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I was a pupil at Yardley Grammar School 1954 to 1959. Probably one of the most disruptive pupils in my year, I never got on with the French master of the time - Mr Baden Hobby. I don't think he had a nickname at the time, but others I remember were the maths masters 'Sammy' Saunders and...

As a relatively newcomer to the forum, I have only just picked up this thread so apologise if others have already supplied the name of the 'missing' house at Yardley Grammar School. I was a pupil there from 1955 to 1959, leaving after 'O' levels to start an apprenticeship with the CEGB at...

Unfortunately I don't recognise the building but the inscription over the archway reads: "Public Lighting Depot". I wonder if the building was in Summer Lane, where there was an early power station which later became the Midlands Electricity Board Workshops? Maybe this building formed part of...

Thanks for responding, Noodles. I'll see what the internet shows up. I'm not sure where the school was located - I always had the impression that it was on Warwick Road, as was Yardley Grammar, but further down towards Stratford Road. I seem to remember going past it on the bus when on the way...

I wonder if anyone remembers my older brother, Michael Peach who I believe was a pupil at Sparkhill Commercial School. We both attended Bierton Road Junior School until we were 11. My brother is about 7 years older than me and I started at Yardley Grammar School in September 1954 so my brother...

Thanks for posting those documents localmike. Seems that they were demolished rather later than I thought. After I had moved to Atherstone in 1984 in fact. Regards datadave

Yes I do. His name was John William Woodhams known as 'Jack'. He was a friend of my paternal aunts. If memory serves, I believe he served as a Birmingham Councillor at some point

That photograph has real interest for me, old mohawk. It clearly shows the park where we used to play football as kids and Clements Road where I used to live, leading off Hob Moor Road in the centre of the picture, off diagonally to the left. I believe it would be possible to identify the house...

Yes I do, actually although he has been dead for many years. His name was: John William Woodhams, usually known as 'Jack'. If my memory serves, he served as a Birmingham councillor at some point in his career although I could be wrong.

I remember the Ring o' Bells well! One of the first pubs I went to when I was old enough. Others included the Blakesley, at the corner of Blakesey and Clements Road, the Richmond, Bordesley Green, the Yew Tree; of course the Swan, Coventry Road and the Bull, Coventry Road ?Small Heath.

If my memory serves me correctly, If my memory serves me correctly, the 'ground' with the pavilion bordered by Queens and Sedgemere Roads belonged to the 'City Officials Sports Club', individuals who worked for the City of Birmingham Corporation. Two of my maternal uncles played rugby there for...

Thanks for your response Mikejee. The house numbers appear to be 102 to 140. That narrows the field and eliminates one potential address I had. You may be right about the prefabs in Sedgemere Road, Spargone. I can't be sure from memory although I passed that way regularly regularly, both to my...

Many thanks for that, Spargone. That is certainly the site of the prefabs. If I remember, there were also prefabs in Hobs Moor Road, roughly opposite to Clements Road where I lived. They also backed onto a park - can't remember what it was called - we used to just call it 'The Rec'. The...

As a child I remember being taken to visit a friend of my aunt's who lived in a prefab on Queens Road, Yardley B26. This row of prefabs backed on to what we called 'Yardley Park'. I would imagine that these prefabs were removed many years ago and new houses built. Does anyone know when they were...

I quite agree - but it also important to bear in mind that historical reporting, analysis and synthesis is inevitably skewed by the socio-cultural, political and experiential background of the individuals who write it. Even with the best will and greatest awareness, the writing of history is...

I have to agree with much of what you say, Johnfromstaffs. Attempting to erase memories of the past by removing statues such as that of Cecil Rhodes because much of what the individuals did or stood for is less palatable or politically correct within the context of current social thinking cannot...

As an 'old soldier' with an interest in military history, I wonder if anyone has any further information on which units occupied these barracks? On the 1888 OS map they are shown as 'Cavalry Barracks'; in 1902 as 'Artillery Barracks' and on the 1913 map merely as 'Barracks'. As a child, I often...

I had a telephone call from my local surgery in Atherstone on Thursday 7th January to say that my jab was booked for 2.45 today (Saturday 9th Jan) and that I should pick up my documentation from reception. This consisted of two Covid questionnaires - one for the first jab and one for the second...