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Hi Dave89, If it Is Haseley Rd the one in Handsworth? the answer is no. Dad (Bill Bryan) when he was a child and young adult he lived in Maitland Road, then when he married he lived in Marston Green, Castle Bromwich, Alum Rock, Bordesley Green, and Sheldon. Kind Regards Chris

Dad worked there for about 25 or 26 years got his gold watch and then was made redundant and paid £150 severance pay when Standard Triumph bought the place and as BernardR says moved the work to Coventry, I remember him telling me that on one occasion he was a couple of minutes late and he was...

Hi my Father William Henry Bryan and his brother Sydney Bryan used to work at MULLINERS CAR BODY BUILDERS at 2 sites they owned 1 by Adderley Park Station in Bordesly Green Road and the other on Bordesly Green just after Victoria / Bordesly Grn Rd on the left hand side going out of town, I...

Hi I used to work at Lewis's Ltd in the Gardening Dept, and as I was training for a position as Assistant Manager one of my jobs was to place repeat orders for stock for the Gardening Section and Frankie Pimm used to call every week to take the order, he was as I remember (it is over 50 years...

Tivoli at The Swan Yardley

The Only cinema I can remember round there was THE PALACE THEATRE a corner site on Summerhill Road, opened in 1905 then was converted to a cinema in 1911 closed sometime in the early 60s and became BULPITTS who used trade under the SWAN Brand name and made kettles etc.

Hi All, link below to the C.W.S. archive site, this shows you the extent of the items that the Co-operative.Wholesale.Society. made, the brand name of a lot of items was "Wheatsheaf" I think the the Domec site in Tyseley was a lawnmower / cycle factory originally. The manufactured goods were...

Thank you all for your replies especially Alberta who hit upon the right family tree which my wife June found very interesting, we will endeavour to proceed from there. Thanks Again everybody. Kind regards Chris Bryan

Hi All, I would appreciate some guidance as to how I could trace my wifes family without it costing an arm and a leg, if someone could give me a pointer or two I would be extremely greatful. Thanks in anticipation of any help given. The family surname is HUBBLEDAY on her Fathers side and...

Hi Solihull Chic, Thanks for your response, I think the Polish couple were in the house next to Mrs Lamb second house up the road on the left. The Newbury children are on the pic they lived opposite to Malcom. I think there may be some confusion with some of the names unless I have misread your...

Hi Solihull Chic Coronation pic at Anthony Road, George, Malcom, Jimmy, and Stuart are all on there. I went to Sladefield Sec Mod after Anthony Road. LOOKING at the photo I am the kid with the mack on Standing on Malcom's RIGHT I was never in the Scouts / Cubs but I used to Help I think It was...

Hi Solihull Chic, I forgot little Jimmy Williams, he was youngest but one wasn't he?, Stuart being the youngest, he had blonde hair when he was young, and we nick named him Loobyloo, (after the character in Andy Pandy) George being the oldest, if I remember rightly he had a good job at the GPO...

My Mother Inez (Betty) Palmer and Grandparents, William & Mary Palmer and Uncle Basil lived in Jackson Road, they were at number 9 the first big detached house on the right hand side after the corner shop (Alum Rock Road End). I used to play with Brian Waldron, the Williams George, Malcom, &...

I think it was CROSSWELLS ROAD. Albion88

Hopefully a pic of THE REGENT Langley Green, I even contemplated buying this at one time when Gupta owned it but it was to run down.

Sorry changinman1 no pics of Bell Lane, I think I have some photos of when they had a bungalow in Cooks lane when it was a lane next door to Allcots farm.

Hi, sorry to say I don't remember the band, but during my time at High Street, which was from 1967 to 1979, In my day I am sure Billy Letts was what we called a Club Collector, in other words he called at customers houses collecting the repayments from customers who shopped using Club Stamps he...

Hi co-op john, your talking about what we at the store called "THE WORKS DEPARTMENT" and although I did have to go there on one or two occasions I am afraid it was not enough times for me to remember any names, I can remember the very tall dark haired electrician who wired up my office in the...

O`de´on n. 1. A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; - hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

Chapter 6 All Good Things Come To An End. I had been managing the cinema for a little over ten years now, and like every other job I had established a day to day routine, in fact to quote the owners son, he maintained that I had got the cinema running very much on its own, as I said to him...