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Aston Villa fans at the Wetherspoons pub in New Street Station yesterday, having a swift one prior to traveling to Liverpool for last night's win against Everton. The most well known of them had a cider and bought the round. :)

Legs XI was/is on the left off Hurst Street? I don't know of any others, I had a curry on my stag night... ;)

It is a Kia dealership now Eric, unless we are going in the other direction towards Brownhills by the island (2nd picture).

I was born at the QE and have lived in: Slade Road Erdington/Chester Road Streetly, Slade Road Erdington (again*), Bilton Rugby, Chester Road Streetly (again*) and Langham Green Streetly. I'm like a bad penny, I keep coming back*... :)

Thanks everyone so much for taking the time to send your messages, they have been very nice to receive. :)

Didn't Davenports take it over?

Yet again, twice in the same day at exactly the same spot and three times in a week! (see BBC News link below) Are these lorry drivers all following their satnavs, without having any regard to the height of their vehicle and the approaching bridge? Surely word is getting around amongst haulage...

Very plush, wasn't it?

You can't run in high heels, or so I've been told. :cool:

Whoops it's happened again! A lorry collided on Summer Road in Erdington, before 11am on Friday (Jan 3). The road was shut in both directions by police while emergency teams worked to remove the lorry. Train services from New Street Station to Lichfield Station were disrupted by the incident:

He gained a sale the day that my grandmother took me to Lewis's (I remember it well;)). I never got the hang of it myself, although my Dad tried to show me how it should be done (he must have been quite a talent back in the 30s!). :)

Some more photographs:

I'm 67, but not for too much longer ;), as I was born at the QE on 9th January.

Happy New Year to one and all!

Photographs of the late Queen's 1955 visit: 1) All Saints Church Shard End, 2 King Edward's School & 3) From the Mace archive film (link below): Link: https://www.macearchive.org/films/royal-visit-birmingham-1955

Fred Hanks was a well-known sidecar racer, he raced in 12 Isle of Man TTs. Team Hanks below pictured January 1978 (Fred & Norman rear, Roy & Gerald Daniels centre and Carol & Rose front):

Didn't he use that land to run his bikes? I'm sure I heard them, but I never ventured in, which now seems a very good decision.