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  1. Reg Cook

    Book: In and around aston (through time) by Rudge & Houghton

    Save one for me please John, see you at the Stags Head. Regards Reg.
  2. Reg Cook

    Asylum Road

    Don't know if this is going to work. But here goes.
  3. Reg Cook

    Delta Metal Dartmouth Street

    I think the photo speaks for itself Dek.!!
  4. Reg Cook

    Sutton Park History

    Smashing Dave!! I haven't walked over there in that!! sort of weather since i was a kid. I remember it still, up to our knees it was. You managed to brave it and get out of the Car then. You're a braver man than me.
  5. Reg Cook

    Lewis's Department Store

    Lewis's in the 1960s, I can vaguely remember going in a lift, and the queue to get to see father christmas was a bit of a wait too.
  6. Reg Cook

    Sutton Park History

    Nice one Dave!! where can I get that Music from? I could do with some of that for my Motorway driving. Can't get too relaxed on there though. Reg.
  7. Reg Cook

    my family snaps

    A treasured photo for me this one. The teddy bear Mom made for me while she was away in West Heath Hospital recovering from TB.
  8. Reg Cook

    my family snaps

  9. Reg Cook

    my family snaps

    Me on the left, my little brother Ronnie and our Uncle Roy. Top of the garden High st, Aston.
  10. Reg Cook

    my family snaps

    Lewis's sometime in the early 60s.
  11. Reg Cook

    my family snaps

    High street, Aston back garden again.
  12. Reg Cook

    my family snaps

    Little Reg, In the back Garden High street. On Granddads homemade see-saw.
  13. Reg Cook

    my family snaps

    Fantastic photos, and memories me and my Auntie maureen squeezing the living daylights out of my wotsits. In the back garden of 99 High street, Aston.
  14. Reg Cook

    Kingstanding

    I think so? Dek. Here's another Quote from the Book, Kingstanding is situated on Rycknield or Icknield Street, a Roman Road, which passes through the land opposite the present Public Library-Land which bears the names Roman Field and Lower Roman Field. In his History of Birmingham first...
  15. Reg Cook

    Kingstanding

    Thanks Pembroke! I had an inkling the camp was there. Just because its flat and levelled off mainly. I could be wrong but the footpath that runs alongside the woods may have been laid by the POWs.
  16. Reg Cook

    Kingstanding

    Some information, regarding Kingstanding. Taken from Kingstanding Past and Present, 3rd Edition. There is considerable uncertainty about the origin of the name Kingstanding. An explanation which is often quoted connects the area with King Charles 1st, who passed this way in October 1642. His...
  17. Reg Cook

    Kingstanding

    ]Few pics in and around the old rifle range Thanks Dave. Much better to look at from the comfort of my chair, especially in this weather. Reg.
  18. Reg Cook

    Kingstanding

    Great pictures!! OM. Thanks for your memories.
  19. Reg Cook

    Kingstanding

    I would love to see that Please!! i think the missus would too. I've just had a quick look but couldn't find anything. Reg.
  20. Reg Cook

    Kingstanding

    Thanks OM! I'll have to take a look for that. I always thought it was by Banners Gate, On that flat patch by the first woods .The Parson & Clark is still there, incidently.
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