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And the last two.

In the first picture there are wind farms on the top of the two hills.

Here are the Patrick Lichfield photographs I am posting on behalf of Lyn, the pictures are all quite dark as if they have been taken in twilight. Brian

Glad you like them Paul, if you visited in 2003 you will have seen just how much the estate has changed, there are even bigger changes now. You may be interested in this picture, Varley road taken from Pype Hayes Rd towards St Mary's church. Brian

Possibly more later. By the way, i'm the little short fella, back row far left on Colins group photo. :)

Four more..

Some more pics from yesterday for those interested.

Certain members will recognise this location. :)

Frothy with exactly the same sight problem.

More..Including the Thomas Walker memorial with blue bricks, by the way Lyn there's a spare one.

More..

Thank you everyone for a making it another great afternoon, especially Wendy for providing a very informative tour. Just a few pics of the day, more to follow.

If you are Robert you do realise it will be another username change. :D See you later

Sorry you can't be with us Lyn, my best wishes to you all at this difficult time.

It was a little later than that, but from where you were standing, a little further down the road and you could have looked through my kitchen window to see what my wife was cooking for tea. :)

Coopbill7 we may have past each other, those pictures were only taken this afternoon. Brian

Wonderful memories Louisa. Two more pctures you may like to see, the first taken from Tyburn road looking up Pype Hayes Rd, Springthorpe Rd to the right in front of the apartments. The second, Paget Rd school taken from Pype Hayes Rd looking up what used to be the top end of Varley Rd.

Hi Rupert The houses are very nice, the estate is about 85% private the rest is a mixture of council and housing association houses, there is a good percentage of bungalows for the elderly, there are residences for the blind and also for those with learning difficulties who have resident carers...

Hi Suze I must have known someone was going to ask about it, St Barnabas taken yesterday all wrapped up and under repair. I don't think they did find the ones responsible. Brian

This may be of interest to anyone that still harbours fond memories of the Pype Hayes estate in Erdington, it's rebuilding is almost complete, and these are the last of the Boswell houses that remain of the hundreds that made up the estate, and these will very soon be no more. they were not the...