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Lyn, I would like to see some myself, I have been looking for ages. The only ones I have are of the top end by Scribbans (corner of Goode St/Lodge Rd) The first one is behind the tram and the second is on the left of the tram

I have just pulled this off the Midland Red web site "The reason why the 170/172 passed to WMPTE was because they ran mostly inside the West Midlands County. The same happened with Birmingham - Coleshill services 161, 168 and 171 (that number again!). Coleshill stayed in Warwickshire, but these...

Phil, I came across this thread started by Peter Walker, you may find what you are looking for here. Its a pity that some of the pictures have been lost. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=13584 I have lived in the Castle Bromwich area for many years, but I only know of the...

These pics were posted on a facebook page, but no further information.

Well Alan,I came from Hockley but I was'nt born till 1946 so I was'nt one of those children, and to be honest I cannot remember a thing till after I started school. I can't even remember the day I started like a lot of people claim to. I must have had an afternoon nap though cos it became a...

WAR WORKERS NURSERY AT THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, HUNTERS RD, HOCKLEY, BIRMINGHAM, WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1941. This was where the women used to leave their children to be looked after whilst they went to work in the local factories. The middle picture is of the nurse laying out the children...

Brian,thanks for that info,never knew that. Goes to show how little I really know. Terry

Came across this picture of Pitsford St with WL cemetery on the right. I thought it was such a cracking photo that I thought I would erm...borrow it.

As I came out of New St station, this caught my eye.

Thats took me back a bit, I used to deliver milk there in the 70's.

Oh, you know him then?

I see that the council has unveiled plans this morning to finally tear down spaghetti junction and replace it with a four lane cross roads with a four way traffic light. More chaos. Work due to commence November 2019 according to councillor Olaf O'Pril Terry

https://www.cityofwolverhampton.com/localhistory.html Go to this site and you will see the same pic. It suggests it is in Wolverhampton. Terry

Just had a look at the site that vivienne14 kindly posted. Put Birmingham in the search box and you come up with a few results, including this one.

Here you are then Lyn, this should take you back a bit. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the%20pelican%20ray%20wilkes&sm=3

Could it be Solihull? Wrong spelling perhaps.

Thats right Frank, we spoke the other day. I am now posting some rare pics. One of the Packhorse and the other of The Chesire Cat. Courtesy of the Shard End forum on F/Book.

Heres a pic of Comberton Rd shops 1956. I think I took my driving test from here somewhere.

Re: posting a image on the forum I have just converted a pdf to jpg using this online site (free) https://pdf2jpg.net/ very simple to do. No downloading of anything at all except the result. This is what I have just done. Warning. Do not try to buy anything from Cube, they went bust a couple...

Some good pictures on this site https://epapers.bham.ac.uk/chrysalis.html Click on the teardrop thingies and a couple more clicks to go full screen. Or scroll down for a list of pictures. Apologies if it has been posted before. I believe they are Phylis Nicklin pics but unsure if they have been...