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Well we had our own football team too! Dave A

The guy in the phone booth is looking at the Bartons Arms :) Dave A

Wow! Thats a really great shot! You can see both cinemas on the High St. the Globe & the Orient. It absolutely captures the feel of going up the road. This area was known as the Monkey Run or just "the Run". Dave A

Hawkins was a bit further up Lyn, but not on the corner. Dave A

That's a great shot! obviously a telephoto lens..you can even see some of New St, where the bingo (arcade) was. Dave A

I remember Goulds for the same reason...it was across from The House that jack Built. Unfortunately, my dad hated narrow pants so I had to change into them and leave them at my mates house. Dave A

As far as the connection to Black Sabbath, who coincidentally are celebrating 50 years since their groundbreaking earth shattering first album release...Tony Iommi lived on Park Lane, just around the corner from the cafe, but from what information is available, it appears that he was not...

That was Iommi's cafe... Dave A

I've been left Brum 60 years, I don't even recall 2 levels. I do remember the diversions, sitting on grassy banks overlooking the line, there were grassy banks on both sides something like a "cutting"or culvert, maybe this is what is being referred to. I do remember bunking in to Aston sheds and...

I used to go to New St Station every evening on my way home from school to see what was pulling the 5.00 Glasgow train. Lots of "crates" but sometimes a "cop". Even saw a blackie pull it from time to time. Dave A

Going to MSA across the road, the baths were the place we spent most of our lunches swimming instead. Never took much notice of the building at the time. I do remember the mens side and ladies side.. Dave A

I saw this on the BBC this morning...looks great! Dave A https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-51463367

Where I lived, the term "got any specks"was our way of getting something for nothing, we never paid for specks... Dave A

Reading that, I concluded that my wife would not have a clue what this was all about:):) Dave A

I remember when my son was born in 1968, we bought him over to the UK (from Canada) to meet the grand folks. The shilling piece was being introduced as 5p, as a way of easing into the upcoming decimalization of currency, anyone remember that? Later in 1971, I was back visiting and the new...

We are all aware of Graham Twist, the writer who lived above the chemist on the corner of Cowper St & Summer Lane? Dave Ahttps://www.amazon.com/Birmingham-Backstreet-Boyhood-Graham-Twist/dp/0750949651

He had a classic brummie accent! Dave A

We used to swim in that canal...not very healthy I suppose but in those days it didn't seem to matter. It was quite common to see a dead dog floating in there from time to time. Dave A

This looks familiar to me...could it have been the canal that ran across the Walsall Rd, north of Perry Barr and Perry Hall parks? Dave A

Yes it does..a great shot too! Dave A