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The floor under the Ariel sign was D Section where I worked from 1963 until the BSA closed. The foreman's name was Bill Rushton.

Around 1959 at my school in Gower St, lozells, we had this craze where all us kids seemed to have a little Derringer cap gun keychain. It was the "must have" thing of the month ( or however long that particular craze lasted).

I had a toy in 1955 which was a tube of water about 12 inches high & 3 inches diameter. Inside was a little plastic deep sea diver and on the top was a rubber button/diaphragm so, when you pressed it down, the diver went to the bottom and when released, he came back up. I've never seen another...

Talking with my wife last night about the old area and what we used to get up to, I suddenly remembered the name of the surgery I used to go to from 1959 until 1967. Do any members remember Doctors Firth & Carolyn at the bottom of Wheeler St (where Great King St started). I'm sure that was their...

There is no "gun quarter" anymore because all the little back alley buildings that the gun tradesmen worked in are gone. When I worked part time after school as a kid in 1960, the streets I delivered gun parts to & collected gun parts from were Price Street, Loveday Street, Bath Street, Whittall...

Has it been restored now? As this thread was started in 2011, I feel that I am a bit late in sending this photo from 1965 showing my wife & Bruce the dog.

Enjoyed that website linked above Mikejee. The Woodsetton Toll House in the Black Country Living Museum has a brick "beehive" shape built into the front corner recess to prevent tradesmen who tried to urinate there. I presume it had the same outcome that the tilted metal bars had.

Hi Sylvia, I'm six years late but, a couple of years ago I tried to find a thread but didn't, about people who worked part time from school in the gun trade. Yours is the only reference I've seen that refers to the school lads who ran the errands. Like your Dad, I did the same thing. In 1959 I...

I started a thread on Whitehead Street a couple of years ago looking for any photos of it and now I've just come across this thread which finished 8yrs ago!!!! When my wife & me got married in February 1967, we lived with my in-laws (Mr & Mrs Rogers) who lived at No 9 Whitehead St. I can tell...

Hi Lyn, only 8yrs late but, although I'm sure you did get your photo eventually, I was intrigued by the debate on the Vine Inn which was on the corner of Alma St & Whitehead St. I was reading the thread yesterday after finding the map of this pub which was posted by Mikejee. It was dated 1889 so...

Anyone familiar with Stoney Lane in the 50s? When I lived in Leamington Rd I went to the barber on Stoney Lane (0pposite Wilton Rd). You can see the barber's pole in this photo so, it must have been there some time. He used to have a plank of wood to rest on the arms of the chair so that us kids...

Hi Astonian, this photo is a bit before our time I suspect but, this is the White Swan I remember when Aunt Betty ran it in 1959.

Thanks for your help folks. The Travellers Rest it was. Actually, I also lived opposite the White Swan in the 60s at 80 Victoria Road. In fact, my Aunt Betty Middleham ran it about 1959.

Hi Terry, it's not the Scotch House I'm looking for. Pub I referred to was in Whitehead Rd between High St and Victoria Rd. Thank you for your reply anyway.

Does anyone know the name of the pub that was on the corner of Whitehead Road & Barton Bank in Aston? A photo would be great.

Thanks Phil, that clarifies it perfectly for me. Would love to see if there was a photo of them though.

I've always been intrigued by these structures in Great Barr St/ Liverpool St. Reading the previous comments, I conclude that they are an unfinished project. So, I'm wondering if anyone knows if the bridges were ever built over the roads and dismantled later.

Corner of Whitehead Street & High Street.

Seeing this from Mikejee, my wife's family lived at No 9 Whitehead St (next to the factory) until everything was demolished in 1967 and I've often wondered what happened to Nos 11, 13 & 15 . Also, opposite was open ground with a petrol station on it. Could it have been due to WWII bombing? Would...