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Hi All, Yes. Elmdon was an RAF station which trained pilots for RAF and Fleet Air Arm Old Boy

Hi Lyn, Does your research tell us what happened to John and Maria Taylor this villains parents? What part did they play in the crime? Old Boy

Hi Viv, No. Erdington was originally in Warwickshire Old Boy

Welcome aboard Lorraine, My imagination has run riot. Old Boy (Mores the pity)

Hi All, The ban on Sunday football was not law, it was simply a rule of the FA. Changing the name of the league would not have made an iota of difference. Many amateur players played on Saturdays and Sundays so some of them changed their names when playing on Sundays. It was all a...

Hi Lyn, Yes. I have amended the post. If I remember right (I was not there) a police inspector was killed when Newton Street was struck. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi Lyn, The building in photo 2 was the police headquarters. The entrance is just visible in the picture. It could also be entered via the Victoria Law Courts but you needed to know the route to do so. I worked there for a spell during my police service. When the headquarters...

Hi All, Having studied a photograph of Waverley Grammar School (now known as Small Heath Middle School) I am convinced that it is that school that can be seen in Badpenny's photograph.. As to where the photo was taken I think that Postie was nearest in that I feel the photograph was...

Hi All, This photo suggests to me that the whole street had been demolished and the two houses standing were left because the compulsory purchase was being resisted. Now what would be the reason for the demolition? My suggestion is that it was for the construction of Small Hearth...

Hi All, This reminds me of the good old days when cars had running boards which you could sit on to eat your sandwiches etc. Of course. the real purpose of running boards was to help you to get in or out of the vehicle.

Hi All, My Wife, Winifred White, lived in Brookvale Park Road and attended Marsh Hill and Deykin Avenue schools. She sang in the choir at George Road Baptist Church. She was born in 1926 so it is doubtful if anyone on the Forum remembers her. Old Boy

Janet, The picture has enlarged for me. You must have waved the magic wand. Chris Beresford (Old Boy)

Hi All, We took a rescue dog from The Birmingham Dogs home. After a few days he became poorly and I took him to a vet He gave him some pills and asked me to take him back the following week. I did so and it was obvious that he had not recovered and the vet said that he had distemper...

Hi Jim (Postie) Thank you for such a wonderful and well researched history of The General Hospital. It continues, of course, as part of the history of The Childrens Hospital. I have fond memories of my time as a sergeant at Steelhouse Lane Police Station in the 1960s when we had daily...

Hi All, Marion it is possible that a post mortem revealed that he died of natural causes in which case there would not be an inquest. It is possible that it was not even reported to the coroner. You might do better to obtain a copy of the death certificate. Chris Beresford...

Hi All, A tragic incident but what interests me most of all is that the hospital gave such a full account to the newspaper of the mens' injuries. Today it would be simply 1 man slightly injured, another seriously injured and a third man critically injured. Old Boy

Hi All, I see that the fair (swings,roundabouts etc) was on the Smithfield Market ground. I wonder when it moved te the Serpentine Fairground? Certainly not during my lifetime. Old Boy

Hello Eddie, The Queensway was not constructed until well after WW2.I think you may have meant Queens Drive. I do not think it was Queens Drive because, if my memory serves me correct ,no buses or trams went down Queens Drive. I am inclined to go with the Station Street...

Ray, A very interesting photo indeed. I cannot remember the entrance loking like that so I am wondering which entrance it was. It was certainly post war as the British Railways notice shows that it was when the railways were nationalised.. Old Boy

Hi All, Walkers Radio Shop pre war and until I left in 1950 was on the corner of Carlton Road and Green Lane. Mr Walker had 2 sons whose names escape me but the eldest may have been named Reg. About 1953 or 54 I met Reg who opened a television shop in Witton Road near Witton Square...