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Viv, I love this photo. I have only just mentioned the Birmingham Post and Mail in another post. I had lots of family working there, including my dad. After getting married I decided to do agency work, as we needed a deposit for a house. I worked for SOS Bureau, based in the Rotunda on the...

Thank you so much Janice. So I am not losing it. ..yet. Couldn’t remember the name of Ethel Street. We were sitting in there one night, who should go past on the 17 or 68 bus but my dad. He was on his way to his night shift at the Birmingham Post (and Mail). He gave us a wave. We moved to...

Great photo. My husband used to work in the Design Office at JCB, Rocester and Uttoxeter. On the 360’s and 180’s to name a few. It is the old houses in the background that I love..... and I remember Gallagher’s.

Hi Janice, Sorry to be a nuisance and I may have asked the question before but do you remember a smaller J Lyons further up New Street. Opposite Woolworths. It was a smaller one.... I maybe getting confused?? Regards

Hi Steve, the photographs are great, thank you. Would you remember the Welfare in Lancaster Street. It’s where I used to go with my mom to get baby milk (National Dried I think) for my siblings. Cod liver oil in a bottle and orange juice too. Gosh , yes there was Virol too.. Sure we had our...

Hi All. I have just found this thread. How absolutely fascinating. I am not familiar with Bevington Road but I just wanted to keep on reading about it. All those photographs. How lots of members have recognised each other, wonderful... The discussions about the trams.. amazing. I have...

Wow, yes, well remembered Viv. Sue

Hi Viv, Just had a thought... Do you rememember the Post Office....Down the steps opposite C&A? Sue

Yes, that is correct. Know all these areas very well. Sue

Agree with all that you say Richard. Many thanks.

Hi to you all. I am fairly new to the Forum and I am still finding my way around. I keep stumbling on threads and every time I see a familiar photograph or a piece about somewhere I know I get a lump in my throat. My husband has noticed how excited I get when there is a photograph that I...

Hi Senoraruz, Yes, that is correct. You can see the 56 bus stop on the right there. It used to stop in Coleshill Street, which was just a little up the road from where I used to live in Gopsal Street. There was the 55 bus too but I don’t think that stopped in Union Street. That went to Shard...

Brecknells on the right, was it a hat shop? I am sure I had my wedding day hat from there, or was it my veil. Think they were in Union passage though. Not sure.

I know I am very late but I just love this photo. Thank you. I remember it so well.

Great photo Steve. Thank you. I loved it in the tea shop. Was there another J. Lyons further up New Street? Miss all the shoe shops too. Sue

Loved the China Garden restaurant Viv. Saturday afternoons was always busy. Really good value for money. Had only just started work, so didn’t have an awful lot of cash, especially after shopping with the girls. Sue

What a great thread. My Nan always said “make haste” when I was leaving to go back home. I only lived eleven doors away. We always called bread and butter a piece. I still use the word chobbling and my husband loves a piece of jam. . More happy memories.

Hi, Yes this is how I remember The King Arms Terry. My dad was a regular, (also The Eagle & Ball). Think Mr and Mrs Rees ran it in early sixties, they had a daughter called Barbara. Then Mr & Mrs Parton. They had two sons. Alan & Phillip. Lovely lads. All the local girls were in love with...

Lovely photograph Maris. Yes, I would have said Lewis’ rooftop cafe. Kind regards

Fred was a lovely man, as was the rest of the family. His wife Sylvia was a friend of my moms. Regards Sue