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I have remembered one family who lived near to my grand parents house. I know they lived at the top of the yard, I think they were next to my grand parents house. They were the Goughs.( I hope I have spelt their name correctly). There is another family that I seem to remember living in S C road...

Another fantastic shop that needs a good mention is Henry's in Union street. Whenever I went into the city centre, I had to go into both, Lewis's & Henry's, though sometimes, I used to go into Rackhams. Met Noel Gordon in there once & was asked to do some decorating for her at her flat, in the...

Great pity we have not any of the original buildings left in the old bullring, especially the old bus station & woolies. Good job we still have our memories & photo's.

I totally agree Lynn.

thank you Sylvia. I knew I had a feeling about the park name. I got it mixed up with bloomsbury street. Blews street is how I remember it. Not much of a park really, but plenty of fun was always had by all of us, as I seem to remember.

I much prefer the old layout of the old bullring. The change was all about cramming as many stores into one place so that the council got more rent. They did not consider what the people of birmingham wanted. I used to love walking through from the old bus station & into the meat market or...

I totally agree Maurice. I go over there on a regular basis, & just visit 3 shops. how it used to be before the change, I used to go in many,many more. I could spend all day in the old bull ring, but now, it is just an hour or so.

Hello Jeannie. I used to work at woolies in the bull ring. a really lovely place to work at. I was working in the cafeteria, in the kitchen. I think it was in the early 70's. How I miss that place. Love the new bull ring, but would have loved it even more if they could have incorporated some of...

Pet's corner used to be on the 5th floor. They had all sorts of animals. I used to wonder when I was a child, how they got them up there & where they slept at night.

I used to work at woolworth's in the bullring. I worked in the cafeteria.(in the kitchen). Absolutely loved that job & store. Almost cried when the Bullring was redesigned & woolies being demolished.

I remember Lewis's very well. Used to spend a lot of time on the 5th floor (toy department) when I was young. I remember the escalators being wooden. Also remember the corner of the store where there was the curved platform. Every christmas, A large santa display being placed there. How I miss...

I could not agree more Lyn.The old photo's are very important to us, as our towns ect keep being changed. Without these photo's, everything would be lost. I had completely forgotten my past, but thanks to this forum, all my happy memories have come back. It is a pity that history is not taught...

Having looked at the photo's Lyn, I noticed that in attachment 132082, part of the front of the chippy I used to go in is visible., (next to the tv repair shop, which I also remember).I loved going to that chippy.Loved having my chips wrapped in newspaper.The chips tasted so much better than...

Thank you. So so sad to see our history being removed. The Aston we knew & loved, now gone, but will never be forgotten.

thank you Lyn. It certainly looks like my family home has gone. At least I can remember how my home looked, from how the others that are left looked. I remember now, that your aunties house was much further down the road from mine. Fantastic photo's. A massive thank you for showing them.

Thank you Lyn. I will have to get my brain working now as I was very young when we left to move to waterworks street & have forgotten a lot from those days. I am sure something will soon jog my memory.

I sometimes wish I could back the clock to those days. Such brilliant times. Always made our own fun without causing trouble. I used to go into that little shop. I, like you, have difficulty remembering names from those days, but that lady who ran that shop was really lovely.She knew how to look...

I vaguely remember a lad named Ivan from our area.You are a year younger than me. I think you may have hung around with me & my brothers.

I used to live next door to the searchwell's in waterworks street. We lived at number 26.