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Can you imagine any shop doing that today!

I remember a boy called Sparks who lived down Bragg Rd, could he have been your brother? I lived in the maisonettes opp' Calder Tower.

I used to live in the maisonettes opposite Calder Tower, we moved in 1960. Can you remember the name of the girl you dated...just wondering if I knew her!

I remember it well. I remember walking through the glass/china section and being told very firmly not to touch anything because if it broke I'd have to pay for it.

I remember Byron's very well, used to love their 'lucky dip' barrel, and bought all my Jublies , kayli and Lucky Bags from there.:) I lived in the maisonettes opposite Calder Tower. We moved there in the autumn of 1960 and the first block of flats, Tweed Tower, had just started to be built. I...

I was long gone, rarely get back to Brum. That's why I was happy to stumble across this site, it's great to remember the good old days.

Sorry can't help, what year was that? I moved out in the mid 70's and can't recall anything about any pensioners.

So your block would have been on Burtonwood Drive, yes?

Hello, you wouldn't happen to be the Christine that lived on the ground floor of the maisonettes and had two sisters, Pauline and Susan by any chance?? I ran up/down those stairs with you :-) Yes, I remember Byrons too, it was a sweetie and toy shop downstairs. I remember their "Lucky Bag"...

No, they were built in the early 60's; I moved into a block of maisonettes in 1960 on Bridgelands Way, which was just behind Birchfield and Calder Towers. The maisonettes were converted to small flats some years back but clearly didn't work very well because they have been pulled down too.