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Hi Mindy, My eldest daughter, Kate, was born in Heathfield Maternity Hospital in October 1951. I remember wetting her head in company with my father in law in the well named Stork Pub. He seemed more excited than I was. Well, at least he bought all the beer. Old Boy

Hi Viv, The gardens were well used as a route from the Bull Ring to the main part of town, New Street, Corporation Street etc. It was a pleasant place to sit and rest if your shopping had tired you out. At night it became a haven for vagrants. Old Boy

Hi All, One out. One in.. Keeping the numbers equal. Old Boy

Oo0h!! That must have hurt. Poor Parker, Old Boy

Hi All, I have to inform you,with deep regret, that Dave Cross, former curator of the police museum, passed away on 13th December 2016 after a long ilness.. Dave was a member of this Forum but he kept his head down as he feared that he would be inundated with requests that he could not deal...

Hi Big Gee, The match in 1946 was, and still is, a record crowd for Villa Park. It was not a semi final as all such matches were played on neutral grounds. It was, in fact, a sixth round match in the FA Cup. Now that grounds are all seating I doubt that it will ever be exceeded. I have stopped...

Thank you Joe - Chris Beresford

Hi, I do not understand this. Are you saying that there is a canal connection between Birmingham and Liverpool? Old Boy

Hi Joe, Could you have a look at the photo in Post 77 and give us your opinion. I think it was certainly the police inspection but more likely in the fifties. I think the chap in charge is the late, much respected, Chief Inspector Jim Reid. I am fairly sure that he retired before...

Hi Jo, Standing with your back to tubes the newsagents were definitely on the left. I am not sure but I think the building onn the right corner was an ordinary house. The off licence mentioned in an earlier post by Astonian was on the corner of Chester Street with Rocky Lane. Old Boy

Welcome Jo. I lived in Stretton Road from my marriage in March 1950 until November 1954. Throughout that time it was a paper shop Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi All, I have heard it said that the Black Country is so called because it was described as that by Queen Victoria on a train journey through it. I wonder if it was this journey to Wolverhampton? Old Boy

Hi All, The Crocodile Works was actually Ralph Martindale & Co Ltd. If I remember right they made Machettes and similar items. Old Boy

Hi All. My favourite was the 39 bus - It took me away from Villa Park. Old Boy

Lyn, The Chindits did not exist before WW2. They were a special group and fought behind the lines in Northern Burma during 1943-1944. Their commander was Major General Orde Wingate. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi Alan, We should not assume that all old property was council owned. In fact it was because of the state of private rented property that the council decided to start building council houses. Now, because of the policy of selling council houses, the rental market is predominantly...

Hi All, I have been corrected. It was probably the Buccaneer. As Lyn says the Cedar Club was elsewhere. Age does affect the memory. Now, who am I? I think I remember. Old Boy

Viv, I do not know what it was originally but I think that in the late sixties it was the Cedar Club. I do stand to be corrected however. Old Boy

TE="Vivienne14, post: 437224, member: 14520"]A bit more info and a picture of the stocks from the Public Office yard. The ground floor of the Public Office was used by the Street Commissioners for meetings and the upper level was used as the court. The Moor Street prison became inadequate in...

Hi All, I have just checked the history of Steelhouse Lane Police Station. It was opened in 1933 on the site of an old Victorian Police Station. In fact the whole of that side of Steelhouse Lane was taken up by the Police Headquarters, which obviously included the old station, as...