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169097 is Gray's motorcycles, Wellington road. In the sixties on the other side of Wellington road was company called - S.P.D .

So am I. Brilliant morning watching the triathlon. A city to be proud of.

Bit of a long shot. I knew Joe.

Hi, the owners of the website are updating the forum. I suggest you go to the website via the link and navigate to the 'home' page, from there you can monitor when the page you are looking for, returns.

What make of car is this?

I spent many a day at 'Diglis basin' working at the oil depot for 'Spencer Abbott Ltd' in the late 70's.

What a fantastic picture. Where about in Erdington was the business?

Yes. I still have one.

I seem to remember a motorcycle spares shop at the bottom of Watery lane, almost on the corner with Lawley street. I think it was called 'Motorcycle Equipment' (M.C.E).

I live opposite the park. One picture does not tell the whole story. In the summer, especially the weekends the park is rammed with visitors. I would happily pay to use the park.

What a fantastic picture. I drove past there last week and sadly the whole site is now high-rise blocks of apartments/offices under construction.

An interesting read. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Looks good.

Oh no. What an emporium that was. I went in there many times during the seventies/eighties. Sad day.

Has the 'Iron Man' got feet? Any pictures of him before he was lowered onto the plinth below ground level?

I seem to remember when it was first installed, that the 'Iron man' was to look as if if he was escaping from or shooting out from the ground below. I like it as a piece of work and how it reflects the past iron trades of this area.

This site is very interesting. https://www.prisonhistory.org/

Not a 'Comptometer' that might be recognisable by some. This is a hand operated 'Calculator'. It could calculate: addition. subtraction, multiplication and division. I have tried to understand how to operate it from instructions in the booklet that came with it......I failed.

I never operated such a machine and have very little knowledge of which buttons were pressed to achieve a satisfactory result. However I do have a brand new one, still in its original box. I will post a few pics of it for you to peruse.

I have found a picture of 'Thomas Smith' violins. The premises are an old black and white building next to the 'Celebrity Restaurant'. Was this in Bridge st? Pictures of the shop interior and exterior are on the 'Alamy' photo site. Go to Alamy and search for 'Birmingham Violins'. I won't...