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Can only find Little Bow Street but we have a photo of that. This is still there in the same place but now between two tall buildings and it does not seem to have a function. It's not named now like Peck Lane which is also now only an access passage.

It says Bournbrook I think and that would be Bristol Road at Dawlish. I don't think 'that cocoa' would go down well in that area. So maybe battery but have no idea where the batteries would be...

I wonder if it is an electric tram. There were battery electric ones but also cable ones. If cable the buildings behind would be in Hockley where the winding engines and sheds were. Maybe this was a battery electric car used on the Bristol Road.

Yeah, I too have seen several photo's of Coronation Class in New Street. But what the tunnel head clearance is now is unknown and it seems to me that the photo's of this engine were all taken on the up line to London. Maybe that was the only line to have the necessary head room. The stacks are...

Yeah, I suppose it started with going to see Alan Ladd beat up on Jack Pallance in Shane; with my toy pistol strapped in its holster and belt around my waist. The Rock...gone now. Later there were probably fine British 'kitchen sink dramas'...but we did not want to see them. We wanted the lavish...

I think in equal proportion or better so with adequate funds. Why would it not be so. Not having much and being brought up in a 'back to back' environment is nothing to hide from. It's the luck of the draw. "Ah yes but we had comradeship and joy and everyone pulled together". Not a common...

It does not have to be one or the other Paul, does it? Rag markets are called flea markets here and, more and more, auctions fill the bill...even on-line. I was dragged around the Rag Market as a kid and have to admit that I personally hated it. A grimey place with the smell of ancient barns and...

#3567 is a stunner and have not seen it before as busy as that. A wonderful photo at maybe close to the end of the horse era. The trucks look shiny and new. Gosh, how much busier could it possibly be. # 3568 is an old favourite showing the old poplars (I think) around the moat. The view...

#3561 I think is Moat Lane. Is'nt St Martins Lane at the top of it.

Maybe they spelt it incorrectly. OK you are right. Who was Jennen anyway and he/she only had a Row.

I suppose that in the earlier days of horse transportation and fewer landmarks; Coleshill would be a landmark to aim for and I understand that it was a posting centre. This would certainly have been the way to go there...the street to leave Brum by. Coleshill Street became Prospect Row for a...

Yeah cracking, Have not seen #3556 before...Moat Lane I think...no Smithfield buildings yet and the lady watering, would be standing where the southern part of the moat would have been.

Was the poem in that magazine about a little budgie?

Gone! and soon to be forgotten. This area must be the most changed landscape anywhere. Nothing remains of the neighborhood of a lifetime for many. It's a fresh start.

Eric, our dog Rupi is also getting on a bit. In the Avatar picture he is only 1 year old. Bit of a change now 10 years later. Pugs are small dogs but Rupi is a struggle to walk with; especially when he meets other dogs. Not that he is a biting dog, just overly rumbuctious. I miss a nice walking...

Re: "British Resturants" There you go...planned to a 'T'. What chance did the Germans have against all of that.

Eric, it is so sad to hear this, and there is little another person can do to help. That being said...the picture says it all. The walks...what's not to like for a dog. You gave him a great life. Take care. Dennis

Re: "British Resturants" Oh, I don't know. British Restaurants were not so bad and they filled a need of providing a meal at a reasonable price in difficult times. One of the good governmental ideas I think. I seem to remember liking the jam tart with a 'not very sweet' custard for desert...

Well, nothing to be found of the Railway Goods Office now. The shot below shows what looks like the viaducts from the top of Montague Street which would be off picture to the left, but the rest is a different world. The Goods Office would be behind the bushes on the right....not...'all gone'...

It's funny, I can't imagine Gil being a grumpy old man. He always seemed like a gentleman on the pitch. I used to watch from the south stand, about half way up (railway end would be on the left) Saw some great games. The side being hard pressed by Newcastle at one time, I saw Gil throw the ball...