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My grandparents lived there, moving there during the bombings in WW2. I'm 70 now, so I only ever visited up to when I was about 14. My auntie Anita still lived there at the time, she's just a few years older than me.

Jay555, Do you remember the Morris family? I don't know the house number.

No I didn't. We lived in Lozells Road opposite The Royal Oak pub. I used to walk to Alma Street Primary School through the back alleys on my own from about 5 years old, and then with my little sister a couple of years later. After leaving primary school we moved to Highters Heath.

Linda, I was in the year above you then. I'm no relation to Kenneth. My best friend was Steve Saunders, and we were always getting into some kind of trouble. I remember Vera now, I think she was quite tall. I bumped into Alan Howard a few years later as he had moved to Highters Heath, a couple...

Stephen Morris here: I was at Alma Street at about the same time. I remember Mr. Hinchliffe very well, I was in Mrs. Jones' class, as well as Mr. Wildman and Miss Priest. My classmates included John Griffin (who was always in trouble), Howard, Stewart, Gary, Susan Morris (no relation). Sadly, I...

Does anyone have pictures of houses in Lime Grove, Balsall Heath from about the 1960's?

I found out yesterday that my grandparents lived at 101 Miller Street which was opposite a gear factory. The factory was bombed and gears rained through the roof of the house and a large cog wheel rolled though the house. I wonder if the picture is of the gear factory.