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all correct barrie, great stuff.

thanks barrie, his name was harold piper. i've a vague memory of being told his brother died at ypres.

thanks for that bit of info paul.

hello barrie, have no info whatsoever, and would not know where to start. i have my dads number from his service in the coldstreams, 39/47.

yes barrie, they certainly do. by the way he lived for most of his life in avenue rd, aston. and died in 1945, while his son, my dad, was serving in north africa. regards paul.

so near, yet so far away again moss, i bow to your superior knowledge of public houses.

hope this is ok

here's a foto of my grandfather,far right with left leg raised,seated in wheelchair. i have no information on him, but i was told by my grandmother he was wounded on the somme. can't make out the year on the foto. most seem to be wearing same uniform as in previous post.

was it the waggon and horses?.or maybe coach and horses.

24 beers in case, 24 hours in a day. coincidence. i'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal labotamy.

when i read about the evils of drinking, i gave up reading.

it opens on mine max

membership card 1967

hello lizzy, i vaguely remember one of the old characters in the lane being knocked down, i cant remember his name but i think he had the nickname 'SAUSAGE'. REGARDS PAUL.

is it the shakespeare dudley rd?

bottom of high st aston.

could be turning into bus garage hockley hill.

scott arms.

i think it was later called the opera house, an old orleans pub.

there were a number of ex professional footballers, i had the good fortune to play in the same team with, DEREK KEVAN, (ALBION), JIMMY MCEWAN, (VILLA),KENNY BURNS, BOBBY MCDONALD, TOMMY GRAHAM, BROTHER OF GEORGE, MALCOLM BEARD, ROGER DAVIES, (derby), to name a few. PETER ALDIS, the former villa...