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Morning Lyn, yes I prefer b/w photos, unless they are of gardens or such, no good showing flora in b/w.

Most of us know this drinking establishment.

It used to be gold, now painted battleship grey.

Brilliant photos.

I prefer black and white photos, these are the funniest 5's I've ever seen.

Don't know if anyone has put these on before.

My pal at the Art school, Bob Ward lived at 11 the Firs in 1953 until I lost track of him.

Here is a monument at the end of the street where I live, Perrets folly built I believe in 1758..

I remember a statue of a head lying on it's side painted blue from somewhere round there.

Notice the oval court sign, and I've never heard of Jacks tea.

That's Rocky Lane, corner of Scholefield Street, Anthony's sweet shop on corner, just round the bend on left, Hughes paper shop and straight in front Nechells Green and the Beehive pub.

Count me in.

Go Frothy well worth a look.

I used to work there when Elsie and Johnny Jones used to run it, about late 60's.

That's cheating Frothy.

Very interesting couple of hours, what amazed me was the amount of stock still in there , going into the skip apparently, boxes of GKN screws of all sizes from 1"x 8's to 4"x 12's, thousands of nuts and bolts, coach screws of all sizes, gallon containers of wax furniture polish and hand cleaner...

Lovely building.

The only pub shown on my 1901 map is just below the General Post Office, no pub shown on the corner of Swallow Street, was that the Golden Eagle.

Anyone noticed the small white sign on the left hand red pillar, POLICE BURGLAR ALARM.