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Reminds me of the 'German' that appears every year nowadays - testing the waters, maybe ?????

Bernie, The Matador did have a function room - I know it was used by a Model Soldier Society pretty well up until was demolished. Brian

Millie, P has quite a few private burials - many with headstone remaining, but also has a double row of unmarked, untended Public graves along the wall of the former Mint, and up along the wall that runs uphill from the Mint towards sections A-D. A-D were the first sections to be used, but...

Excellent work Les, Obviously overgrown with grass, and than broken by the Motor Mowers passing over it. May well be more surface mounted I a similar condition. If there was a memorial adjacent which was buried in the 1960's it would have been noted by Mr Pike, the Cemetery Superintendent who...

Section O is against the wall that backed on to the Mint - the left hand half as you look down hill. Many were public graves whose occupants run into 3 figures - none with headstones - they were the 'cheap seats' of the day - ie - for ordinary working class people with more bills than wages...

Yes Wendy, the following year they used on by the Key Hill entrance, and the following year they moved into WL! Never read up on it find out why, though. Sadly when the tree's all and damage headstones, they say the grave owners should have insurance to cover it - but the tree falling is due to...

Hi Astonian, I don't get so involved these days - have actually ceased my volunteering to do some of the thing's I wanted to do when I retired. I am researching all the lines of mine & my wife's family tree - that's a lot of great, great, great grandparents - and even more cousins - think I go...

I think the tree blew down about 6 weeks ago - It was lying across the path, blocking it for access, from the Catacombs to the Petrol Station as I passed through en route Ladywood. There was a period some years ago when there was a tree blew 4 years running (not the same tree!) I was very...

I more Kean, Maud 19/11/1940 90 St. Andrews Road, Small Heath

Above are 3 -cannot seem to clip and paste into the same reply page. Brian

Jennings, Charles 19/11/1940 84 Summerville Road, Small Heath

Collins, (Male) 22/11/1940 313 Somerville Road, Small Heath

Atkins, Frederick Kenneth 17 23/11/1940 317 Somerville Road, Small Heath 23/11/1940 317 Somerville Road, Small Heath

Sad. At least we could look through the fence and see what we were missing! Brian

Sorry - never in my year, and we rarely mixed too much those above/below! Presumably Alderlea was mixed? In which case you were probably better off. Brian

Started Sep '66, left as soon as I could to start work! Jul '71 Just did the basic 5 years, Had got bored with the place after the first 3, wished they could have done more to keep me interested now, but that's life! Brian

Central is still around, Surely? It joined up with Byng Kendrick Girls - the year after I had left!!!! and is now called the International School.

There's a copy hanging in the waiting room of my Doctor's - but that's in Aston Lane, Birchfield!

Morning Lyn, I don't recall seeing Buses normally in Gt King St, I'm sure they went up Wheeler St direct. They certainly didn't have school buses in my day - shank's pony.... but it was just round the corner! I think A Lucas workers special - Smudge Smith did a nice pic of Lucas's with them all...

The bus is coming down Great King St from the direction of Great Hampton St towards the Lucas factory, not sure if it a Perry Common bus that will go up Wheeler St or a Lucas worker special - they used to have loads of 'em to bring 'em and tek 'em bak 'ome agin!