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Thanks Eddie. I havent been to Patrick road for years but might go back next time I visit the UK to look at the houses you have described. I lived there for 17 years but had no idea of the history and events you have related. Interesting

Just noticed this thread. Did anyone know my uncle, Frank Harris who I believed worked there during WW2 and later.

Eddie 14 was the damaged house in Patrick Rd rebuilt as I can't remember a house with a different design. If I remember correctly there is a bungalow in Vera Rd which is different to the other houses.

Thanks Eddie for that pic.

I used to live near Lilly Road and would be very interested in seeing pics or those of damage in Patrick Road. thanks

i saw your message about VE day party in patrick road but pics were missing. Any chance of seeing them please? I lived in patrick road for 17 happy years

Nice to see any pics of Sean or Noel Barnes. I lived near Sean when he was near the Yew Tree pub in Yardley - had a few beers with him there. Noel worked with me at Southalls Computer Centre Alum Rock. Both guys were originals, mould broken at birth as they say !!!!

I have just read this,not been a member long> I knew Sean and worked with Noel Barnes. Any chance of seeing tje pic please? thanks

Eddie 14. Thanks for the info. I used to live in Patrick road and my garden backed on to the flats, I remember them being being built.

Thanks for this - I wasn't aware of bomb damage. Where was Ingrams garage

OLDBRIT - if I remember correctly in the 1950s the buses that went down Moat Lane were 15B. The 15A went to Whittington Oval and they split routes at the Yew Tree.

I joined the GPO in September 1964 as a Y3YC. The first 3 days were spent at a college on the Bristol Rd and there was an intake I believe of 250 of us including Jeff Horner, Jeff Stubbings, Peter Myatt (who i still see) Bob Catley (who went on to be singer with Magnum) Peter Brown, Jeff...

I was on overhead and told the highest pole was fox and goose washwood heath. the ladders didn't quite reach bottom rung so needed to stand on top rung of ladder and pull yourself up. Hairy indeed

Just been sent this picture from an old friend. It must be around 1968 taken at Southalls Alum Rock Computer Centre (SANACO). Its me at the console of an English Electric LEO III.

Can anyone help please?e rd My grandparents ran the Turks Head I believe during the second world war and were called Neville. My grandmother then ran the outdoor in Holt Rd witton. Does anyone have pics or remember them? Any information appreciated especially when they actually took over. thanks

The first time I touched a Computer was September 1967. It was a LEO III mainframe for Southalls Alum Rock. Anyone earlier than that? I worked on Computers until December 2008 and still use a laptop constantly - dont' know how we existed without them

Can anyone help please? My father was from Sandpits - Birmingham and was born in 1920. I believe he was in the Royal Engineers after being called up in 1939 and I believe demobbed after 1945 and I know he worked on PLUTO on the Isle of Wight. Does anyone have information especially a map of...

thanks. this is looking along Omaha beach showing the bluffs that had German machine guns and artillery. Although it shows people sat on the beach I was informed that people enjoying the beach is rarely seen. The next pic shows the expanse of beach that had to be crossed at low tide

the first is the Pegaus cafe, the first house liberated at D-Day. then the bridge as it is now Ranville cemetary

Been to Pegasus a couple of times. This is Pegasus Cafe (I believe run by a French woman that has a house in Tanworth in Arden) and the Ranville cemetery where a lot of the Paras are buried