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We must have bumped into each other Chris! I used to visit 'the original' Windsor from 1974 until they demolished it. In the hot summer of 1976 I remember waiting for my friend up stairs on a hot Saturday evening. The barmaid was an Irish lady called Ann and there was only the two of us up...

I was a regular at The Parisian which I thought was very sophisticated. It was on two levels and if you remember, it had a balcony from which you could look down on people. You are quite correct, it was in the location that you thought it was. I did use The Nelson and I also used The...

If memory serves me right, wasn't there a joiner's / carpenters shop beside it?

The Windsor ThisThis photograph of Cannon St was taken in 1976. If you look carefully on the right, you can see The Windsor's pub sign.

Finally, I've managed to upload the Burlington Hall photograph!

This is Burlington Hall in Aston. Hawkins jellied eels shop was close by (to the right or left, I can't remember). I remember passing it going to Orient with my dad.

Atkinson's Bar was at the back of The Midland Hotel (in Stephenson Street). It was the only place in Birmingham that sold real ale at the time. It was furnished in the style of a London gentlemans club / library. They sold Ruddles and some excellent game pies. Nearby was a strange little bar...

For some reason, I can't upload the photograph. Anyone got any ideas or advice?

This is a photograph of The Windsor in Cannon Street from 1976. The Parisian is just out of view on the left hand side. (If I can mange to find out how to attach the photograph!)

The name of the club by the Central TV studios (they were still broadcasting from Birmingham then) was 'Mr Moons'. I remember an actor who played the mechanic on 'Crossroads' getting very drunk and groping women on the dance floor one Friday night. I could never keep a straight face when he...

I remember going to The Windsor in the mid to late eighties, only to find that it had been completely demolished! I have attached a photograph that I previously submitted to the forum before (it was one of many that was destroyed when the site was hacked). Cannon Street can clearly be seen and...

Roses in December “God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” JM Barrie It was my last summer in the only house I had known as...

I was fortunate enough to have this story published in The Sunday Mercury recently and I thought members of the forum might be interested to read it. I was born and raised in Allesley Street, Aston and my family were forced to move in 1968 to Kingstanding because our home was in the path of The...

Stitcher, the library was up and running in early 1974.

Glynis, I remember The Rock as a bingo hall when I worked in the cottages behind it in 1976.

I remember going to the "Cartoon Picture house" in Station St in the '60s. What I found amazing was that they showed films from the 1930s and 1940s such as 'The Three Stooges', 'Flash Gordon', and 'Batman'. I have to admit that I thought they were great.

Re: Thebricklayers Arms Wasn't it a Davenport's pub originally?

Before the flats were built behind The College Arms (on Warren Farm Road) there was just a field. That is where dogs were raced on a sunday morning. As far as I'm aware the Macs weren't involved.

I was a local in the 70s and 80s when it was a nice place to drink. I laugh at the thought now of Mrs Mac shouting "time gents please.... have you got no homes to go to!"

Here is a photograph shortly after it was built in the 1930s.