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Hi Steve....If you attended school the same time as myself, then there is a good chance I know you ....what is your surname if you don't mind....I help run a face book page Astonbrook-through- Astonmanor, its worth a view some good photo's of both Upper Thomas Street and Elkington Street on...

Hi Chef7070......I was at Upper Thomas Street ( seniors) between 1964 and 1968, my first teacher there was Keith Hatter, my last was Hurford, a couple of lads in my class throughout them years living in Elkington Street , Raymond Glazzard was one , Alan Whelan was another, Kevin Yates not in my...

Sorry to hear about David.....I am not to sure of the block I was working in, B block comes to mind, front assembly ....

You must be related to David Griffiths, he used to chase me and my mates around the street after we were cheeky to him, and later I worked with him at British Leyland, which was in Drews Lane, Ward End...I think he was living in Tamworth at that time ..1976-1981

I used to live next door to a family with the surname of Gouldingay , Leslie was the name of the father, Betty was the mother, Robert, Jean and Jeffery were their children, we lived in Clarendon Street, I believe that Leslie was once a bargee ....but not to sure this was over 50 years ago when...

This photo was taken in 1938, I think that number 110a is hidden by Millers.....Houses from 124 to 168 were bombed during the war, It was my and the local kids adventure ( bomb peck ) playground until around 1969, when they started to build Aston Manor secondary school ...

Michael, You was still living in Clarendon Street in 1965, you may have moved out after that date but more than probably sometime in 1968 or 1969, I think the street was completely pulled down in 1970, the whole area was knocked down and rebuilt, a few streets disappeared forever and ours was...

I would say....late 70's early 80,s.....the car looks like a MK2 Ford Escort

Brummy -Lad, The photo dated 27/10/65 is incorrect, the two house were bombed during WW2, I am not to sure about the date but I would say 1945-1955, I cannot ever recall seeing the bomb peck without the advertisement boarding, and I am going back to the late 50's early 60's when a few of my...

Brummy -Lad......125 and 127 are on Park Lane not Barton Street, there were no odd house numbers on Barton Street

Ron....My sister is on photo's 2, 3 and 4, on photo 4 she is standing far right on the middle row with a tartan dress on , don't know any of the others names but do recall most faces ....

Hi Ron.......I can recall you at Burlington Street, not your name but your face, you was in the same class as my sister Anne Colin, you are a couple of years younger than me....

Hi Michael......Yes I remember the surname and I am sure I was in the same class at Burlington Street as your Linda, if I remember well she was very brainy compared to the rest of us...I lived down the street at number 27, next door to Roly Morris,

I cannot say that I do remember, but I can remember the type of vehicle, I last saw one on the Bristol Road at the top end of Selly Oak a few years back...

Hi Ron....I remember the young lad who go burnt, he lived in the cul-de-sac end of Clarendon Street , his brother was Michael Hill, just a year or two older than myself, I am sure the lad who got burnt was David, younger than me, nice lad, I used to talk to him when I was delivering my papers, I...

Hi Ron......I was born and bred in Clarendon Street, top end of Upper Webster Street, we also moved around that time to Kingstanding, Terry was in my year at school, good cricketer and better swimmer, I spoke to him a few years back on friends reunited, he told me that he broke his back in a...

Hi Raz Mr Evans was the art teacher, Mr Tremaine was the Technical Drawing teacher (nasty man), I cannot recall who took us for metal work....I left in 1968, if you left the same time as myself then we were in the same year, your name does ring a bell but I cannot remember the face, I was in the...

Tony.....Which headmaster did you ask ?

The bell was probably taken and melted down during the war, I cannot recall ever hearing it chime or being rung in my short time there (4 years ).. I would like to know whatever happened to the cup's, and shields etc which the school had won over the years, they were displayed by the...

Allan....he sounds like the same lad I was at school with, if you see him ask if can remember some of the lads in our class, Alan Whelan, Raymond Glazzard, Anthony Stevens, Steven Smith 1 and 2, Mick Cassidy, Jimmy O'Neil, Roger Jones, Robert Stokes, Terry Cotter , Alfred Glazbrook, Graham...