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Growing up in Erdington, we always "went up the village" too. Decades later when I was working in Kent and in a work meeting someone asked me where I came from. When I said Erdington he laughed and said Oh is that the place they call the village? That was the first time I'd ever realised that...

Yes, thanks both. There's a 1913 map (https://maps.nls.uk/view/101597558) that shows just the same buildings so you must be right. It does show an Auction/Mart behind the pub.

That's great Lyn. Thanks. I can't see the cottages in that map so they may well have been built later by him, hence the name.

Also- one of the other Scott Arms forums here refers to there being regular actions in the Scott Arms. Thomas Day was an auctioneer so I'm wondering if these were to do with him.

Thanks Keith and Lyn, I think this might be right. My great grandfather, also called Thomas Day, lived in a house called Meadowside which was described as in Great Barr on the main road between Sutton Coldfield and West Bromwich. There's a road called Meadowside Close just off the Newton rd...

That's interesting. Do you know where the name "Days building" came from or anything more about it? My 3x great grand father Robert Craggs was the Landlord of the Scott Arms. He died in 1860. His daughter Maria married Thomas Day and they're my 2xg.g. parents. I wonder if its just...

I just posted a very old picture of the Scott Arms on the Walsall road thread. I think from beginning of last century. I didn't know it was the Scott Arms until Astoness kindly told me. https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/threads/walsall-road.57737/post-857467

And looking at the photos on the Scott Arms thread I think it almost certainly is. Thanks Lyn!

Yenton Football team 1968: Top: Michael Dolman, John Zeff, ?, John Day (me), David Hicken, Adrian Webb, ? bottom: ? , Mr Bibby, Andy Norton, Laurie Chetwood, ? Sorry to the 3 lads I can't remember. Yenton Football team from my older brothers' era : written on the back is - 1954/55 Newton...

That would make sense. My 3 x great grand father was the landlord at the Scott Arms

I found this picture of Walsall rd in amongst some old family photos. I don't know how old it is but there is only a horse and cart on the road. My family lived at Beacon Farm on Barr Beacon until 1906 so it could be from that era. John

I was at KEGS Aston 1968-75. I have very fond memories of Harry Jessop who was a great teacher. Watcyn Thomas was getting a bit old when we were there and none of us realised what a famous rugby player he had been. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcyn_Thomas. Norman Hicks on the back row of...

When I was a student I spent 2 summers working at Harvos. It must have been 1974/5 . I'd always liked malt loaf but it was a few years before i could ever eat it again. One job was pushing the dough down into the tins with your fists on a conveyor belt. The tins would get burnt bits stuck to...

I believe that sometime after the family sold the company in 1977, there was fire at the Summer lane site that ended work there.

Yes. That's the Normanhurst nursing home. I grew up in Orchard rd opposite and my mum was a nurse at Normanhurst.

I was at Yenton from 1962 to 1967. I think I was in the year below the class in the photos posted by Byscane. I certainly recognise Mr Morgan and some of the pupils look familiar. I'd forgotten about the spooky house on Orphanage rd. I definitely remember Neil Harding I think I have some old...

I grew up in the 60s/70s just round the corner from Erdington Fire Station and walked past it most days. I remember seeing that stone with the inscription and wondering who all those posh sounding people were. I've only recently discovered that Henry Alexander Sale was my Grandfathers cousin. He...