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Hi Ostrauts, Sorry I did not know anyone named Woodbridge.I do not know of a school in Green Lane either. Do you mean Little Green Lane? Marlborough Road School is on the corner of Marlborough Road and Green Lane. Old Boy

Hello Ostrauts and welcome., Your grandfather and mother would almost certainly have attended Somerville Road School as they both lived in Baker Street I am not too sure about Blakeland Street but your grandmothers school was perhaps Bordesley Green. I too attended Somerville Road but after...

Hi All, I am baffled by this photo. (1) The building with the awnings out is not Woolworths. It is Somebody? & Co Ltd. Perhaps someone with better glasses than mine can work it out. (2) It seems to be looking towards a T junction. High Street carries on as Dale End (3) It certainly looks...

Hi All, I know that I am old. Every time I go into Costa for a cup of coffee they offer to carry my tray to the table Old Boy

. May I also say congratulations in managing to leave Golden Hillock Road School for Camp Hill King Edwards. Quite an achievement in war time conditions. I recall another Golden Hillock Road boy that went to King Edwards in Camp Hill, who later became a journalist for either the Evening...

HI all, There was a bedstead makers in Bordesley near the junction with Camp Hill. If my memory serves me right it was named Hoskins and Sewell. They made beds for hospitals. Old Boy

Hi Terry, I am extremely grateful for the information you are able to give me re my uncle Arthur John Beresford. Whilst I knew some of his history you have enabled me to put a little more flesh on the bones so to speak. For instance that he was a junior clerk at the BSA. I had assumed that...

Terry, My uncle, Arthur John Beresford, was in the Territorial Army at the outbreak of WW1. He belonged, I think, to a company that paraded at the BSA, Small Heath. He transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on its formation. I am led to believe that he would have remained with his initial...

Hi Alan, I knew Lou Brown reasonably well. I met his wife but never knew she was a police oficer. She cannot possibly still be a police officer because I retired 29 years ago and Lou retired just before me. He and his wife moved to Tewkesbury where Lou passed away some years ago...

Hi All, In this Forum there are many threads respecting the blitz.m In many of them the poster says that the bombers were aiming at such and such a target. There is even one suggesting that a bomb that hit houses was actually aimed at an anti aircraft gunsite nearby. The truth is that it...

Hi All, 50 years ago this week the town hall was the scene of a meeting which saw the formation of The National Viewers and Listeners Association. Mary Whitehouse was its main spokesperson and the aim was to put a stop to what they considered to be the violence and sex etc that was being...

But I never thought I would ever see the day villa would be put up for sale what a sad day it is. Alan astonian Alan, Football clubs are continually being put up for sale. Doug Ellis sold it to Randy Lerner and now Lerner wants to pass it on. I am not a Villa supporter but I think that...

Hi All, My brother in law, Joe Ratcliffe worked for his uncle (Gairs Transport. Bordesley Green) until he went into the army about 1941. On his demob Joe decided to set up on his own account by buying a lorry and getting to work. He was settling in nicely when the government decided to...

Hi Lyn, I think you can uncross your fingers. I am fairly sure that it is Bordesley Green School at the cormer of Marchmont Road and Bordesley Green. My uncle was caretaker there several years ago. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi Bernard, I have just sent you a PM twice. I did not think the first one had gone through. Chris Beresford

it saddens me when they flatten these building because it cheaper than finding an alternative use for them. Hi Morturn, The truth is that the land is more valuable than the buildings on them. Old Boy

Hi Bernard, Did you know Bob Barrass by any chance? He came from Durham and worked at Standard for many years until he died of a heart attack several years ago. He was married to my wifes cousin Betty. We attended Bettys' funeral only yesterday. I realise that this is off topic but it is...

Hi All, The schools have not got smaller, it is us that have grown bigger. But we all knew that anyway. Old Boy

Hi All, I lived in Carlton Road, Small Heath. My saddest memory as a lad was one day down the bottom of the road I saw a coalcart with the horse lying on the ground still between the shafts. It had apparently collapsed and died. The coalman was sitting on the kerb crying. A lady, one oif...

Hi John, Welcome to the forum. I would think that the chances of an 80 year old motor bike still being arouind are very slim. Old Boy