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I had forgotten that shop, they didn't have a great deal of coal if I remember correctly, its the first shop in the photo you just posted..

No...No coal yard to my knowledge, the only coal yard I can recall in my area was Berthas on Park Lane ..

I remember the shop, but only when it belong to a Asian family, this was during the 1960's, I always thought it was in Clarendon Street due to the door way being on the corner of the cul-de-sac ...

Tony. my sister was Pauline Colin, and she did attend Burlington St ( sometimes ), sorry to say she didn't attend that often and was put into care with another relative, across the city somewhere Selly Oak...

I am a ex Upper Thomas Street senior boys lad myself, but did have a few friends who attended Birchfield senior boys, Arnie Morris, Robert and Jeff Gouldingay, Alan Pinkerton, David and Desmond Douglas, Robert Everill, all lived within a few minutes of UTS, could never understand why they didn't...

My mate lived at number 92 Park Lane during the 1950's and 60's...Pinkerton is their surname..Alan was the eldest but he was a year or two younger than yourself ...Anson Bradley lived in the same street as myself, my late sister Pauline would have been in the same year at school along with Arnie...

Jan.....Its the one marked up as the Warehouse.....Danish bacon had a warehouse behind it somewhere at one time, don't know if it is still there ...

Ref photo 1266....Shady Lane ...This building was on the right hand side of the road coming from Kings Road, not too far from the junction with Kings Road, I first when there in the early 70's to collect some boarding to board out a company van when working at Gaedor...it was know as Calypso...

Smallbrook Ringroad...

I lived at number 27 Clarendon Street and used that barbers shop often as a child, but it was run by Jack Terry who sadly died around 1966, a younger more up date hairdresser took over from him but I cannot recall his name...I expect my Grandad, Dad and Uncles hair was cut by your dad...Mrs...

Ref photo 5929....This is where Webster Street would have been

Ref photo 5929, I was living in the area at that time, but I cannot recall Jack Woolf being on the corner of Webster Street and the High Street..I do think it may have been Foster Brothers before that, facing it would have the Wagons and Horses public house, there was a turf accounts a few door...

I have been informed by a lad who lived there in the 1940's/ 50's that the pub is The Star

Lyn is correct the only bus was the number 8 that ran down Park Lane ( Inner Circle 6d for the hour round trip )

drobbo.....I may have known her and her brothers by sight, but 55 years on its very hard to remember everyone..

Hi drobbo....What years did your wife live in Wilkinson Street ?, I was born and bred in Clarendon Street just around the corner from Wilkinson Street, lived there from 1953 (born) until 1969

I can recall the Midland Educational being on Corporation Street close to Cherry Street and a rear entrance in Canon Street in the early 1960's, and then it later moved up the Street close to Bull Street , where I started work in 1968 ...

I also retired on March 5th , but only done 53 years , I hit 68 and I thought I have had enough now, I still finding it strange, I still wake up at 4 every morning, which I did everyday of the week when I was working, but now I just turn over and snooze for an hour, I am catching up with all the...

Jan.....about here I would say ...