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John ...yes you are correct....

My play ground when it was being built....The Paddock was our headquarters....I can recall walking in there with a few friends one night probably around this time of year in 1967 just after the builder had concerted the floor....I bet he wasn't very happy next day....we were probably called...

Here you are Jane......you may have seen these before....

I can see Jennifer Morris, Denis Lawrence, Sheila Wilson , Diane Hall, and was the teacher Miss/Mrs Rock ?...couple of years before my time....great photo Jane....

Its more of a health and safety issue to the public than to be seen by other large vehicles, because the mirror arms mainly on the near side stick out further than they use to, believe it or not , a few taller members of the public have bumped their heads on these when they were just black...

And I thought I was the only one that didn't like it......

I was there between 1976 and 1981 working on the front axle of most models, Mini, Maxi, Marina, Allegro,Princess, MG..Taxi and the Sherpa van at one time or other, this is when it was British Leyland, I was working on the Metro when I took my redundancy....lack of investment which I blame for...

It was located not far from the junction with Victoria Road going towards Aston Station....I am not sure if he had a car sales on the corner of Lichfield Road and Church Lane, he did have some premises on Church Lane within a a few feet of Victoria Road as well....

Lyn....Thank you so very much....the very first photo is one I have been looking for , for years.....the baby in the middle of the photograph is my Aunt.....she is now 83, her mother is not holding her, she is sitting to the left as you look at the photo, her dad is on the far left with his arms...

Sorry Lyn...But I had to turn it off, I thought Kate Winslets seem to over act to the point where I got embarrassed by her ..

Its not Burlington Street......so I would say its was Elkington Street School

International Co-operative Day is an annual celebration of the co-operative movement observed on the first Saturday in July since 1923 by the International Co-operative Alliance. taken from Wikipedia .....The photo in question looks like it was taken in the 1920's just by looking at the head...

The cafe at the bottom of Potters Hill is where I and a few of my school mates would meet instead of going to school, one day a stranger wearing a suit came into the cafe, we all thought he was the school board man, we all dashed out the back and tried to climb the wall to get out, he followed...

Thank you Sylvia.....the reason I couldn't remember them....

Hi Wendy.....I cannot recall a McHugh family which is a shame, the only corner shops in Clarendon Street in my time was on the corner of Clarendon and Wilkinson Street, and on the corner of Clarendon Street and Upper Webster Street which when I lived there was owned by a Indian family.....

I have posted some of these years ago either on here or one of the facebook sites I was once was a member of....But ....They are still great to see again, and for those who have never seen them its a magical trip back in time ....

Great photo's Lyn, I don't think I have seen these before.....

My mum ,brothers and sisters lived there during the 1960's, please post them...

You are almost correct Lyn......its Park Lane not Park Street.....easy mistake to make.....

I would agree with Curly post 33.....checking out my Kellys 1940, next door was the City of Birmingham Friendly Society ...you can just make out the sign in the photo....