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No Ed I always considered the top end to be the Alpha Tower end. Dek

I think it was at the top end of Suffolk St near Easy Row.We have had a photo on the cinema thread but may have been lost.Dek

I wonder if it,s Stafford St although if I remember right it was pretty level. Dek

I wonder if its Dalton St.Dek

Yes Paul this ones absolutely superb thanks for posting Lyn.Dek

Phil it looks to be on a slope would it be Moor st or Lower Priory. Dek

Part of Weaman St is still there it is down the side of Lloyd House and now turns into Whittall St.Dek

as Mossg says it looks like Dale End.Dek

Viv that looks like Trinity Rd church in the background.Dek

THis has jogged the memory I had a spell going down and watching these boats.I think they still have them at Bodymoor Heath.Dek

Hello Amanda Novascotia St has long gone this was between Coleshill St and Curzon St the new museum has now been built on it.Dartmouth St is now part of the inner ring road and is now 2 lanes.Your first photo is not Dartmouth St but Lawford St this was the last street of the Vauxhall Rd adjacent...

I used it a couple of times.The Bobbies used to walk up the little hill from Bloomsbury St Station in there twos truncheons at the ready and at twenty to eleven the doors would be pushed open and the call would go out "drink up please"any one wanting to disagree would soon be sorted. Dek

And don,t forget Inkerman House By the Newtown Baths.Dek

Amanda I can see the Talford Arms quite clearly 1st photo post#39.Dek

So there were 3 different companies i thought it was one, and Walker and Loach must have been on the corner of Scott St it ran up Scott St for a 30 odd yds and then we had the back gardens of Spooner St right up to Newdigate St.We often played football in this street as no one bothered us...

Thats interesting Phil and has helped me to recall another building which was on the corner of Scott St it appeared to be more involved in wood than metal but that would have been in the 50s.Dek

Yes I lived in Erskine St. There was a metal pressing factory on the corner of Erskine and Dollman St this was at the bottom of the hill under the railway bridge I am sorry I cannot recall its name.Dek

I had an Imp lovely car to work on you could get the engine out in 15 minutes just put blocks of wood under it take the back bumper off undo a few bolts and just push the body out of the way and there was your engine ready to work on.Dek

Hello Viv I,m sorry I am unable to open any of the attachments they come up as invalid.Dek

Thanks Lyn Yes I have the Adelaide.That map in post *1 also shows our house 2nd down Erskine St from the pub so it must have been built before 1890.in fact many of the houses that I knew are on there,the area where Ashted house is shown was also small terraced houses along St James St and down...