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i remember there was a faggots and peas shop situated around the bottom of snow hill, and a bit further up was a pub where if you turned left at the traffic lights it would bring you to st chads cathedral.

if my memory serves me well, moss i think the ex captives club can be seen in your pic.

hi moss, great pics. i'm getting flashbacks now, can just see the top of the post office. and next door was my grandmother's house which was accessed up a gatted entry. the 'house' i think would have been part of the hairdressers shop at one time, the lady who ran the shop we knew as 'MICK', you...

and the prisoner of war club was known as the 'EX-CAPTIVES'. one of my uncles served time in a japanese prison camp in burma, when asked what the conditions were like he replied for the first 2 weeks it peed down

on the opposite side to the barrel in lyns foto would have been old mr dossiter's second hand furniture shop, and a little further down was 'bunnies' the paper shop,who later moved to upper tower st, facing the settlement.

was fortunate enough to have lived at 2 adresses in summer lane, 52 and 282.

1874,bayliss,thomas,and co were part of the birmingham cycle industry with premises in stoney stanton rd, coventry, when they entered the car industry they could not use the name excelsior because there was company in belgium with the same name. In 1921 they moved to kings rd tysley the walker...

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hello pedrocut, i worked for roberts in the mid 60s. i was employed as an elecrtricians mate and as such gained access to all departments in the factory. i dont think there was much thought given to health and safety then,and a lot of people have suffered the consequences in later life. there...

what about the words aston cross.

if it was hiding the brit you would see aston station bridge in background.

hi jean, not heard of wade nico,any more info.

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can see charles wade and co in background they had a factory at aston cross.

Five clubs in trinty rd,aston and 1 in aston lane ?

were the peddlars the resident band at LE METRO, GOOD ACT.

my grandad far right convalecsing 1916 wounded in left knee.

Re: spring hill rollar rink membership card,silver blades .

hello ALF, both licensees were female,and i might get shot down in flames for this,but to my knowledge they wer'e mother and daughter. the mother keeping the one on high st,and the daughter had the 'little'malt on ward st/lower tower st. one was i believe was the first female licensee in...

concerns relationship of licencees.