashion" for the male teachers.

Hi cousin Diane, welcome to the Forum, Sylvia.

There is only one Retreat in my old Wakelin's Guide, which is the one in Aston leading into Sutton Street, but I have found a Warner Street, off 112 High Street, Bordesley, where I guess the wonderful photo of Dowell's Retreat was taken.

Mike, repost 770 I am not sure if my memory is correct, but I think Mr.Horsfall was connected to the large bedstead makers in the area, a 3 named firm which I cannot remember offhand.

I'm afraid not everyone escaped with just scratches and bruises, when I was in Junior School at Burlington Street a boy was killed hanging on the back of the lorry delivering milk to the school, there were several boys with him but unfortunately he slipped under the wheels.

Lyn from what I can remember the White Swan on Victoria Road had a tiled exterior.

Sorry Lyn, should have said the right hand side of the road. Don't know my a-- from my elbow.

Astoness are the photos you have posted of the building on the left hand side of Burlington Street as you approach from Newtown Row? If so, they show the school which was used for "backward" children in my day. The senior girls used to do housewifery over there too. I certainly don't recall...

My mother always used to have a very small bottle of Camp coffee in the cupboard when she fancied a coffee, the only one in the house who drank coffee then. Growing up I didn't drink tea or coffee, and have never ever drunk tea, but I started drinking coffee in the mid sixties, and graduated to...

Eric, I think the Bodega was at the bottom end of Corporation Street about opposite to the C & A.

In the mid 70s I worked in Waterloo Road, and quite often Ray would pick me up at lunch times and we would have lunch there, it was always very busy and good value, however in later years we popped in for a drink and we were the only customers, so sad.

Re: Alex Middleton-Dunshee Hi Alex, I remember Brook Street Bureau, I don't know any of the staff but I did do a few weeks temping around that time, but memories are very vague.

Hi Bernie I'm afraid that is all the information it gives, usually they say something like 100 Smith Street to 150 Jones Street.

Accortding to my Wakelins Guide Upper Hagley Road B17 is a continuation of Hagley Road to Bearwood Road.

The Raven did change its name a few years ago but it was not to the Warren I cannot recall the name at the moment, but the Raven was built about 1938, I was told by an old timer many years ago that Stechford Lane was originally called Warren Lane, but I know nothing about a pub called The Warren.

My parents married in 1923 and my mother told me she didn't tell her workmates as married women had to give up their jobs on getting wed. I don't know whether tthis was a general rule or just where she worked.

Sheri, I watched both episodes of the programme too, and found it fascinating, the biggest puzzle to me went unanswered.if all mankind were descended from a woman they called Eve and a man they called Adam, who were their parents?