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I wonder what will happen to that lovely building, I have some happy memories of that place, both with my uncle Fred from Round Road and a few years later with my first love ,thanks for the pics

The crates you mention, remind me of old milk bottle crates ?

Yes I remember Uncle Holly in Lewis’s ,well worth the hike up all those stairs with my mum to see the grotto, uncle Holly and dear old Santa , happy days and didn’t even mind the que——- but maybe my mum did ,bless her

Thank you Viv ,amazing how some buildings have stayed for years and others gone

Anybody know Why the ‘Lad in the lane ‘ was called the ‘green man ‘ my Uncle Fred from Round road Erdington used that pub for many years ,For many years I thought he walked with a limp because he was drunk until I stayed with my aunt Bet and uncle Fred and saw his spare leg( complete with...

I’m a newish member and reading your mail reminded me of a little rhym my mum used to say, Ansells beer,and HP sauce Kick up a stink at Aston crauce ( cross) I went for an interview at Ansells ,didn’t get the job though and wasn’t too sad about it either But thanks for the memory’s

It looks like what was the Heathway pub is now called the kingfisher and the shops were oposite now called “shopping Center, “ on Heath way ,I remember the Co-op shops in Bucklands End Lane , now “ Cost cutter “ not sure if this is the same Co-op as you mentioned ,wow how times change

About the same time I was there then , born in 1948 left brum in 1969,

My mum used to send me to the shops oposite the Heathway Pub with a basin and a plate for the lid to buy faggots for tea, carnt remember the shop though but a great treat

My mum and two of her friends put the decorations on top of the cup cakes , Friday was always a day to remember when she came home after a visit to the shop for rejects ,Happy memories

Wow what a blast from the past , I loved their ice cream ,I remember the van with it’s lovely tune and dashed out most evenings to buy my treat, The driver and seller at the time was Nigel who I believe lived by McNabbs Shop in station Road where his parents had a shop ,

Wow great to see all those photos, I found them so interesting as my dad Harry Baller worked at GEC for many years must have been back in the late 40 ‘s 50’s

I remember going to Phype Hayes house either as a brownie or guild when it was a children’s home ,it was all part of earning a badge,”looking after children “ and later on a nice place to cycle to with my first love ,

The Cut has come a long way since I used to swing on a rope across it back in the late 50’s

My mum used to treat me to a pineapple cream on a Friday when she had done her shopping at the co-op in Bucklands End Lane ,not sure where they came from but they were the best, thanks for the memory

I remember in 1976 my 6 year old son wanted an Aston Villa track suit from Santa, I travelled from Portsmouth on the train to visit the Shop on Villa Ground only to find out oops closed on Away games, I was heart broken,But whoever the lovely guy was opened up the shop for little old me and I...

Oooo a milk bodger ? That was posh I had a lead pencil

I too was one of two milk monitores at Asheville Avenue infant school , I either made the hole in the top with a lead pencil ,! or put the straw in before taking it around the class,oh what a job