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It was nice to see Lyn, but I have no affection for that house, the toilet was right across an open courtyard, it wasn't a back house, but it was rather dark as the wall of the factory ran along the left of the house right up to the toilet. We had good neighbours and of course it was only a few...

Lyn, thanks for the Burlington Street photos, I lived in the first house past the factory on photo 2. No.57 which was right opposite Ultra Guards.

I prefer gas cookers, but when I was moved to a flat due to slum clearance in 1967 had to have an electric cooker, this was after the Ronan Point disaster in the London area caused by a gas explosion in a tower block. I was given £70 to buy an electric cooker - I chose an English Electric which...

When I got married in 1957 we lived in rooms and there was a very old gas cooker it was absolutely covered in grease and my husband to be spent hours cleaning it up, but every time I used the oven it was dreadful to light and many a time I was in tears of frustration trying to light it. After a...

Also long gone are the delivery men, including bread, coal, laundry man who collected dirty laundry and delivered it washed and pressed a few days later. I haven't seen a chimney sweep in many years although I believe a few still exist.

Caroline, we used to say we had pickled cabbage legs from sitting too close to the fire.

I remember Goldbergs Alan, I remember buying a pair of green and white striped cotton pyjamas, with lace around the yoke and the bottom of the short legged trouser bottoms, this was in 1957 and they cost either 12/6d or 14/6d. The shop was a couple of doors from Heath's china shop if memory...

My friend had her wedding reception at the Red Lion in 1959, and I have a print of "The Village Wedding" lovely picture when seen in colour.It is on the wall next to my computer.

Old Boy your post regarding the retarded boy and your grandson brought tears to my eyes, we had a boy in our street like that, but we did try and include him in our games, all the children in our small cul-de-sac played together and I was friendly with his sister who was 4 years older than me...

We regularly had the chimney swept as my mother was terrified of fire, our sweep was Mr. Grey who lived in Barton Street, Aston, I used to have to go his house to book him. As others have posted it was a real upheaval moving furniture and covering it, then when he finished the great clean up...

My g.g. grandfather John Raybould was the landlord of the Rose & Crown in 1841- John Houghton sent me a photo as shown above in 2006, the address I was given was court 16, 79 and a half, Lichfield /street. John said he believed in 1878 the Rose & Crown was at 104 Lichfield Street. Was the...

Brenda I refer to your post about the slides in the playground at Burlington Street School. The night before my eldest sister got married I was told to go out to play as there was so much to be done, and they didn't want me as an 8 year old getting in the way. It was the 15th March 1946 and I...

Yes Peter is truly missed and also his wife Barbara who came to a few meet ups with him.

Re: Dunlops Tyre Company My dad worked for Dunlop all his life, starting at Aston Cross in 1919 when he came back from WW1, he moved with them to Fort Dunlop and used to tell my older brother and sisters that he used to patrol the Fort, little did he know he would actually be doing that on fire...

Thanks Mike for the map, it was court 2, 4 Staniforth Street.

Thanks for posting the photo of Staniforth Street Bernie, my dad and his parents and siblings lived at 2 court, 4 Staniforth Street for years. Would No.4 be at the top left hand of the street? I only vaguely visiting once when I was quite young, my grandma had died before I was born and there...

What year would that photo have been taken Phil, we used to go to the Lickeys a lot when I was young, but I have no recollection of the taxidermist, I'm sure I would have remembered it if I had see that stuffed camel in the doorway.

My dad worked all his life at the Dunlop firstly at Aston Cross after he came back from WW1 and later at the Fort until he retired in 1966. He worked in what was known as "the black hole" the dirtiest job there, showers were fitted so that could clean up after their shift. He was awarded long...

On the 1881 census my grandad aged 4, his sister aged 11, were living with their widowed father and their grandad at 107 Cromwell Street.

Hi tootz2 as you are newcomer to the Forum you may not know we have an Annual Reunion for ex-pupils and friends of Burlington Street and Upper Thomas Street Schools. The next one is booked for Tuesday, 7th July 2015 at the Aston Manor Cricket Club, Church Lane, Perry Barr, from 7.30 p.m...