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Happy belated greetings for your Birthday Pete

HI Dave, no I didn't this is my married name, second marriage only been wed 8 years

Here is another image courtesy of Flikr. Looking towards Station Road from Western Road. I'd say early 60's. Other side of Western Road was Langley maltings, still there, though fire damaged. Think the Maltings are grade II listed.

Could it of been Cannings? There is a thread on here named "Old Houses in and around Great Barr Street" There may be more information on there

This article I think describes what is going on in this picture. https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/sdwagttcowftpotpbsorae2e.52086.0028

Found this interesting article on Minworth sewage works https://sclhrg.org.uk/images/stories/research/Minworth_Sewage_Works.pdf

Many Happy returns of the day Ray, have a good one!

My first job was at a Greengrocers on the High street in Kings Heath. Started by just being the clean up girl, sweeping the shop and flattening the card board boxes and tidying the yard, and cleaning the fish counter down at the end of the day. Also had to make the tea for the serving staff...

Found a link with pictures of Old Woolworths stores across UK https://wooliesbuildings.wordpress.com/about/

There is a blue plaque for Sir Granville Bantock, at Metchley Abbey, Harborne https://www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk/plaque/blue-plaque/page/10/

Some of Bantock works "Four Chinese landscapes" Distant mountains and wild geese: https://crqeditions.bandcamp.com/track/track-11-bantock-four-chinese-landscapes-1-distant-mountains-and-wild-geese Sappho: Very beautiful! sad I had not heard of him before.

I am certain he was not Edward Elgar, his friend was Elgar according to this article http://www.musicweb-international.com/bantock/buddint.htm

My Mum was born in Eyre Street and she always referred to it as Brookfields, Ladywood

Definitely looks like Corporation Street to me New Street End

Great Stuff, thank you old Mohawk, what amazing photographs

I remember the parrot, used to stand by it for ages waiting for it to swear, for some silly reason it made me laugh. ;)

So True, no one can take away good memories and close family

Just read the thread on the Bull Ring "Bull" sculptures and thought I would post this under sculptures as this are not to do with the bull. This is the swing sculpture and the response to a John Hickman who enquired of its whereabouts in 2009...

My Nan used to live on Chelmsley Wood and was one of the first residents to move into a ground floor flat on completion, the area around was still a building site. My Aunt/Uncle and Cousins had one of the completed houses this was mid 60's. I loved it around there, plenty woods and open lands to...